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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.
I rise today to address the sequester. Many of those in this House have been telling their constituents that the sequester doesn't make any difference, that nothing has really changed; but that simply is not true. For example, a cut to the…
Unfortunately, Congress did not take into account the harm to businesses and individuals as a result of what I have called this ridiculous sequestration.
The Administration did not decide to impose across-the-board cuts to spending at Government agencies. It was Congress that did that, using Congress' power of the purse.
Mr. Speaker, I rise to comment about the budget introduced this week by the Republican Budget chairman, Paul Ryan. The first thing we notice about this budget is that it is nothing more than a tiresome rehash of the right-wing wish list. I…
Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 68, I was detained off the floor. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________
Moreover, the CR put forth by the Republican leadership this week would further slash funding to areas such as highway safety to below the levels agreed upon just last in MAP-21.
The implementation of recommendations from our inspectors general can serve to decrease waste and ensure that the Federal Government is spending the taxpayers' money as efficiently as possible.
Unfortunately, implementation of these recommendations is going to be all the more difficult because the testimony from the Inspectors General Tighe and Scovel come in the midst of yet another manufactured fiscal crisis.
The cuts to the Department of Education and Transportation each measure about $2 billion.
I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin. I'm here to address the draconian and irresponsible and indiscriminate effects of this ridiculous sequestration program that's slated to take effect on March 1. I use the word ``indiscriminate''…
We held our noses because it cost so much money, so much federal taxpayer money indebted us so deeply to do that, but it turned out to be a good gamble because we have recovered, as Ms. Geoghegan has said, 93 percent of this money.
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