Press Releases
April 10, 2019
Press Release
Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) pressed Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in the House Committee on Education and Labor on DeVos’ proposed new program, the “Education Freedom Scholarships”, saying it will do little to help struggling schools in Pennsylvania’s Seventh District.
April 9, 2019
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Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) joined the Black Maternal Health Caucus, launched by U.S. Representatives Alma Adams (NC -12) and Lauren Underwood (IL-14), to improve black maternal health outcomes. The United States has the worst maternal death rates in the developed world, at 18 death per 100,00 live births. The maternal mortality rate is alarmingly higher among black women, at 40 deaths per 100,000 live births.
April 4, 2019
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Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07), a member of the Committee on Education and Labor, held a briefing called “Workers Deserve Better” on the Department of Labor’s attempts to roll back worker protections. Introductory remarks were provided by U.S. Representative Alma Adams (NC-12), the Chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor’s Subcommittee on Workplace Protections.
March 28, 2019
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Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) introduced legislation that would reinstate and make permanent tax deductions designed to directly benefit many middle-class and union workers. These miscellaneous itemized deductions were suspended for taxable years 2018 through 2025 in last year’s Republican tax overhaul.
March 26, 2019
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Marking the 9th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act being signed into law in 2010 this past weekend, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) introduced H.R. 1870, the Family Health Care Affordability Act, a key component of the Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions & Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019. Wild joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Chairman Frank Pallone, Chairman Richard Neal, Chairman Bobby Scott, and Freshmen House Democrats for a press event this afternoon to unveil this legislative package and speak on the importance of the Family Health Care Affordability Act.
March 18, 2019
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Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild released the following statement in light of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's scheduled visit to the White House:
March 13, 2019
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Today, U.S. Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL), Susan Wild (D-PA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, Ann Wagner (R-MO), Vice Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee released the following statement after the trial of Loujain al-Hathloul and other prominent and longtime women’s rights activists began in Saudi Arabia. According to Hathloul’s family, she will not have access to a lawyer during her trial.
March 13, 2019
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Follows a roundtable Wild hosted with labor leaders in PA-07 who voiced concern about injuries in the workplace
Today, U.S. Representatives Susan Wild (PA-07) and Andy Levin (MI-09), members of the House Committee on Education and Labor, led 32 members of Congress in urging Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta to reverse the Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision to roll back a rule that protected American workers by requiring employers to be transparent about workplace injuries. The rule, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, required companies with 250 employees to regularly submit comprehensive reports on workplace injuries, illnesses, and deaths to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
March 8, 2019
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Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) released the following statement in honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month:
March 8, 2019
Press Release
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill led by U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) to make voting more accessible by enacting and expanding early voting in every state as a key component of the historic reforms package, H.R.1, The For the People Act of 2019.