Congress
Having grown up in North Philadelphia, it is the honor of a lifetime to work every day to create a better city for all Philadelphians. In Congress, I'm working to place Philadelphians at the forefront of national policy discussions and secure critical resources for our community.
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WASHINGTON (August 13, 2025) - Today, Representatives Dwight Evans (D-PA), Raul Ruiz M.D. (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Brad Schneider (D-IL) announced the introduction of the BENES 2.0 Act, aimed at protecting Americans approaching Medicare eligibility from costly and confusing enrollment penalties.
PHILADELPHIA (July 23, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans’ (D-PA-3) office will hold a series of “Congress Comes to You” constituent service events, starting Monday, July 28 in Roxborough.
WASHINGTON (July 11, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) is co-leading a bipartisan bill that would enable hospitals to extend successful “Hospital at Home” programs for an additional five years.
WASHINGTON (July 3, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) voted “No” again on a bill pushed by President Trump that will kick more than 50,000 Philadelphians off Medical Assistance and cause at least 143,000 people across Pennsylvania to lose some or all SNAP food aid
PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) today announced that he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026, concluding a distinguished career in public service spanning over four decades.
You may have seen a news report that I’ve announced I will retire from Congress. So I want to be clear:
As I continue to monitor the Middle East situation, I wanted to share my public statement from Sunday:
In my last newsletter, I outlined how I fought against the Trump Medicaid-cuts and tax-cuts bill in committee and in the House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON (June 6, 2025) – U.S. Rep.
WASHINGTON (June 5, 2025) – U.S. Reps. Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) have introduced a bipartisan job-training bill, the Leveraging Educational Opportunity Networks (LEON) Act, to help build pathways out of poverty and solve the nation’s structural, long-term labor shortage.