National Security
Matt Cartwright will fight to ensure that the United States maintains the strongest armed forces in the world and that American troops overseas have every available item to carry out their mission. The Congressman looks forward to a day when all American forces can come home and will work to ensure that every mission in which our troops are deployed is thoroughly necessary for the national security of the United States. Naturally, the United States will continue to be a strong ally to NATO and Israel.
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Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-PA) and Richard Hanna (R-NY) introduced the bipartisan A Necessary and Targeted Impediment to Viruses Act (ANTI Virus).
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) re-introduced the Safeguarding America’s Future and Environment (SAFE) Act, legislation that would safeguard the country’s natural resources from the increasingly harmful effects of climate change.
Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that the U.S. Department of the Army has awarded a military contract valued at $301,640,000 to Scranton’s General Dynamics plant, and Medico Industries, Wilkes-Barre Township.
Pottsville, PA – U.S. Congressman Matt Cartwright will hold his first Schuylkill County “Coffee with your Congressman” in Pottsville on Monday, April 28, 2014. The event is a casual, come-and-go opportunity for constituents to visit directly with the Congressman. This is a part of an ongoing series of events Congressman Cartwright will hold across the Seventeenth District throughout the year.
Who: High School Class of 2015 Students
What: U.S. Military Service Academy Nominations Applications for PA 17th District:
- United States Military Academy at West Point
- United States Naval Academy at Annapolis
- Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs
- United States Coast Guard at New London
- Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point
When: Saturday, May 17, 2014
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Joining Rep. Cartwright will be the State President of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the AARP, Jim Palmquist. Additionally Athena Ford, Advocacy Director for the Pennsylvania Health Access Network, will be joining Cartwright.
WASHINGTON – Building on his efforts to reopen the government, Rep. Matt Cartwright today called for protecting American families from the cost of a dangerous default by taking long-term action on the debt limit.
WASHINGTON – House Democrats wrote to several Pennsylvania House Republicans today who have expressed support for a clean government funding bill and urged them to sign onto a discharge petition this Saturday that will allow an up or down vote on a clean bill to reopen the government as early as next week. Unless House leadership schedules an immediate vote on a clean bill, a discharge petition is the only viable option to reopen the government. Letters were sent to Reps.