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HR935 - Calling for the safe, timely, and sufficient delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Ami Bera, Andy Kim, Norma J. Torres
Last updated 10 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
HB3865 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 South 8th Street in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, as the "Lieutenant William D. Lebo Post Office Building".
Dan Meuser, Guy Reschenthaler, Brian K. Fitzpatrick
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
HJR54 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights protected and extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.
Pramila Jayapal, Derek Kilmer, Suzan DelBene
Last updated over 1 year ago
88 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
#civil-rights-and-liberties-minority-issues
HB4335 - VA Loan Informed Disclosure Act of 2023
Derek Kilmer, Brittany Pettersen, Harriet M. Hageman
Last updated over 1 year ago
160 Co-Sponsors
To amend the National Housing Act to include information regarding VA home loans in the Informed Consumer Choice Disclosure required to be provided to prospective FHA borrowers.
STATUS
Introduced
#housing-and-community-development
HB3005 - Postal Police Reform Act of 2023
Andrew R. Garbarino, Bill Pascrell, Eleanor Holmes Norton
Last updated over 1 year ago
102 Co-Sponsors
To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the role and duties of United States Postal Service police officers, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#crime-and-law-enforcementHB549 - Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act
Andrew R. Garbarino, Kathy Castor, Joseph D. Morelle
Last updated over 1 year ago
266 Co-Sponsors
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#social-welfare
HB537 - Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act
Maria Elvira Salazar, Ritchie John Torres, Claudia Tenney
Last updated 4 months ago
296 Co-Sponsors
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to 60 diplomats, in recognition of their bravery and heroism during the Holocaust.
STATUS
Engrossed
#international-affairs
HB1247 - To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel.
Henry C. Johnson, Nancy Mace, Gwen Moore
Last updated over 1 year ago
181 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
#civil-rights-and-liberties-minority-issues
HB6461 - Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2023
Matthew A. Cartwright, Robert C. Scott, Alma S. Adams
Last updated 11 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
To ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner, to better protect miners from pneumoconiosis (commonly known as "Black lung disease"), and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB7127 - FAIR Act Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act
Gerald E. Connolly, Derek Kilmer, Melanie Ann Stansbury
Last updated 8 months ago
90 Co-Sponsors
To increase the rates of pay under the statutory pay systems and for prevailing rate employees by 7.4 percent, and for other purposes.
STATUS
Introduced
#government-operations-and-politicsBIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from US Congress district HD-PA-8
COMMITTEES
US House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Matthew A. Cartwright is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 8th district. Cartwright graduated with honors from Hamilton College in 1983, going on to earn a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1986. He is an attorney and small business owner who has served as chairman of the Monroe County Democratic Committee. Cartwright and his wife Mary have two sons. He is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.read less
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