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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PHILADELPHIA (May 12, 2023) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) has introduced his innovative school-repair bill, which would make it easier for school districts to use the current federal historic rehabilitation tax credit to upgrade historic school buildings that will continue to operate as schools after renovation.
FY 2025 Appropriations Requests FormPlease use this form to request program funding or bill/report language for Fiscal year 2025. Please note this is not the office’s community project funding form, which is not yet available. This form is only for programmatic or language requests.
PHILADELPHIA (April 19, 2023) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) has requested a total of more than $23.7 million in federal Community Project Funding for 15 Philadelphia projects. The biggest category is housing, with $9,400,149 of Evans' requests designated for seven housing initiatives in the city.
PHILADELPHIA (April 12, 2023) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) hosted a news conference Tuesday with state and city officials about millions of dollars in grants being used to renovate a long-closed Germantown store into a new, full-service location of Weavers Way Co-op. About 250 people attended an open house that followed at the site, 328 W. Chelten Ave.
Congressman Evans submitted the following 15 Community Project Funding requests for Fiscal Year 2024 for Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District, with accompanying Financial Disclosure Statements:
Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Congressman Dwight Evans held a press conferenceto mark the re-introduction of H.R. 1468, the Worker Relief and Credit Reform (WRCR) Act,to expand and modernize the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) so that this important tax credit better meets the demands on America's workforce and fights poverty.
WASHINGTON (Feb. 28, 2023) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) has introduced a resolution to honor Black workers and calling on the U.S. House of Representatives to pursue legislation to end inequalities facing Black workers and to support the right for workers of all backgrounds to good working conditions and protection from discrimination.