Press Releases
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
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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.
March 6, 2019
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Gives opening remarks advocating for the 98,400 workers in the Greater Lehigh Valley who would receive a wage raise
Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) voted in the House Committee on Education and Labor to advance the Raise the Wage Act, a proposal that would give 40 million Americans - including 98,400 people in PA-07 – a raise.
March 6, 2019
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Express concern with Trump Administration’s comments praising Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07), member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Vice Chair of the on Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, and Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) led 30 Members of Congress in urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to defend human rights in Brazil in light of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s attacks on the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and other minority communities, women, labor activists, and political dissidents.
March 6, 2019
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Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07), co-chair of the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force, announced that the task force released its mission statement and goals for the 116th Congress.
March 5, 2019
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Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) introduced a key component of H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019, to make voting more accessible to all voters by enacting and expanding early voting. Wild’s legislation would amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 by requiring all states to offer at least 15 consecutive days of early voting for federal elections.
February 26, 2019
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Today, U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) voted for H.J. Res. 46, a bipartisan resolution to overturn President Trump’s emergency declaration.
February 18, 2019
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U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) released the following statement in honor of Black History Month
February 14, 2019
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U.S. Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) released the following statement on the vote to fund the government.