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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Last week, House Republicans passed a bill pushed by President Trump that is estimated to kick more than 50,000 Philadelphians off Medicaid health coverage.
PHILADELPHIA (May 23, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) is co-leading a bill (H.R. 3506) to re-authorize the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) with Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), vice ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee.
PHILADELPHIA (May 22, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) said the fight isn’t over to stop a bill pushed by President Trump that would kick more than 50,000 Philadelphians off Medicaid health coverage. The House of Representatives passed it Thursday morning.
WASHINGTON (May 2, 2025) – Today, U.S.
Seniors in the 3rd Congressional District are invited to my annual Senior Resource and Wellness Fair, next Friday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Community of Compassion Inc., 6150 Cedar Ave., Philadelphia, 19143.
WASHINGTON (April 17, 2025) – U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) and Sen. Edward J.
WASHINGTON (April 15, 2025) – U.S. Reps.
WASHINGTON (April 11, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) and House and Senate colleagues have reintroduced what Evans calls “poverty-busting” legislation to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.
President Trump’s tariffs announcement on Wednesday amounts to the largest tax increase on Americans in at least 30 years.I OPPOSE it!
WASHINGTON (March 13, 2025) – U.S. Reps. Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Kathy Castor (D-FL) led a group of 22 members of Congress in denouncing the Trump Administration’s latest move to rip away health care by eliminating funding for health care navigators.