News Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a coalition of Senators fighting to protect the health and pensions of more than 120,000 retired coal miners nationwide announced their intent to use any means necessary to make sure that these workers and their families are protected. With 16,300 retired coal miners set to lose health care by Dec. 31, 2016 without Congressional action, U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Mark Warner (D-VA) announced that they will block...

Washington, DC- U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement on the nomination of Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) to be the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services: “I have substantial concerns about the nomination of Congressman Tom Price to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Congressman Price has led efforts to end the guaranteed benefit of Medicare; Congressman Price has also supported efforts to turn Medicaid into a block grant program, which would...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) realeased the following statement: Over the last five and half years, the Syrian people have endured one horror after the next. The Russian Federation has blocked international efforts to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo and has enabled the murderous Assad regime to continue its slaughter of Syrian citizens. According to the United Nations, nearly one million Syrians are living under siege from their government. That is equivalent to...

Washington, DC– Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced the bipartisan Anti-Semitism Awareness Act in an effort to combat increasing incidents of anti-Semitism on college campuses nationwide. The Senators joined together to ensure the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has the necessary statutory tools at their disposal to investigate anti-Jewish incidents. A recent FBI crime report notes that 58.2 percent of religiously-motivated hate crimes were due to the...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined a group of 21 bipartisan Senators in a letter to Senate and House leadership, calling for the passage of the Miners Protection Act by the end of this year. Without a change to current law, 12,500 of the country’s retired coal miners will lose their healthcare on December 31, 2016.   Senator Casey was joined by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark Warner...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), along with 18 other U.S. Senators, sent a letter urging President-elect Donald Trump to increase transparency during his transition and keep his promises to reduce the influence of lobbyists and corporate special interests during his transition and in his administration.  Despite a pledge to limit lobbying by members of the Trump administration, corporate lobbyists and Washington insiders have filled many prominent posts within the...

From the IRS: The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners today issued an alert to taxpayers and tax professionals to be on guard against fake emails purporting to contain an IRS tax bill related to the Affordable Care Act. The IRS has received numerous reports around the country of scammers sending a fraudulent version of CP2000 notices for tax year 2015. Generally, the scam involves an email that includes the fake CP2000 as an attachment. The issue has been reported to the...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), asking them to establish an expedited review process for Wells Fargo whistleblowers and other unfairly terminated employees to clear their termination notice, which may contain negative comments as a result of their attempts to report or resist fraud at Wells Fargo. The letter follows reports...

Washington, DC- Following caucus elections, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) has been selected as the top Senate Democrat on the Senate Aging Committee. This senior role will allow Casey to build on his record of protecting seniors from abuse, scams and fraud. During his time as Pennsylvania’s Auditor General from 1997-2005, Casey investigated nursing home care for seniors and secured reforms that improved care and resulted in accountability. As part of his responsibilities, Casey will play a...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following President-elect Trump’s decision to appoint Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist and senior counselor: ”I am deeply troubled that President-elect Trump has appointed Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist and senior counselor. Stephen Bannon has led an organization, Breitbart News, that the Southern Poverty Law Center has said, “has undergone a noticeable shift toward embracing ideas on the...

Philadelphia, PA – As numerous disturbing incidents of hate and violence continue to ensue across the country, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) visited with students at the University of Pennsylvania to reinforce his message that these acts of bigotry will not be tolerated. Student leaders spent an hour with the Senator discussing their personal reactions to the threatening messages targeting black students at the University. “If the students around this table leave here today...

Washington, D.C. – As White Nationalists pledge to “monitor” the polls in Philadelphia on Election Day, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is urging Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Gupta at the Department of Justice to work with county officials to ensure proper enforcement of election monitoring rules that protect every American’s right to vote.  The letter comes following harrowing reports of a neo-Nazi group planning to...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and 21 of their fellow Senators including Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Coons (D-DE), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Gary Peters (D-MI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Robert Menendez...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), 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 attack on a police training academy in Quetta, Pakistan. "This week I and our nation stand in solidarity with the people of Pakistan following a horrific terrorist attack on a police training academy outside Quetta. Those at the training academy...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Dick Blumenthal (D-CT) are sending a letter to the United States Golf Association (USGA), urging them to move the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open from the Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey.  The letter comes following numerous allegations of Donald Trump degrading and dehumanizing women that have occurred over several decades. “The decision that the USGA makes is more consequential than...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand were joined by Susan Collins (R-ME), Jack Reed (D-RI), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Angus King Jr. (I-ME), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D- NH), Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT), Chris S. Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kelly A. Ayotte (R-NH), Robert P. Casey Jr. (D-PA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D- RI) urging federal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. —U.S. Senator Bob Casey along with Senators Gary Peters (MI), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Joe Donnelly (IN), Richard Durbin (IL), Al Franken (MN), Mark Kirk (IL), Amy Klobuchar (MN) and Debbie Stabenow (MI), sent a letter to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx urging DOT to take a leadership role in the implementation of a first-ever regional strategy for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence maritime transportation system (MTS). The strategy was developed by the...

Philadelphia, PA - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is releasing the following statement as the USS Murtha is commissioned today. “The USS John P. Murtha will advance our nation’s national security interests and honor Congressman Murtha for his lifetime of service. Congressman Murtha was a decorated Marine who served his country during the Korean War and volunteered for combat in Vietnam. He never forgot about our veterans, our troops or their families. He was a strong...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded the City of Pittsburgh $10,899,318 in grants to support critical transportation and infrastructure projects in the city. The funds will improve mobility in Pittsburgh, while creating jobs and supporting economic growth in the region. “Pittsburgh has always been a city that is unafraid of thinking big and pushing the envelope.  This grant will allow the...

Washington, D.C. – As the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) releases two new reports on furniture tipovers, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), are calling on Congress to swiftly pass their legislation, the Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth (STURDY) Act. The legislation comes as serious safety concerns have arisen from fatal tip-over incidents involving children in PA and across the nation. According to the...