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WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11) today voted for H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, which authorizes a number of agriculture programs and policies that provide certainty for our nation’s farmers, ranchers, and foresters, and help Americans get back into the workforce.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11) today applauded the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11) today issued the following statement on the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11) announced that on Thursday, June 14, 2018, the U.S.
As I go to work at the U.S. Capitol, I pass vehicle barricades, armed guards, metal detectors and police dogs. Yet, while my colleagues and I go to work every day without any fear of attacks, our teachers and students go to school hoping that nothing happens to them. It’s embarrassing and unacceptable.
The startling statistics speak for themselves. Every 25 minutes in the U.S., a baby is born having already been exposed to drugs and suffering from withdrawal. Every day, 115 Americans die due to the misuse of opioids. Last year, over 5,000 Pennsylvanians died from drug-related overdoses, a 15 percent increase from 2016.
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R.
CARLISLE – Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11) today hosted a congratulatory picnic for the students he nominated to the U.S. service academies, and who were offered and accepted appointments. The academies which offered appointments to Barletta’s nominees include the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland; the U.S.
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5895, legislation that funds the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), military construction initiatives, energy and water programs, and legislative branch operations. Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11) voted in favor of this legislation, which passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 235 to 179.