Dwight Evans for Congress
Recent News About Dwight Evans for Congress
Dwight Evans: Advocates say COVID-19 relief money can ensure racial equity for child care
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The pandemic forced hundreds of Pennsylvania child care centers to close their doors, but President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan could bring them back.
Dwight Evans: Lawmakers urge President Biden to rectify alleged cannabis firings
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Several White House staffers were reportedly suspended, put on probation or asked to resign after honestly disclosing past cannabis use.
Dwight Evans: Collapsing union pension plans win long-sought help from rescue package; How Pa. benefits
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Tucked in the Democrats’ massive coronavirus stimulus package was a long-awaited solution for a financial ticking time bomb: private pension funds on the brink of collapse, jeopardizing the retirement plans of millions of union members.
Dwight Evans: City leaders, residents take stand against Asian hate at Philly town hall
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A week after a gunman opened fire at spas around Atlanta — killing eight people, six of them women of Asian descent — calls are growing to put a stop to Asian hate.
Dwight Evans: Hundreds rally in Philadelphia’s Chinatown to denounce racism against Asian-American and Pacific Islander community
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Hundreds of people rallied in Philadelphia’s Chinatown on Sunday to denounce hate and raise awareness about acts of racism against the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
Dwight Evans: Congress Members Urge Vaccination During Black Press Week
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House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Pa.) praised President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan and urged African Americans to get vaccinated.
Dwight Evans: Philly schools superintendent reveals how district will use $1.2 billion of stimulus funding
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A vast majority of the $1.2 billion coming to the Philadelphia School District under President Joe Biden’s stimulus recovery plan will go toward modernizing schools and enhancing educational programs over the next several years.
Dwight Evans: Armed Security Officers Working Under Homeland Security Contractor Say They’ve Been Given Broken, Unsafe Equipment
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Armed security officers in Philadelphia working under a Homeland Security Department contractor say they’re often given broken or unsafe equipment. Now, U.S. Congressmembers are joining their call for changes.
Dwight Evans: Food Assistance in American Rescue Plan Act Will Reduce Hardship, Provide Economic Stimulus
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The American Rescue Plan Act includes $12 billion in key investments to food assistance programs to mitigate the nation’s extraordinarily high levels of hunger and hardship.
Dwight Evans: Food Assistance in American Rescue Plan Act Will Reduce Hardship, Provide Economic Stimulus
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The American Rescue Plan Act includes $12 billion in key investments to food assistance programs to mitigate the nation’s extraordinarily high levels of hunger and hardship
Evans Announces Community Project Funding Opportunity
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Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) announced the U.S. House of Representatives will accept limited member requests for Community Project Funding in appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year.
Dwight Evans: ‘We are all in the crossfire’: With gun violence on the rise during the pandemic, one Philadelphia mom is fighting back | Thursday Morning Coffee
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In January 2015, Aleida Garcia’s son, Alex Rojas Garcia, a student at Temple University, was shot 15 times and left for dead on a cold and lonely street in Philadelphia.
Dwight Evans: ‘We are all in the crossfire’: With gun violence on the rise during the pandemic, one Philadelphia mom is fighting back | Thursday Morning Coffee
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In January 2015, Aleida Garcia’s son, Alex Rojas Garcia, a student at Temple University, was shot 15 times and left for dead on a cold and lonely street in Philadelphia.
Evans, Casey Push To Support Victims Of Gun Violence
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U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representative Dwight Evans (D-PA-03) are introducing the Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act.
Dwight Evans: Gun violence survivors are begging for resources. Would this bill help them?
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Every day, with the inevitability of a sunrise, more than 300 Americans are shot. Many of those lucky enough to survive will face uncertain recoveries, and can be saddled with lifelong disabilities.
Evans Appointed to Oversight Role on Ways & Means Committee
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Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) has been appointed to an added role in his second term on the influential House Ways and Means Committee.
Dwight Evans: Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Applauds the PRO Act, Calls For Entire PA Delegation in U.S. House and Senate to Support
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Today the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate both announced the introduction of Protecting the Right to Organize Act in Congress.
Pa. Rep. Dwight Evans joins call for Biden to commute federal death sentences | Tuesday Morning Coffee
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U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans, D-3rd District, is among nearly three-dozen members of Congress who have called on President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of every federal death row prisoner, putting an end to the assembly line of executions imposed during the waning days of the Trump administration.
Dwight Evans: It was a ‘surreal’ inauguration for Pennsylvania lawmakers at the site of the Capitol insurrection
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Waiting Wednesday morning on the steps of the U.S. Capitol for Joe Biden to be sworn in as president, Rep. Brendan Boyle reflected on what happened in that exact spot two weeks ago.
Dwight Evans: US House overrides Trump veto; approves $2k stim payments: How Pa. lawmakers voted
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In a flurry of activity Monday, the majority-Democrat U.S. House voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a $741 billion defense appropriations bill, even as it handed the lame duck Republican a hollow win by voting to approve $2,000 stimulus payments for most Americans.
