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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) and U.S. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4) announced a $16,063,596 grant from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to make 10 rail crossings between Pottstown and Boyertown safer for motorists, pedestrians, and trains. This funding from Federal Railroad Administration will eliminate one road-level rail crossing, improve safety protections at six other road-level crossings, and raise three...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) announced a $375,000 grant from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to study how best to alleviate congestion and train delays and improve safety and travel time for passengers and freight at three rail crossings in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) designated the funding for the following crossings: the Meetinghouse Road rail crossing in Delaware County and...

WATCH the testimony HERE Washington, D.C. – Officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Department of Commerce testified in front of the Senate Banking Committee about the importance of screening American companies’ investments in countries of concern. Their testimony supports U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)’s bipartisan proposal to protect American supply chains and innovation by establishing a mechanism to better understand risks posed to the U.S. economy and...

Casey passed bill named after Bucks County pilot in 2018 More than two years past the mandated deadline, FAA has yet to finalize rules requiring secondary barriers on new aircraft Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Acting Federal Aviation Administrator (FAA) Administrator Billy Nolen urging the FAA to implement the Saracini Aviation Safety Act of...

There are approximately 1.3 million adult guardianships in the United States and an estimated $50 billion in assets under guardianship arrangements Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-PA) and Ranking Member Mike Braun (R-IN) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding guardianship laws across the Nation. There are an estimated 1.3 million older adults and people with disabilities in guardianships, which are legal...

Bill would help consumers buy electric motorcycles, support Pennsylvania manufacturing According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, there were more than 8.5 million motorcycles registered in the United States in 2021 but fewer than one percent were electric Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced legislation to include qualifying motorcycles among the vehicles eligible for the clean vehicle tax credits in the Inflation...

Funding to help PA communities remediate abandoned or underutilized properties where redevelopment may be complicated by the presence of contamination PA has now received $11.6 million from infrastructure law for brownfield clean up Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) announced $14 million from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clean up contaminated brownfield sites across Pennsylvania. This funding, including $9.6 million from the...

The 13-county Pennsylvania Wilds region contains the greatest concentration of public lands in PA Tourism and outdoor recreation account for $1.8 billion in annual economic activity in the PA Wilds Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) sent a letter to the Maryland Air National Guard and the Air National Guard Readiness Center to request a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding the Air Force and National Guard Bureau’s proposal to...

BENES 2.0 builds on BENES Act passed in December 2020, which eliminated needless coverage gaps for people new to Medicare Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) 2.0 Act to simplify Medicare enrollment for seniors and people with disabilities. The bill would require the federal government to provide advance notice to people approaching Medicare eligibility about...

Senate Finance Committee held hearing on tax credits for investments in coal communities Tax credits incentivize building clean energy in communities with economies dependent on coal, oil, and natural gas Casey also invited Patty Horvatich of Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, an affiliate of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, to testify on impacts of tax credits for Southwestern Pennsylvania Watch Casey’s line of questioning to Horvatich HERE Washington, D.C. – Today, the...

Casey holds Aging Committee hearing on investigation that reveals severe staffing shortages at state survey agencies and delays in nursing home inspections, threatening resident safety Stagnant federal funding for decades has led to increased vacancies in states agencies tasked with nursing home oversight Investigation shows 32 state survey agencies have vacancy rates of 20 percent or higher; one out of every nine nursing homes in the Nation has not received a comprehensive annual inspection in...

Casey’s LEAD Initiative includes policy to enhance state and regional 2-1-1 and 9-8-8 call systems, divert non-emergency calls to human services and mental health agencies Report: 33 to 50 percent of all police use-of-force instances involve people with mental health disabilities Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is introducing three bills to address the high incidence of violence involving law enforcement and people with disabilities: The Human-Services...

WIC currently serves approximately 6.2 million pregnant and postpartum individuals, infants, and young children up to age five Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced a bill to improve access to nutrition assistance for vulnerable infants, children, and mothers across the country. The Wise Investment in our Children (WIC) Act would expand eligibility for children to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,...

Casey fought to secure clean energy tax credits in Inflation Reduction Act and urged Treasury Department to swiftly implement guidance for tax credits  Tax credits incentivize companies to use American steel, iron, and manufactured goods when building new energy projects    Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) applauded the U.S. Department of Treasury guidance of tax credits for companies to build American-made clean energy facilities. The guidance comes from a...

Commerce Committee voted 16-11 to move the bill forward for full Senate consideration Legislation would take action to prevent future, man-made rail disasters like Norfolk Southern’s derailment near PA-OH border; includes key provisions from Casey, Fetterman bills to help first responders, enhance safety standards Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted out the bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023, sponsored by U.S. Senators Bob Casey...

Nearly 431,000 PA renter households are extremely low-income  Roughly 53% of extremely low-income renters are seniors or people with disabilities Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) are announcing $12,081,840 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to acquire, develop, create, and protect affordable housing units in Pennsylvania to ensure low-income households and families, including those...

Bipartisan proposal extends key Medicare rural hospital programs, builds on recent success Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Rural Hospital Support Act. Their bipartisan proposal seeks to permanently extend two key Medicare rural hospital programs and establish a new rebasing year – preventing closures that would disrupt access to care for individuals in rural...

More than 2.7 million children in the United States are being raised by grandparents and other relatives  Bipartisan Grandfamily Housing Act would fund retrofitting, upkeep of intergenerational housing to reflect needs of grandparents and relatives raising grandchildren Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, as well as Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), are introducing the Grandfamily...

 Casey’s STURDY Act requires manufacturers to test for stability and safety before selling furniture, preventing furniture tip-overs resulting in injury or death Consumer Product Safety Commission has adopted safety standards required under STURDY Act, an important step in implementation of law  Since 2000, more than 480 U.S. children have died from tip-overs Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is applauding the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC)...

One of key provisions in outlined plan is Casey proposal to screen U.S. investments being made in adversarial countries like China Casey first introduced bipartisan bill in 2021 and has been fighting to pass it to protect American supply chains, innovation  ICYMI: Casey op-ed: How to keep American jobs and innovation out of Chinese hands Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) applauded the new Senate initiative to take on China and protect U.S. national security. Senate...