News Releases

Washington, D.C. - During National Reentry Week and “Second Chance” Month, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. House Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14) are introducing the bipartisan and bicameral Clean Slate Act to give more than 70 million Americans with low-level and nonviolent criminal records a second chance to fully participate in society. The legislation would remove major barriers for many Americans in finding...

Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is issuing a statement on Senate Republicans’ infrastructure proposal: “The decision by Senate Republicans to completely cut the funding for home and community-based services that is in the American Jobs Plan is a slap in the face to older adults and people with disabilities. It’s also an insult to the workers who provide home and community-based services. Under the American Jobs Plan, these workers would see their incomes grow and our...

Child Care for Working Families Act would ensure access to high-quality, affordable child care for working families and improve wages for child care workers (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive...

Washington, D.C. – As the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic increase hunger across the country, the meals provided through child care programs play a significant role in supporting children and families. U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is introducing the Access to Healthy Food for Young Children Act to make it easier for child care providers to provide nutritious, healthy meals for young children. The bill would improve the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which serves...

Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) issued a statement following the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd: “This verdict is about accountability, but it is not justice. While Derek Chauvin will be held accountable for the murder of George Floyd, it’s not enough. Countless others have died at hands of police because of a broken system that must be reformed. My thoughts are with George Floyd’s family today. True justice will come when Congress passes the...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) today introduced legislation to name the United States Courthouse in Harrisburg in honor of Judge Sylvia Rambo. The legislation would designate the new United States Courthouse in Harrisburg as the “Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse.” The courthouse is expected to open in 2022. Since her tenure as chief judge, Judge Rambo has advocated tirelessly for the planning, construction and funding of the new...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and colleagues are introducing the Tax Fairness for Workers Act, legislation that would make the tax deduction for union dues above-the-line (available for everyone, even if they don’t itemize deductions) and reinstate the tax deduction for unreimbursed employee expenses. U.S. Representative Conor Lamb (D-PA-17) has introduced companion legislation in the House of...

Washington, D.C. – As many COVID-19 survivors are struggling with long-term symptoms, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced the Junk Plan Accountability and Disclosure Act (S. 1002) to protect consumers from being misled into enrolling in junk plans that fail to offer comprehensive coverage or basic consumer protections put in place as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Junk plans, which can include short-term, limited duration...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced two bills to ensure that youth who age out of the foster care system have health insurance coverage until age 26, the same as young adults who can stay on a parent’s plan. The Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act (S. 709) and the Dosha Joi Immediate Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act (S. 712) would ensure all former foster youth can enroll in Medicaid until age 26. Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) extended...

Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is releasing a statement on the Biden Administration's actions on gun violence: "President Biden is taking decisive action to confront the crisis of gun violence in our country. Congress needs to do its part now. The House of Representatives has passed comprehensive background check legislation. The Senate should pass these bills, in addition to banning military-style assault weapons, limiting the size of magazines and passing legislation to support survivors...

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) introduced the Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act (S.911) to strengthen legislation that would make airplanes less susceptible to hijacking. The legislation is named after a Bucks County resident, Captain Victor Saracini, who piloted United Flight 175 when it was hijacked by terrorists and flown into the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Provisions of the Saracini Aviation Act were enacted in...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and U.S. Representatives Lucy McBath (D-GA-06) and Steve Stivers (R-OH-15) re-introduced the End All Hazing Act to provide parents and prospective students with better information about universities’ histories of hazing in an effort to increase transparency and accountability in hazing nationwide. The bill would require colleges and universities to post on their websites instances of hazing that took...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced a bill to extend nutrition assistance for vulnerable infants, children and mothers across the country. The Wise Investment in our Children (WIC) Act would address a gap in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) that kicks young children off vital nutrition assistance before they are eligible to start school. The WIC Act would also give states the option to certify...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representative Susan Wild (D-PA-07) announced that the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service is conducting an audit of Lehigh Valley Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC). Casey and Wild raised concerns about burdensome mail delays at the facility during a visit in October. “Ever since Postmaster General DeJoy implemented dubious operational changes to the Postal Service last summer, people in...

Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is releasing a statement regarding President Biden’s visit to Pennsylvania: “While Senate votes and committee hearings have kept me in Washington today, I’m pleased to welcome President Biden back to Pennsylvania as he visits Delaware County to highlight the transformative benefits of the American Rescue Plan. This historic legislation will put more money in the pockets of working families, help children return to school safely, ensure...

Washington, D.C. – As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, families are under stress in ways that can increase the risk of child abuse or neglect. Meanwhile, stay-at-home orders mean that children who are at risk of abuse are separated from mandatory reporters, such as teachers, at the same time that local child protective services and non-profits that prevent child abuse are facing new challenges. These challenges include the risk posed by conducting home visits and the expenses involved...

Washington, D.C. – On the heels of the Senate passage of the American Rescue Plan, which includes policies to cut child poverty, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2021, which would establish a national goal of reducing child poverty by half in 10 years and require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Census Bureau to annually track the progress toward that goal. In 2018,...

Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is releasing a statement following Senate passage of the American Rescue Plan: “Now that the Senate has passed the American Rescue Plan, the country is one step closer to putting the virus behind us. When the House passes the American Rescue Plan and sends it to President Biden’s desk, we will put more money in the pockets of working families, help our children return to school safely and ensure everyone who wants to can be vaccinated.” The...

Washington, D.C. – In response to the dangerous decrease in federal support for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the CHIPPER Act (S. 453). This legislation will improve federal support for state CHIP during the public health emergency by retroactively extending an enhanced federal funding match for the program that expired last year, and continuing it through September 2022. This will allow the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representative Dwight Evans (D-PA-03) are introducing the Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act. This legislation would establish an interagency Advisory Council to gather and disseminate information about the resources, programs and benefits that can help victims of gun violence—including survivors and the families, classmates, coworkers and other associates of individuals affected by gun violence. More than 100 Americans...