News Releases

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement in response to new reporting on the Abbott Nutrition Infant Formula Recall. “No parent or caregiver should have to live in fear of feeding their children contaminated formula, but because of the delay to recall Abbott formula, too many faced that gut-wrenching reality. Every new development about contaminated formula only leads to more questions about what Abbott knew and when. We need answers, both...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) – co-chairs of the Senate Hunger Caucus – today applauded the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to utilize the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust to address the global hunger crisis. “As Putin’s war rages in Ukraine, people around the world are facing food and fertilizer shortages exacerbated by the conflict,” said Sen....

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) are announcing that President Biden has nominated Jacqueline Romero as U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Jerry Karam as U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Since 2011, Senators Casey and Toomey have worked together to recommend U.S. Attorney candidates to the White House with the intelligence, legal experience, independence and unquestioned honesty and integrity necessary to serve...

Washington, D.C. – Thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), communities across the country are seeing historic investments in local transportation, from upgrades to public transit to airport rehabilitation. As funding is disseminated for various infrastructure projects, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Ed Markey (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) are urging U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing $264,847,619 in federal funding for Pennsylvania from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration to reduce carbon emissions and develop carbon reduction strategies. The funding, made possible by the new Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), will be used to help states reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector, including new...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing an additional $19,353,129 in federal funding to help low-income families and seniors with their home energy costs through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), bringing Pennsylvania’s LIHEAP total over the past year to $503,242,791. “Pennsylvania has received a record-breaking half a billion dollars in the past year to help families afford their energy costs, thanks in part to the American...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing federal funding for dam repair on the Little Schuylkill River in Schuylkill County and Middle Creek in Snyder County. The funding, from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, will be used to repair dams—helping with flood prevention and watershed restoration in the region. The funding flows through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service and will be contracted out in the near...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced that PennDOT will commit $53 million in federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to complete the pre-construction phase of US-219 in Somerset County. This funding will support final design, utility relocations and right-of-way acquisition. Once this phase is complete, PennDOT can begin construction of US-219. The project will create and sustain jobs in Somerset County and make it safer and easier for...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on the incidents of gun violence in Pennsylvania and across the county this past weekend. “My prayers are with the families and communities in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and throughout the Nation who were impacted by gun violence over this past weekend. These incidents are emblematic of the unrelenting scourge of gun violence affecting our families, children and communities every single day. “Last...

Washington, D.C. – Following multiple reports of illness and death linked to recalled infant formula manufactured by Abbott Nutrition, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf to request information on the FDA’s actions and plans to investigate these reports and to prevent other infants from falling ill. Because of this recall, parents are now facing shortages of baby formula. The Senators...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. “Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States is nothing short of historic. For the first time in our Nation’s history, a Black woman will take her seat on our highest court. This distinction is long overdue, but it could not go...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing $617,500,008 in funding for public transportation projects in Pennsylvania as a result of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The funding, administrated by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), will allow for infrastructure upgrades and new projects in both urban and rural areas, as well as funding to improve access to transit for seniors and people with disabilities. “From our biggest cities to our rural...

Washington, D.C. – As rural hospitals across the country struggle to stay open and meet high demand due to COVID-19, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) are introducing legislation that would provide such hospitals with financial stability and predictability, preventing closures that would disrupt access to care for individuals in rural communities. The Rural Hospital Support Act would extend and update federal programs to ensure these hospitals can stay fiscally...

WASHINGTON (April 1, 2022) – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the First Three Act to spark critical innovation and investments in domestic industrial decarbonization technologies, ensuring the U.S. is on the path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while boosting the global competitiveness of American industry. “The U.S. industrial sector has a major part to play in our fight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reach our net-zero climate...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and 49 of their Senate colleagues in introducing the Support Kids Not Red Tape Act to ensure children throughout the Nation have access to healthy meals through school nutrition waivers. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, waiver flexibilities have been crucial to keeping children fed, as they allow many families to receive free meals over the summer, help sponsors provide...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced $2.1 million in federal funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the water infrastructure projects in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The funding comes from the FY23 allocation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Tionesta Lake in Forest County will receive $2,000,000 and Woodcock Creek Lake in Crawford County will receive $100,000. “Tionesta Lake plays a critical role in preventing flood damage in...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced $8.35 million in federal funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Indian Rock Dam in York County. The funding comes from the FY23 allocation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The funding builds on top of the $1,045,000 the Indian Rock Dam received earlier this year, bringing the project’s total IIJA funding to $9,395,000. “Indian Rock Dam is critical to preventing the flooding of Codorus...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced $11.693 million in federal funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the water infrastructure projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The funding comes from the FY23 allocation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Army Corps projects receiving funding include: Aylesworth Creek Lake (Lackawanna County), Francis E. Walter Dam (Luzerne County), Stillwater Lake (Monroe County), Cowanesque Lake (Tioga County),...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced $8.65 million in federal funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the water infrastructure projects in the Lehigh Valley. The funding comes from the FY23 allocation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Blue Marsh Lake will receive $6,000,000, on top of the $1,650,000 it received last year and Beltzville Lake Dam will receive $2,650,000, on top of the $1,400,000 it received last year. “Blue Marsh Dam is...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced $46.96 million in federal funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for water infrastructure projects in Pennsylvania, stretching from Somerset County to Clinton County. The funding comes from the FY23 allocation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Army Corps projects receiving funding include: Alvin R. Bush Dam (Clinton County), Curwensville Lake (Clearfield County), Foster Joseph Sayers Dam (Centre County),...