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Republican bill's Medicaid and SNAP food aid cuts roughly equal tax cuts for the richest
July 3, 2025

WASHINGTON (July 3, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) voted “No” again on a bill pushed by President Trump that will kick more than 50,000 Philadelphians off Medical Assistance and cause at least 143,000 people across Pennsylvania to lose some or all SNAP food aid.


June 30, 2025

PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) today announced that he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026, concluding a distinguished career in public service spanning over four decades.

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June 30, 2025
E-Newsletter

You may have seen a news report that I’ve announced I will retire from Congress. So I want to be clear:

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June 24, 2025
E-Newsletter

As I continue to monitor the Middle East situation, I wanted to share my public statement from Sunday:

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June 10, 2025
E-Newsletter

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:

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Seal of Congress
June 6, 2025

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. 


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House seal
June 5, 2025

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. 


June 4, 2025

WASHINGTON (June 4, 2025) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) issued this statement today: 


May 28, 2025
E-Newsletter

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!

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Grocery Basket with Healthy Food
May 23, 2025

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.