Jobs, the Economy, & Small Businesses
I am a firm believer that America’s economy must work for people on Broad Street- not just billionaires. That we should not be putting corporations over Cobbs Creek or Wall Street over West Philly.
I’m fighting in Congress to help build a thriving economy for all Americans. As a member of the influential Ways and Means Committee, which oversees taxes, trade, Social Security, and Medicare, I am advocating for poverty-busting policies such as restoring expansions of the Child Tax Credit and the Low-Income Housing Credit. Moreover, I am fighting for the Earned Income Tax Credit, one of our biggest, most useful tools to reduce poverty and put hard-earned money back into workers’ pockets.
A thriving economy is key to building stable neighborhoods in Philadelphia and beyond. Our small business owners are the engines that drive investment in our neighborhoods and spur economic development, block by block. I will continue to fight for small businesses in the Third Congressional District.
As part of building a fair economy for all, we must ensure workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively are protected. I am proud to be a supporter of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would safeguard workers’ ability to unionize free from employer harassment, intimidation, or retaliation.
For additional information about my work on jobs, the economy, and small businesses, read more below or contact my office here.
More on Jobs, the Economy, & Small Businesses
PHILADELPHIA (July 16, 2021) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) announced he has secured nearly $6.3 million in federal funding for eight Philadelphia community projects in annual spending bills that are moving forward in the House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON (June 10, 2021) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) announced that his requests for $19.6 million in federal funding for seven Philadelphia transportation projects have advanced to the full House of Representatives.
Evans' requests are included in a bill that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved today.
PHILADELPHIA (May 12, 2021) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) announced he has submitted 17 community project and transportation member-directed project requests for the 3rd District.
PHILADELPHIA (March 31, 2021) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) on Tuesday announced his Housing Is Essential plan for more than $63 billion in new federal affordable housing funding. He was joined by western Pennsylvania Congressman Mike Doyle (D-PA-18th) and housing advocates from across the state who support the plan.
PHILADELPHIA (March 18, 2021) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) announced the U.S. House of Representatives will accept limited member requests for Community Project Funding in appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year.
WASHINGTON (March 10, 2021) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) today voted for the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, helping to put the Covid relief and economic rescue bill over the top in the House and send it to President Biden's desk.
WASHINGTON (Feb. 4, 2021) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) has been appointed to an added role in his second term on the influential House Ways and Means Committee. In addition to serving on the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Health and on Worker and Family Support, Evans will also now serve on the Subcommittee on Oversight.
PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 12, 2021) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) issued the following statement on the proposed merger of Jefferson Health and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia and the region:
WASHINGTON (Jan. 3, 2021) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) is being sworn in today for a third full term in the U.S. House of Representatives serving the residents of Philadelphia's 3rd Congressional District.
WASHINGTON (Dec. 22, 2020) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) welcomed agreement on a new Covid relief package, something he has been advocating and voting for since May:
"While a new round of $600 direct payments, also known as ‘stimulus checks,' seems to me to be getting the most attention, that's only about 20 percent of the package. There's much more in this package to deliver help to people NOW.