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 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. Representatives Dwight Evans (PA-03), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), John Larson (CT-01), and Lois Frankel (FL-22) released a joint statement calling on the Trump Administration to reverse course on its Social Security claw back rule that would still result in half of the Social Security check of affected seniors being taken away each month because of government mistakes.
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. Markey (D-MA) have introduced the Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act to help all victims of gun violence – from survivors to their loved ones, coworkers, and classmates – identify and access the resources available to them to help meet medical, legal, financial, and other needs.
WASHINGTON (April 15, 2025) – U.S. Reps. Dwight Evans (D-PA), John Larson (D-CT), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Lois Frankel (D-FL) announced they will introduce the “Claws Off Social Security” Act, aimed at protecting struggling seniors from drastic “clawback” payments ordered by the Trump administration.
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.
Evans is sponsoring the House bill to expand the EITC, the Tax Cut for Workers Act (H.R. 2764).
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.
WASHINGTON (March 11, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) announced he will vote “No” on a House Republican funding bill that fails to stop or reverse recent mass firings and funding freezes.