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Matt Alton Cartwright is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Cartwright has focused on issues such as healthcare, job creation, and infrastructure during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies aimed at improving the lives of working families in his district and has worked on various initiatives to support local businesses and economic development.
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 3824 to end the Republicans' refusal to extend unemployment benefits that protect 80,473 workers in my home State, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the…
Mr. Speaker, on December 28, 3 days after Christmas, this Federal Government allowed 1.3 million American families to be cut off of long-term unemployment insurance. It comes at a time when we are in the dead of winter, at a time when…
I thank my valued and trusted colleague from Wisconsin for granting me this time. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a Congressman from Pennsylvania, in fact, a Congressman from Scranton, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of Secretary Robert Reich, I might…
I will pledge to you today I will treat how the Government acts and how insurance companies act the same.
I believe the Affordable Care Act is a landmark law. It is obviously, by no means, perfect, it needs a lot of work, but all of us need to roll up our sleeves and work together and make it better.
Mr. Speaker, for far too long, Congress has failed to act while the impacts of climate change threaten our security, our economy, our budget, and the health of our citizens. In fact, the GAO included climate change in its high-risk report…
What this bill is really after is simply to make people afraid to go to court to assert their rights, to assert their voting rights, to assert their workplace safety rights, to assert the rights guaranteed them under the United States…
I thank the gentleman. The answer is this: we don't have idiots as Federal judges in this country. If a Federal judge sees a situation where somebody is really acting egregiously, really abusing the system, really filing a frivolous case…
I thank the gentleman from Michigan. Madam Speaker, I come here as a freshman in this Congress. I come from northeastern Pennsylvania, my first time involved in the political theater. And I tell you, Madam Speaker, that I have plied my…
Mr. Speaker, I rise to share with you the story of a couple from Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, the Zakoses. In a one-on-one session last Monday, that is, a week ago Monday, Beverly and Bob Zakos of Catasauqua sat as the navigator, Mr. Hartman…
I really would like to get to the bottom of what is going on with the website.
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