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As I continue to monitor the Middle East situation, I wanted to share my public statement from Sunday:
In my last newsletter, I outlined how I fought against the Trump Medicaid-cuts and tax-cuts bill in committee and in the House of Representatives. Today, I’d like to give you a quick overview of several other ways I’ve been working for you. Recently, I:
WASHINGTON (June 6, 2025) – U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA-03) is co-leading reintroduction of the Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act, legislation to ensure that victims of gun violence would have their day in court and that negligent gun companies and gun sellers are not shielded from liability when they disregard public safety.
WASHINGTON (June 5, 2025) – U.S. Reps. Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) have introduced a bipartisan job-training bill, the Leveraging Educational Opportunity Networks (LEON) Act, to help build pathways out of poverty and solve the nation’s structural, long-term labor shortage.
WASHINGTON (June 4, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) issued this statement today:
Last week, House Republicans passed a bill pushed by President Trump that is estimated to kick more than 50,000 Philadelphians off Medicaid health coverage. However, as far as I’m concerned, the fight is not over!
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.