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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The Espaillat, Evans No Funding for Confederate Symbols Act legislation not only would require the renaming of any military installations named after Confederate generals, but would prohibit Federal funds from being used to create, maintain, or display any Confederate symbol on Federal public land – including highways, parks, Federal buildings, streets, or any other Federal property.
PHILADELPHIA (June 10, 2020) – Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03), vice chair of the House Small Business Committee, will welcome a Philadelphia pharmacist to testify virtually before the committee today about his experience with a major federal small-business loan program during the Covid-19 pandemic.
PHILADELPHIA (June 5, 2020) – Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03) is pushing for urgent help for small businesses in Philadelphia and many other U.S. communities that now face a steeper road to recovery because of both the pandemic and recent looting.
PHILADELPHIA (May 30, 2020) – Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03) tonight called for "more peace – not more violence" in Philadelphia.
Evans stood tonight with Mayor Jim Kenney, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, state Sens. Vincent Hughes and Sharif Street, and leaders of the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity at a news conference calling for an end to violence in protests in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA (May 29, 2020) – Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03) welcomed today's arrest of the Minneapolis police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, an African American man in custody who was pleading before he died that he couldn't breathe.
WASHINGTON (May 15, 2020) – Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03) will vote for the Heroes Act, a sweeping Covid-19 relief bill the House of Representatives is expected to pass later today.
PHILADELPHIA (April 30, 2020) – Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03) today called for universal mandatory Covid-19 testing and for President Trump to use the Defense Production Act to have manufacturers produce the necessary testing supplies.
Evans is a member of the influential House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees Medicare and much of the U.S. health-care system, along with handling legislation relating to taxes, trade and Social Security.
PHILADELPHIA (April 29, 2020) – Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03) is urging Gov. Tom Wolf and Mayor Jim Kenney to include the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium as part of a coordinated city and state strategy to reach the highly vulnerable African American community.
Evans sent a letter to Wolf and Kenney urging the consortium be included and outlining his concerns.
PHILADELPHIA (April 23, 2020) – Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03) welcomed today's award of $30 million in federal funding to revitalize the Sharswood-Blumberg neighborhood, a goal he has long pursued.