In This Week's Edition of E-News...

Together, We Can Beat Cancer
Annual Westmoreland County Chamber Awards Luncheon Draws Hundreds
Happy Birthday, United States Navy!
Steel Caucus Continues to Fight Against Foreign Trade Cheats

Together, We Can Beat Cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual drive to increase awareness of the disease.

As Chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Cancer Prevention Caucus, Congressman Murphy has been working closely with his colleagues on policies to aggressively pursue research, treatments, and cures. As a guest blogger on GOP.gov, Murphy shared evidence that cancer prevention is possible, wrote about key ways to take action to combat the disease, and encouraged readers to help spread the word. Read Murphy’s “Together, We Can Beat Cancer” here: 

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Annual Westmoreland County Chamber Awards Luncheon Draws Hundreds

Southwestern Pennsylvania boasts a thriving network of local Chambers of Commerce made up of citizens engaged in business, who invest their time in community development programs and work together to improve the economic, civic, and cultural well-being of our region.

This week, Congressman Murphy was one of hundreds attending the annual Westmoreland County Chamber of Commerce Awards Luncheon.

Murphy congratulates all businesses for their dedicated work to building Southwestern PA's local economy.

The Westmoreland Chamber, led by President Chad Amond, was founded in 1940 and represents nearly 1,000 businesses. It is the area’s largest business association focusing on building businesses, empowering people, and connecting communities. Murphy was invited to present Congressional Certificates honoring the top business leaders in Westmoreland County including: the ATHENA Award to Angela Rose-O'Brien, Founder of Angela's Angels; Business of the Year Award to the Charley Family of SHOP 'n SAVE; and the Not-for-Profit of the Year to CASA of Westmoreland. The Chamber Member of the Year was awarded to Jim Graham, of the Graham Insurance Group.

Murphy congratulated all the businesses, from large companies to small “Mom & Pop” operations, for their dedication to building a thriving economy in Westmoreland County.

Murphy, who has long supported a legislative agenda aimed at pro-job, pro-growth policies to help local job creators grow and expand said: “I am tremendously proud of the efforts of our local job creators. Because of you, Southwestern Pennsylvania grows businesses and draws top employers to hire local talent and boost our economy. We must keep strong economic policies in place to support jobs in energy and healthcare that we excel at in our region.”

Earlier this year, Murphy was honored with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2015 “Spirit of Enterprise” Award in recognition of his support of pro-jobs, pro-growth policies in Congress. The Chamber annually recognizes lawmakers with the Spirit of Enterprise Award based on their votes on critical business legislation. This is the 13th consecutive year of Congress that Rep. Murphy has received the Spirit of Enterprise award.

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Happy Birthday, United States Navy!

Ceremonial Cake Cutting at Navy League Celebration

Last week, in honor of the U.S. Navy’s 241 years of dedicated service to our nation, Congressman Murphy was on hand for the annual Pittsburgh Area Navy ball, hosted by the Navy League, Pittsburgh Council. Members of the Navy, friends, and supporters gathered at Futeule’s Harmar House for ceremonies and celebration, culminating in the cutting of the cake. This year’s guest speaker was Fleet Master Chief Paul Kingsbury, USN, Command Master Chief, Fleet Forces Command.

The Navy League of the United States and the Pittsburgh Council has a mission to educate leaders and the general public on maritime issues and to provide outreach to the men and women of our sea services and their families.

For more information, visit their website here.

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Steel Caucus Continues Fight Against Foreign Trade Cheats

This week, Congressional Steel Caucus Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Vice Chairman Pete Visclosky (D-IN) weighed in with the International Trade Commission (ITC), pressing them to take advantage of recently enacted enforcement laws while investigating a pending steel case against Oman, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.

Click here or on the image above to read the full letter.

This past year, the Congressional Steel Caucus shepherded historic trade enforcement legislation through Congress to the President’s desk. The legislation (H.R. 1295 and H.R. 644) is now in place and provides the ITC, along with the Department of Commerce and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, with the legal foundation and enforcement tools needed to fight back against illegal trading practices being used by foreign cheaters, such as Vietnam, that are squarely aimed to destroy the American steel industry. Thanks to this legislative victory, the Commerce Department was able to take action on behalf of the American steel industry, getting an initial victory in June by putting anti-dumping duties on imports from these four countries.

“We are acutely aware of the real-world impacts of illegal imports on American steelworkers and steel producers,” Murphy and Visclosky wrote in the letter. “American steel producers and workers just want to compete on a level playing field, and we owe them the opportunity to do so.”

“Full enforcement of trade laws is needed to prevent future plan closures and job losses,” they added.

Read a full copy of the letter here.

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