Fetterman, Brown Introduce Bill to Improve SNAP Food Delivery for Workers and Consumers
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators John Fetterman and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today built upon their record of empowering workers through the Farm Bill by introducing the Food and Nutrition Delivery Safety Act. The new legislation would require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) authorized retailers to pay good wages, ensure SNAP groceries are delivered safely, and […]
Fetterman Joins Colleagues on Legislation to Take on Price Gouging
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman this week joined Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and seven additional Senate colleagues to introduce the Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2024. The bill, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), would prohibit corporate price gouging by empowering the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general to prohibit the sellers from […]
Fetterman Pens Letter to HUD Urging the Agency to Prioritize Maintaining Access to Housing Affordability
WASHINGTON, DC– Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Friday penned a letter to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge urging the agency to prioritize maintaining housing affordability even as affordability requirements expire. Due to historical construction trends, a significant number of affordable units are likely to convert to market rate in the coming […]
In Upper Darby, Fetterman Announces $317 Million Federal Investment in SEPTA
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today joined federal, state, and local officials at the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby to announce a new $317 million dollar Rail Vehicle Replacement Program grant for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). This grant, which is administered by the Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit […]
FETTERMAN DECLARES: GOP = OPEN BORDERS
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today released following statement on Senate Republicans’ intention to block the bipartisan border security supplemental: “The supreme irony of my career: During the 2022 campaign, the GOP bludgeoned me as a socialist with a hard-on for an open border. “Now I’m here in the Senate demanding a […]
Fetterman Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment in East Palestine
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio: “Today marks one year since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, and threatened the health and livelihoods of the surrounding communities, including some in Pennsylvania. […]
Fetterman Statement on Newsroom Walkouts
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today released the below statement expressing solidarity with hundreds of journalists who have walked off the job in the last few weeks amid massive layoffs, shutdowns, and bad-faith contract negotiations: “Yesterday, more than two hundred Tribune Publishing workers at seven newsrooms across the country, including the Lehigh […]
Fetterman, Warren Lead Senators in New Letter Urging Biden Administration to Swiftly Deschedule Marijuana
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led nine of their Democratic colleagues in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram, urging them to remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Descheduling would be a major step […]
Casey, Fetterman Continue Push to Hold Norfolk Southern Accountable to Pennsylvanians After Company Starts Process of Joining Close Call Reporting System
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman today continued their push to hold Norfolk Southern accountable after the company announced that it would take steps towards joining the Federal Railroad Administration’s Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS), a program that allows employees to anonymously report near-misses or close calls on railroads when […]
Fetterman Joins DOT Secretary Buttigieg, PA Lawmakers to Announce Federal Grant in Pittsburgh
WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today joined U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Pittsburgh to formally announce a $142.3 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant for the Eastern Pittsburgh Multimodal Corridor Project. This funding will make major safety improvements to the I-376 (Parkway East) and the Martin Luther King Jr. East […]