News Releases

Washington, D.C. – Following the deaths of at least seven migrant children in the custody of the Customs and Border Patrol Agency (CBP), U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), along with Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), requested the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examine the facility conditions for children that are detained by CBP. The GAO report that found CBP does not follow its own guidelines for medical care for migrant children and ignored the recommendations from the Centers for...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the National Commission on the COVID–19 Pandemic in the United States Act, a bill to establish a bipartisan commission to examine the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The bill is a companion to legislation introduced in the House of Representatives by U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA-27). “From the beginning of this pandemic, the Trump...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are introducing The Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2020, which would set a national goal of reducing child poverty by half in 10 years and require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Census Bureau to report annually on child poverty. In 2018, nearly 1 in 6 children, or 11.9 million children, were living in poverty. U.S. Representative Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7) is...

Washington, D.C. – As states face an economic downturn and Americans lose health care coverage due to job loss during the public health pandemic, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is introducing the Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act. This legislation would respond to the increased need for health care during the public health and economic crisis by creating a quicker and more responsive process for supporting state Medicaid programs. It would address fluctuating demand in states for Medicaid...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Patty Murray (D-WA) and 23 of their colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting that $50 million in funding from the Farmers to Families Food Box program be allocated for delivery efforts to support seniors, immunocompromised individuals and families who lack access to reliable transportation in accessing the food they need. Allocating this funding would expedite...

Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement to commemorate Juneteenth: "On Juneteenth, we commemorate President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on the day—June 19, 1865—when news of emancipation reached people in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy in Galveston, Texas. This day came two months after the end of the Civil War and more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a gap which represents a delay in...

Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Market Economy Sourcing Act, which would ensure future trade agreements prevent free-riding from non-market economies (NMEs), like China. This legislation would establish a supplemental rule of origin–used to determine if products are eligible for duty-free or reduced duties under free trade agreement rules—to limit the content from non-market economies that can be included in FTA qualifying goods. The...

Washington, D.C. – As Congress considers reauthorization of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) before the end of the year, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) propose legislation to strengthen and update GSP standards on worker rights and ensure countries receiving GSP afford equal rights and protection under the law, regardless of gender. Around the world, women disproportionately face challenges in the workplace and barriers to entering the...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8) introduced the Pennsylvania National Heritage Area Act, legislation to extend the authorization of Pennsylvania National Heritage Areas (NHAs) set to expire between FY 2021-2022. Additionally, this bill would eliminate incongruent funding restrictions and streamline appropriations levels for each NHA. “Pennsylvania’s Heritage Areas protect our natural and cultural resources...

Washington, D.C. – With approximately 30 percent of Americans out of work or experiencing a pay cut due to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led a letter urging President Trump to end his Administration’s assault on the health, quality of life and well-being of low-income Americans. The Senators also condemned President Trump for his ongoing efforts to dismantle assistance programs that millions of low income...

Washington, D.C. – Following a request from U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) for the federal Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Comptroller General to examine conditions for all children detained by the Customs and Border Patrol Agency (CBP), the GAO has produced a report showing that CBP misused federal funds meant for vulnerable migrants, including children. GAO found, in the course of their investigation pursuant to Senator Casey’s request, that funds intended for medical...

Washington, D.C. – As American families struggle with health care costs during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is introducing the Children’s Health Insurance Program Pandemic Enhancement and Relief (CHIPPER) Act to continue support for state Children's Health Insurance Programs during the public health emergency. This legislation would extend enhanced federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for an extra year for states that take...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is joining U.S. Senators Corey Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA), with Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-CA-37) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10), as an original cosponsor of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020. The bill is the first comprehensive legislative approach to ending police brutality and changing the culture of law enforcement departments by holding police...

Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced the Office of International Disability Rights Act, which would establish an Office of International Disability Rights within the U.S. Department of State, headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Disability Rights, to ensure the United States is focused on advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities around the world. While the State Department...

Washington, D.C. - This week, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, calling on them to abandon plans to annex parts of the West Bank and to take measures to promote a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: “I am concerned that stated plans to move forward with unilateral annexation of the West Bank will not only eliminate the possibility of a two-state solution, but will result in erosion...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO) and 16 of their colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley voicing grave concerns over President Donald Trump’s recent threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to nationwide protests calling for justice for George Floyd and an end to...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement: “Pennsylvanians and people across our Nation are angry, sad, tired and desperate for change. As leaders, we must recognize this pain. As a Commonwealth and country, we must raise our voices and call for justice in a system that has, for too long, turned a blind eye to the injustice. We can and we must reform these systems and hold those accountable who abuse them.  As Pennsylvanians protest...

Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is releasing the following statement: “On Wednesday afternoon, I received the results of a COVID-19 ELISA IgG Antibody Test, which were positive. This positive test means that I likely had COVID-19 at some point over the last several months and have since developed an antibody response to the virus.  Earlier this spring, I experienced a low-grade fever and some mild flu-like symptoms for a number of days.  I consulted my...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Increasing Access to SNAP Delivery During COVID-19 Act, which would ensure SNAP participants, especially seniors and immunocompromised individuals, have access to home food delivery and curbside pickup during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, Casey led a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging the Department to immediately improve the ability of at-risk individuals to access the...

Washington, D.C. – At a time when organizations supporting survivors of family, domestic and dating violence are seeing an increase in need for services, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) are introducing the Protect Our Women and Waive Emergency Requirements (POWER) Act. The POWER Act would temporarily waive the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) requirement that organizations must match federal funding amounts through cash or in-kind donations. This...