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Washington, D.C. -- Last night, many members of our community were disappointed to learn that the man who fatally shot Alton Sterling, the 37-year-old black man who was killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana last July, was not charged with murder. This news was gut wrenching and heartbreaking for our community.
In the United States there are 39 "sanctuary cities" that shelter illegal immigrants to help them avoid deportation. Philadelphia is one such sanctuary city, with many of its churches and the local government now challenging the new direction on immigration policy in the face of the threat to remove federal funding. tate Representative and civic leader Dwight Evans told ITV News it's about inclusion. "We don't want to exclude people. And I always tell people 'we may have come over here on different boats but we're in the same boat now.'"
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-02) released the following statement after a one-week stopgap spending bill to fund and keep the government open until next week passed the House.
Leading Republicans in both the House and Senate claim they are close to an agreement on a spending bill that funds the government through September but need more time to finalize the details within their party.
Washington, D.C. -- Last Friday, Congressman Dwight Evans sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt detailing how the Trump Administration's plans to cut fundamental EPA programs will have a negative impact on children and our most vulnerable communities in Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and across the country.
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Dwight Evans will speak about the importance of expanding access to fresh, healthy foods for everyone in our communities during a panel at the 5th Annual Broccoli City Music Festival in Washington, D.C. on May 5, 2017.
Broccoli City is a non-profit organization that seeks to provide millennials with the tools and skills they will need to build successful, sustainable urban communities. To celebrate the 5th year of the Broccoli City Music Festival this year's conference theme will be "Building Broccoli Cities."
When we say, ‘Never Again' we must mean it.
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-02) released the following statement in response to U.S. airstrikes in Syria, after a horrific chemical weapons attack executed by Bashar al-Assad and the Assad Regime:
"My heart breaks for the men, women and children in Syria who have been impacted by the continuous brutal attacks perpetrated by Assad and his regime," Congressman Dwight Evans said. "This week's horrendous attack was yet another atrocity in the Assad regime's string of deadly attacks on the Syrian people."
A number of local Congress members have weighed in on President Donald Trump's decision to order a missile attack on Syria.
Washington, D.C. -- Last week, Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-02) cosponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act to close the gender pay gap in Pennsylvania and across the nation.
Today is Equal Pay Day, a day that represents the amount of time it takes for women's wages to finally catch up to what men earned the previous year. Nationwide, women still earn about 80 cents for every dollar men earn.
U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), U.S. Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS) and U.S. Rep. Rod Blum (R-Iowa) recently joined together to introduce H.R. 1702, the Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2017. The Act is a bipartisan bill that amends the Small Business Act to improve the SBDC program nationwide.