News Releases

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) and seven of their Senate colleagues in urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide better guidance and regulations to help state and local governments better comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act’s (ADA) accessibility requirements on their websites, mobile applications and other forms of technology. In a letter sent...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representative Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29) are introducing the Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act to keep more children out of detention facilities. Every year, thousands of kids are incarcerated for “status offenses”—acts that would not be considered crimes if they were committed by an adult—like truancy, breaking curfew or running away from home. This incarceration is allowed through the...

In case you missed it, today the Washington Post ran an Op-Ed by U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) urging his colleagues in the Senate to take action and address the issue of rampant and routine gun violence across the country. Read the full piece here. Bob Casey: I changed my stance on guns. I shouldn't be the only one. Bob Casey, a Democrat, represents Pennsylvania in the Senate. I’m a U.S. senator who has done something rare in today’s politics: I’ve changed my position on our...

Casey releases VA report showing only 10 percent of VA’s websites are accessible for people with disabilities, including blind, deaf and paralyzed veterans  Chairman Casey’s 2020 legislation requires the VA to make information public regarding which VA websites are accessible for people with disabilities  One fourth of all veterans have a disability from military service Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senate Aging Committee Chairman Bob Casey (D-PA) led a...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing $780,000 from the American Rescue Plan for the Port Authority of Allegheny County. This funding will support planning efforts aimed at restoring transit services that were previously curbed due to COVID-19, allowing passengers to enjoy restored transit services across Southwestern PA. “In Southwestern Pennsylvania, thousands of people rely on public transit to get to work and school, to travel to the grocery store...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced $205,000 from the American Rescue Plan for the Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA). The funding will support planning efforts aimed at restoring transit services that were previously curbed due to COVID-19, allowing passengers to enjoy restored transit services across central Pennsylvania. “In central Pennsylvania, thousands of people rely on public transit to get to work and school, to travel to the grocery...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced over $6 million in federal funding for Lehigh Valley airports. Lehigh Valley International Airport is receiving $4,600,000 to rehabilitate their runway and runway lighting and Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport is receiving $1,646,744 to rehabilitate its runway and taxiway. Both projects will improve airport safety and passenger experience while creating jobs in the Lehigh Valley. “Pennsylvania’s airports connect...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced a $1,840,000 grant to rehabilitate 24 miles of the Gettysburg Northern Railway (GET) mainline in Adams and Cumberland Counties. The federal funding comes from the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program and will improve safety standards, construct a new runaround track, upgrade more than 15 crossings and repair 7 failed or failing culverts. “I advocated for these federal dollars...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey announced a $14,681,397 grant to rehabilitate 8.6 miles of rail track and rehabilitate or replace 14 bridges between Boyertown and Pottstown, PA. The federal funding comes from the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grant Program and will also construct two rail-served transload yards and improve drainage issues that lead to large quantities of water on nearby roadways. These projects are required to allow the...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the bipartisan Promoting Responsible Emergency Protocols (PREP) for all Students Act to ensure educational institutions are prepared to protect all students—regardless of age, developmental stage and ability. The PREP for All Students Act would ensure public schools, early child care education centers and institutions of higher education have the tools they need to develop inclusive emergency preparedness protocols....

Casey’s bipartisan legislation would advance a more streamlined health care experience for people who receive both Medicare and Medicaid An estimated one in four older adults experiences a mental health condition, including depression, anxiety and substance use disorder Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, May 19, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-PA) held a hearing entitled, “Mental Health Care for Older Adults: Raising Awareness, Addressing Stigma, and...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced a bill to protect families and patients who rely on infant formula and other essential sources of nutrition (ESN). The Protect Infants from Formula Shortages Act would safeguard the availability of these products by requiring manufacturers to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of potential supply disruptions and...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing that Pennsylvania will receive $26.63 million from the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program from the U.S. Department of the Interior. This funding will be used to address the long-term hazards and environmental pollution posed by legacy mining sites while creating good-paying jobs in rural and energy communities in the Commonwealth. One-third of the Nation’s abandoned mine land (AML) is in...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Patty Murray (D-WA) led 30 of their Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Mardi Mountford, President of the Infant Nutrition Council of America, calling on infant formula manufacturers to make every effort possible to get parents and families the formula they need to feed their kids. “We write to express our concern about the infant formula supply shortage which is making it harder for parents and caregivers nationwide to...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement applauding the White House for steps to address the Nation’s infant formula shortage. Senator Casey has been advocating for families and consumers since Abbott Nutrition announced its recall. “These are desperate times for families across the country who cannot find and afford formula for their children. I applaud the Biden Administration for taking steps today to begin to address this shortage, but we still...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act to end the taxpayer subsidization of corporate union busting campaigns. As workers around the country join together to fight for better pay and safer working conditions by unionizing, they often face million-dollar corporate intimidation campaigns to prevent unionization. To add insult to injury,...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced that the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee passed their bipartisan Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth (STURDY) Act, legislation to prevent furniture tip-overs resulting in injury or death, and is headed to the floor for consideration by the full Senate. The bill would change the stability standard for manufacturers of clothing storage units from voluntary to...

Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on the Senate’s upcoming vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act: “This week, I will again vote yes to advance debate on the Women’s Health Protection Act and I will support the bill if there is a vote on final passage in the future. “In the nearly three months since the Senate last voted on the Women’s Health Protection Act, the circumstances around the entire...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, raised concerns about the timeliness of inspections at the Nation’s poorest performing nursing homes in a letter sent to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. The letter, which detailed disturbing instances of sub-standard care collected from inspection reports, requested information on the lag in surveys at nursing homes in...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s leaked decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.  “If this draft opinion becomes the final opinion of the Court, I have serious concerns about what overturning almost 50 years of legal precedent will mean for women in states passing near or total bans on abortion. Congress should be working to reduce the number of abortions and...