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March 26, 2021 Press Release

On March 24, 2021, Representative Susan Wild convened the second of two Facebook Lives to discuss the American Rescue Plan and the status of physically reopening schools in her district.

March 26, 2021 Press Release

Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) led a press conference with community leaders yesterday to discuss the $24 million in rental assistance funding coming to Lehigh County as part of the American Rescue Plan. Earlier this month, Rep.

March 26, 2021 Press Release

This week, Rep. Susan Wild convened two Facebook Lives with educators and parents to discuss the path to physically reopening schools and the resources within the American Rescue Plan to help school districts in the Lehigh Valley. A portion of her introductory remarks are included below.

March 24, 2021 Press Release

As we mark Equal Pay Day on March 24, Rep. Wild joined the House Committee on Education and Labor mark-up of the Paycheck Fairness Act. Wild said that more needs to be done to close the wage gap that still exists between men and women – including passage of the critical Paycheck Fairness Act

 

March 22, 2021 Press Release

This week, Representative Susan Wild will convene two Facebook Lives to discuss the American Rescue Plan and the status of physically reopening schools in her district. She will hear from parents and educators to discuss the resources available in the COVID relief package and the needs of her community moving forward.

March 19, 2021 Press Release

Today, Representatives Susan Wild (PA-07), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Mike Doyle (PA-18), Matt Cartwright (PA-08), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), and Conor Lamb (PA-17) wrote to Governor Tom Wolf about the new round of rental assistance funding and urged him to avoid the pitfalls of the 2020 rental assistance program.

 

March 19, 2021 Press Release

On March 16th, the House passed the Working to End Child Abuse and Neglect Act, or the WE CAN Act, legislation led by Rep. Susan Wild (PA-07) to require a study into trends in referrals for incidents of child abuse and neglect across the nation.

March 19, 2021 Press Release

Today, Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) and Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04) led a bipartisan coalition of their colleagues in a letter to Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Rob Fairweather to urge him to reconsider a possible reclassification of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) as an area with a population of at least 100,000.

March 18, 2021 Press Release

Today, Rep. Wild announced she is joining the Democratic Manufacturing Working Group, a new organization launched to examine key issues for strengthening the American manufacturing sector. Announcement comes after Rep. Wild announced that she is becoming a Vice Chair in the Labor Caucus.

March 18, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) voted to pass the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) of 2021 through the House.

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