News Releases

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the nomination hearing of U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General: “I have significant concerns regarding U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions’ nomination to serve as Attorney General, the nation’s top law enforcement officer and chief guardian of civil rights. On the critically important issue of voting rights, I am deeply troubled by his record as a federal prosecutor and a U.S. Senator. As a...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and 23 other Democratic Senators today sent a letter to Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) calling for the hearing of Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Tom Price to include outside witnesses who can provide the Committees with context on his policy views and the likely consequences of such policies.  “Dr. Price has a long...

Washington, DC- Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), joined by 23 Senators, announced that he is cosponsoring new legislation, the Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017, that would require President-elect Donald Trump to remove all conflicts of interest. Mounting independent reports show that President-elect Trump is facing a web of entanglements even as he refuses to follow the bipartisan tradition set by past Presidents of removing financial conflicts of interest. The Casey-backed...

Washington, D.C. – Following an announcement that House Republicans will attempt to defund Planned Parenthood in reconciliation legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined by Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Tom Carper (D-DE), Chris Coons (D-DE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL),...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the Obama Administration’s announcement of sanctions on Russia as a result of election hacking. "The measures announced by the Obama Administration today are one part of holding Russia fully accountable for its cyber-attacks on the U.S. during the 2016 election and for a pattern of unlawful provocations.  These additional sanctions and other steps send a clear message that attacks on our democracy are...

Washington, D.C. – With 2016 coming to a close, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)  has once again produced results that have enhanced U.S. national security and aided Pennsylvania’s middle class, its seniors and kids. “Even amidst partisan gridlock, Senator Casey has once again delivered measureable progress for our nation and Pennsylvania families,” Jacklin Rhoads, Senator Casey’s press secretary said. “From passing into law measures to cut off...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a member of the National Security Working Group and former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, released a statement following the Administration’s decision to abstain from a UN resolution regarding Israel. "I am extremely disappointed in the Administration's decision to abstain from today's vote. ‎This step reversed decades of a bipartisan commitment to using the...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a member of the National Security Working Group and former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, released a statement on the current debate at the United Nations regarding a resolution aimed at Israel. “I strongly urge Ambassador Power and the United States delegation to the United Nations to veto the resolution introduced by the Egyptian delegation before the UN...

Washington DC- U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a letter to the Chairman of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), Tom Wheeler, calling on the agency to adopt the recommendation of the PA Public Utility Commission (PA PUC) to keep Connect America Phase II funds, initially allotted to Pennsylvania but declined by a carrier in the state, within state lines to expand rural broadband for Pennsylvanians who need it most. The FCC is currently weighing whether to put the $23 million in...

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) together with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Al Franken (D-MN), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Gary Peters (D-MI), Tom Udall (D-NM), and Ed Markey (D-MA) today called for a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) to determine the extent of Russian intervention in the 2016 United States presidential election, accompanied by an unclassified summary of its key judgments by January 20th, 2017. An NIE is the formal,...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a member of the National Security Working Group and former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, released a statement following reports that President-elect Donald Trump will nominate the Chief Executive of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson, as Secretary of State. “The reports that President-elect Trump will nominate Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, coupled with the...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement on the Senate’s vote on the Continuing Resolution, which did not include an adequate fix for the health care and pensions of Pennsylvania coal miners and their families: “By failing to pass into law an adequate solution for coal miners and their families who stand to lose their health care and pensions in the new year, Congressional Republican leadership has turned its back on coal miners and their families in...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the RISE Act in a push to ease the burden of transitioning to college life for students with disabilities. The act, which amends the Higher Education Act (HEA), would clarify that documentation used in K-12 education and other settings to receive special education or accommodations would be acceptable as proof of a disability for students in higher education. “The RISE Act...

Washington, DC- U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the crash of Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661: "My thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those who lost their lives in the tragic crash of Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661. The U.S. should offer any assistance or support necessary to determine the cause of the crash and ensure the victims' families get the answers they deserve. We stand with the people of Pakistan in mourning...

Washington, D.C. – Nearly ten days after writing to President-Elect Donald Trump with no response,  U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) are renewing their call to Republicans to keep their promise to save coal miner’s pensions. Days ago, the Senators sent a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump, urging him to uphold his promise of helping coal miners across the country and call on Republican leadership in the House and Senate to pass the...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on President-elect Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt as the next head of the EPA: “President-elect Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency are very troubling. Attorney General Pruitt’s views on environmental protection are unambiguous- he’s against it. A 2014 investigative report from the New York Times...

Washington, D.C. – As the Senate passed sweeping health reform legislation today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced several major wins in the 21st Century Cures Act he advocated for on behalf of Pennsylvanians, including $1 billion to help states respond to the opioid abuse epidemic. Casey has long been an outspoken advocate in addressing the heroin crisis, leading several key pieces of legislation to passage to provide more funding and training in handling heroin abuse. He has also...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the release of Congress’ year-end Continuing Resolution, which keeps the government funded. The legislation does not prevent coal miners in Pennsylvania and across the nation from losing their pensions and health care; the bill only includes a four month extension of health care benefits without any pension relief, so short a time that recipients would be notified almost simultaneously that they are both...

Washington, D.C. - Following a push by U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) today published their report of the federal government’s nursing home rating system the members called for last year. The members made the request to determine whether the Five-Star Quality Rating...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement after President-elect Trump nominated Betsy Devos for Secretary of Education: “As a member of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee I will closely examine Betsy DeVos’ qualifications and record and pose questions regarding the need to invest in our children’s future through public education. I have serious concerns about Betsy DeVos’ commitment...