News Releases

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing the inclusion of congressionally directed funding for an economic development project in Oil City in the Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Appropriations bills. Senator Casey advocated for the funding to be included. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released nine of the 12 bills on Monday, October 18; the other three had already been released. “Oil City and Northwestern Pennsylvania have a proud history of...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on Senate Republicans blocking debate on the Freedom to Vote Act.  “Across the Nation, lawmakers have introduced over 400 voter suppression bills in state legislatures. Our Democracy is under siege and today, for the third time this year, Senate Republicans voted against the Senate from even debating legislation to protect voting rights. The Freedom to Vote Act would protect access to the ballot,...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing the inclusion of congressionally directed funding for 5 projects around Northeastern Pennsylvania in the Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Appropriations bills. Senator Casey advocated for each of the projects to be included in the appropriations subcommittee bills. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released nine of the 12 bills on Monday, October 18; the other three had already been released. “I’m pleased to...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing the inclusion of congressionally directed funding for 14 projects around Southwestern Pennsylvania in the Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Appropriations bills. Senator Casey advocated for each of the projects to be included in the appropriations subcommittee bills. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released nine of the 12 bills on Monday, October 18; the other three had already been released. “I’m pleased to...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing the inclusion of congressionally directed funding for 11 projects around Central Pennsylvania in the Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Appropriations bills. Senator Casey advocated for each of the projects to be included in the appropriations subcommittee bills. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released nine of the 12 bills on Monday, October 18; the other three had already been released. “I’m pleased to advance...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing the inclusion of congressionally directed funding for 24 projects around Southeastern Pennsylvania in the Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Appropriations bills. Senator Casey advocated for each of the projects to be included in the appropriations subcommittee bills. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released nine of the 12 bills on Monday, October 18; the other three had already been released.  “I’m pleased...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing the inclusion of congressionally directed funding for 2 projects around the Lehigh Valley in the Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Appropriations bills. Senator Casey advocated for each of the projects to be included in the appropriations subcommittee bills. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released nine of the 12 bills on Monday, October 18; the other three had already been released. “I’m pleased to advance...

Washington, D.C. – Last week, more than 100 economists and public policy experts sent an open letter urging Congress to make a robust investment in home and community-based services as part of the Build Back Better Budget. The group recommended that Congress allocate a minimum of $250 billion to expand home care services, noting that such an investment would create jobs and respond to the overwhelming desire from most seniors and people with disabilities who would prefer to receive care at...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tina Smith (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the American Energy Worker Opportunity Act, which would provide critical resources and training opportunities to assist and empower workers whose jobs are affected by the energy industry’s move toward renewable sources. “Workers in our coal mines, power...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are introducing bipartisan legislation that would correct an undercount in emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. The EMS Counts Act would require the Department of Labor to collect accurate occupational data on first responders in order to ensure a correct count of EMS personnel across the Nation. Currently, many firefighters whose primary jobs are paramedics or EMTs are undercounted, making it challenging...

Washington, D.C. - In a continuation of their efforts to protect seniors and people with disabilities from abusive guardians, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), the current and former Chairs of the Senate Aging Committee, introduced the Guardianship Accountability Act.  This legislation addresses many of the recommendations in the Aging Committee’s report, “Ensuring Trust: Strengthening State Efforts to Overhaul the Guardianship Process and Protect Older...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) reintroduced the Black Lung Benefits Disability Trust Fund Act of 2021. The legislation calls for a ten-year extension of the current black lung excise tax that is set to expire in December 2021 to ensure that coal miners suffering from Black Lung Disease and their families have access to the quality medical care they desperately need. Without revenue from...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senate Aging Committee Chair Bob Casey (D-PA) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) applauded the Biden Administration for publishing user-friendly data on the rate of COVID-19 vaccinations among residents and workers at more than 15,000 individual nursing homes across the country. The move comes after multiple requests from Senators Casey and Wyden to put this data in the hands of nursing home residents, workers and families. “Patients,...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing that nine Pennsylvania entities will receive $8.197 million in POWER grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). Grantee projects include broadband deployment, workforce substance abuse recovery and other regional development purposes. Casey advocated directly for the Clarion County, Gannon University and Outreach Center of Community Resources projects. “We can’t build back better if we do not support...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing that the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development will receive $7,122,756 in discretionary funding for its Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP). This program works to prevent and end youth homelessness across Pennsylvania. Senator Casey supported this funding in the Fiscal Year 2019 and 2020 appropriations bills. “Many children experiencing homelessness also struggle with hunger, poor...

Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) are introducing legislation to reduce the United States’ dependency on foreign supply chains and non-market economies. The Senators are introducing the Market Economy Sourcing Act, which would limit non-market economies (NME) from free-riding on future United States trade agreements. This legislation would establish a supplemental rule of origin—used to determine if...

Shanksville, PA — Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “Twenty years ago, our Nation was changed forever when terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people in New York City, Washington and Pennsylvania. We must never forgot those who died on 9/11, and we continue to support and pray for the families who spent the last two decades without their loved ones. “Today I joined President Biden and...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement commemorating Labor Day. “This Labor Day and every day, I am celebrating unions and working families, who built the American middle class and made our Nation what it is today. Over the past few decades, corporations have tilt the playing field in their favor by systematically undermining and weakening workers’ fundamental rights to organize and collectively bargain. Every worker in America deserves to be...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following severe weather across Pennsylvania. “Last night, residents across Pennsylvania experienced storms never seen before in the region, resulting in historic flooding in the Delaware Valley. The full extent of the flooding remains unknown, but we’re already hearing reports of people being forced to evacuate their homes. My office is in touch with officials through the Commonwealth, including Governor...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on the announcement that Philadelphia International Airport will begin receiving Afghan refugees as early as today. “Many Afghans have spent years aiding U.S. forces and promoting democracy and equality.  They have risked their lives to do so and, over the past few weeks, some have been forced to leave their homes, uproot their lives and flee for their safety. We owe these Afghans gratitude...