News Releases

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the summit between the United States and North Korea: “North Korea’s nuclear weapons program represents a grave threat to our national security and that of our allies. I remain optimistic that yesterday’s summit in Singapore may be a first step toward achieving a robust and verifiable nuclear agreement. However, I am concerned by the President’s statement that he would end joint military...

Washington, D.C. – Following a push from Pennsylvania’s congressional leaders, the City of Philadelphia has been selected as one of the final five potential host cities for the new Army Futures Command. U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Pat Toomey (R-PA), alongside U.S. Representatives Bob Brady (D-PA-1), Ryan Costello (R-PA-6), Brendan Boyle (D-PA-13), Dwight Evans (D-PA-2), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-8) led a number of their colleagues in penning a letter to the Under...

Washington, D.C. – As the text of the 2018 Farm Bill was just unveiled, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, is announcing a number of critical wins for Pennsylvania farmers, families and rural communities. Among other legislative provisions authored or pioneered by Casey, the bill will include measures that address senior nutrition needs, improve conservation efforts across the commonwealth and work to protect water...

Washington, D.C. – As the Trump Administration recently argued in a court brief that the ACA’s protections for preexisting conditions should be ruled unconstitutional, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement: “This suit is an outrageous assault by the Administration and congressional Republicans on older Americans, people with disabilities and the 52 million adults with pre-existing conditions. It is now abundantly clear that in passing a massive tax...

Washington, D.C. - In an effort to reach a swift resolution to a trade case impacting the American newspaper industry, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) has called on U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to use his authority under the Tariff Act of 1930 to initiate a suspension agreement that would generate a resolution between American and Canadian paper firms. This letter comes as follow up from a personal call Casey made to Secretary Ross last month on the issue. “Local...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the Department of Education anti-union labor agreement: "In an Administration that has made a habit of breaking promises and attacking working families, the Department of Education recently reached another new low.  Three months ago, the Department of Education unilaterally threw out an active contract with its employees and replaced it with anti-labor and anti-worker provisions not agreed to by the workers. The...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is releasing a letter today signed by him and 39 of his Democratic Senate colleagues demanding the Trump administration stop further traumatizing children and end Trump’s inhumane policy of separating innocent children from their parents who cross the Southwest border seeking asylum in the United States. Citing the American Academy of Pediatrics, Casey and the senators stressed the short- and long-term damage to these children from...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), in collaboration with Governor Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), has successfully worked to secure a $35.1 million grant for PennDOT under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program. PennDOT will use this funding to replace and improve the outdated I-99/I-80 Exit 161 interchange in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The updates will ensure greater road...

Washington, D.C. – As the Senate considers David Porter for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement: “David Porter has no judicial experience so one of the only ways to assess his fitness for the second highest court in the nation, the U.S. Court of Appeals, is through his writings. His published works reveal an ideology that will serve only the wealthy and powerful as opposed to protecting the rights of all Americans. Mr....

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement on the recently announced health care premium increases in Pennsylvania as a result of ongoing attempts by congressional Republicans and the Administration to sabotage our health care system: “While these rates represent a smaller increase than previous years, premiums are still too high for too many Pennsylvania families. This is a direct result of the ongoing attempts by congressional Republicans and this...

Washington, D.C. – According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly half of employed college graduates across the country are in jobs that require less than a four-year college education. For many young people seeking a job, an Associate’s degree is the most affordable and accessible vehicle to higher paying employment opportunities. Each year, thousands of community college students who haven’t yet received a degree transfer to four-year institutions. If these students...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., et al., Petitioners c. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, et al. "The Court’s decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop was narrow in scope and focused on the particular circumstances of the case, but it shines a light on the discrimination that LGBTQ individuals face on a daily basis. The Republican-controlled Congress has been blocking legislation, like the...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) commends Congressmen Robert Brady (D-PA1),  Brendan Boyle (D-PA13) and Dwight Evans (D-PA2) for their legislation to address school conditions:  "I commend Congressmen Brady, Boyle and Evans for pushing for action and highlighting the need to protect children in schools. I have long advocated for increases funding to mitigate the issues of mold, asbestos and lead paint in our schools. Children and their families have a basic right to...

Washington, D.C. – As President Trump recently signed three executive orders aimed at weakening protections for federal workers’ unions, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement: “These executive orders are just the latest in a series of efforts by the Trump Administration to undermine our nation’s labor unions. The over 30,000 federal workers in Pennsylvania keep our state and our country running. Unions have long built the middle class in this...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) issued a statement following a report released by the ACLU alleging widespread abuse of migrant children by immigration officials: "Recent allegations of widespread abuse of migrant children by immigration officials is nothing short of horrifying. Anyone who inflicts harm against minors and children should be held accountable and punished. The abuse of children is an insult to the values on which this country was founded.  Human beings, no...

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) aims to improve state and local government and non-profit collaboration on conservation efforts. To build upon CREP’s existing framework and to help grow its reach and effectiveness, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act. This legislation would ensure that CREP can more powerfully deliver for farmers and...

Washington, D.C. – As millions of Americans gear up for Memorial Day travel, they continue to face ever higher gas prices at the pump. The growing gas squeeze on middle class consumers comes even as large oil companies are reaping the benefit of billions of dollars of tax cuts due to the corporate tax bill passed by Republicans late last year. To highlight the corporate tax giveaways even as the middle class loses ground, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a new report from the...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement after President Trump canceled the planned summit with North Korea:  “This is a disappointing development, but my hope is that there can be a way for our two countries to continue dialogue and work towards the possibility of rescheduling this summit. The situation with North Korea presents significant challenges for our national security. I hope President Trump will approach these challenges in a thoughtful...

Washington, D.C. - Earlier this year, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released a new Case Processing Manual that makes it easier for the Department of Education to dismiss discrimination complaints. In a bicameral letter led by U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, the members of Congress asked for clarifications on changes in policy and reaffirmed the importance of equal protections against discrimination for all...

Washington, D.C. – Following his “no” vote on the nomination of Gina Haspel to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement: “Gina Haspel oversaw interrogation techniques that amount to torture and participated in the destruction of the evidence of these acts. After giving careful consideration to her record, her statements during the confirmation process and reviewing classified materials about her conduct at the...