Press Releases
Washington, D.C.-- Today, Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-02) joined House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Nydia Velazquez, House Leader Nancy Pelosi and members of the Small Business Committee to speak with leaders from the small business industry during a roundtable discussion. During the discussion, the small business community leaders discussed their concerns and spoke with Members on behalf of their entities.
Washington, D.C.-- Over the weekend, cowardly human beings vandalized the Mount Carmel Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery in Northeast Philadelphia just a week after a similar act of vandalism in St. Louis, Missouri.
Today, just days after this act of hatred and Anti-Semitism in our city, a bomb threat was reported at the Perelman Jewish Day School (Stern Center) and the Kaiserman Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-02) released this statement following the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn:
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Yesterday, Congressman Dwight Evans and Congressman Donald McEachin introduced the Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act of 2017, HR 922, in the 115th Congress.
HR 922 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow rehabilitation expenditures for a qualified public educational facility (defined as a school facility which is part of a public elementary or secondary school and is owned by a private, for-profit corporation pursuant to a public-private agreement) to qualify for the rehabilitation tax credit.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-02) spoke at the U.S. House of Representatives Forum on the Executive Order/Muslim and Refugee Ban. Here is his following statement:
-1/28/2017, 1/28/2017- Went to the airport this weekend to speak directly to those impacted by the Executive Order
-1/28/2017- Issued a joint press release with Rep. Brady and Rep. Boyle decrying through the Philadelphia airport
-1/30/2017- Original Cosponsor of the "Statue of Liberty Values Act" (introduced by Rep. Zoe Lorfgren) ending President Trump's outrageous and dangerous executive order
Tonight, I join my colleagues this evening to speak to the plan our new President has penned as the "New Deal for African-Americans." This plan, unfortunately, does not meet the needs of our communities and focuses on the same assumptions that have not worked for our communities over the years.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that the House Democratic Steering Committee for the 115th Congress has recommended Representative Dwight Evans to serve on the House Committee on Agriculture. Evans has a long history of achievements in combating hunger, increasing access to quality foods in underserved communities and advocating on behalf of farmers.
The United States always has been, and always will be a strong ally of Israel. I believe and hope that we can use that relationship to foster a meaningful peace agreement that brings about an end to terrorism and violent disputes over territory in Israel and Palestine. I am convinced that the U.S. and Israel must always work together, even when they may disagree, to establish a just and lasting peace. With that in mind, I believe that House Resolution 11 does not advance this goal in a meaningful way.