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Washington, D.C. – The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, a bill led by Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) in the House of Representatives, passed the U.S. Senate last night by a voice vote. The critical legislation would allocate funding for mental health resources for health care providers, and is named for Dr. Lorna Breen, a physician working on the frontlines of the pandemic in New York, who died by suicide last Spring. The bill is led by Senator Tim Kaine (VA) in the Senate and has bipartisan support in both chambers.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging her agency to provide additional guidance to state and local governments on calculating revenue loss, defining how exactly money can be spent, and accounting for the expected high cost of mandatory external auditing in regards to funding provided from American Rescue Plan. These ambiguities in existing guidance currently inhibit local officials from making comprehensive plans on how to best utilize the funding.
Washington, D.C. – Today, ahead of the end of the federal eviction moratorium, Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) wrote to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf to urge him to create a Task Force comprised of local leaders to focus on eliminating delays in the administration of Emergency Rental Assistance. Recent reporting from Spotlight PA demonstrated the inefficiencies of the Commonwealth's distribution of these funds.
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O`DONNELL: Our next guest, Democratic Congresswoman Susan Wild, represents the Pennsylvania district where President Biden spoke today.
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BIDEN: I want to thank Congresswoman Wild for the passport into her district. Where are you?
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
There you are.
"There's no better place than the Greater Lehigh Valley to discuss the importance of our manufacturers and supporting the good-paying, union jobs that keep our community going. I'm excited to welcome President Biden to our beautiful district next week and to showcase the Made-in-America industries that built our country."
Washington – This week, Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) introduced the Regional Innovation Act of 2021, bipartisan legislation to bolster American technology leadership by creating new regional hubs of innovation. The bill would incentivize collaborative partnerships between local governments, colleges and universities, private industry, non-profits, and community organizations to promote and support regional technology hubs in places like the Greater Lehigh Valley. Rep. Wild is a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and is joined by Rep. Jim Baird (IN-04) in introducing this bipartisan legislation.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) led a letter to Democratic leadership urging them to include Medicare negotiation power in the upcoming reconciliation bill. She is joined in sending the letter by Reps. Colin Allred (TX-32), Cindy Axne (IA-03), Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07), Angie Craig (MN-02), Sharice Davids (KS-03), Peter DeFazio (OR-04), Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Susie Lee (NV-03), Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Katie Porter (CA-45), Elissa Slotkin (MI-08), Haley Stevens (MI-11), and Lauren Underwood (IL-14).
Today, Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) announced she secured funding for nine of the ten Community Project Funding requests she submitted to the House Appropriations Committee on behalf of community projects throughout PA-07.
Representative Susan Wild (PA-07), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on protests in Cuba:
"I stand in solidarity with the thousands of Cuban citizens who have been courageously defying the forces of repression to make their voices heard.
Lehigh County – This week, Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) was all over Lehigh, Monroe, and Northampton Counties talking about investments in transportation and infrastructure, COVID relief aid, and funds she is delivering to the Greater Lehigh Valley. See more below:
Wild talked about COVID relief, which continues to flow into PA-07 and help families and small businesses build back better: