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March 17, 2022
The bill is intended to drive long-term investment into the United States for the design & manufacturing of semiconductor chips. 

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November 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) announced more than $2.5 million in Community Project Funding (CPF) grants have been approved for projects within Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District.


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January 23, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax, announced $20.6 million in Community Project Funding (CPF) grants submitted by his office have been approved for projects within Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District. The projects were included in the legislation passed by the U.S. House on Thursday.


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December 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Thursday, Dec. 4, U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Chris Deluzio (D-PA) introduced the STEEL Act, Strengthening Trade Enforcement and Evasion Limitations Act, legislation that will enhance trade enforcement legislation and prevent dumping, an unfair trade practice by foreign nations that sell subsidized goods in the United States and devalue the prices of American steel and other domestic products.


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January 21, 2022
The discussion focused on coordinated Congressional efforts to support the U.S. auto industry.

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Rep. Kelly during a March 30, 2022 Ways & Means Hearing.
March 30, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) called on U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai and the Biden administration to prioritize trade deals that strengthen U.S. national security and make America more competitive.


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August 20, 2024

MARS, PA -- On Monday, August 19, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT) highlighted the work underway along the Route 228 Corridor Improvement Project, known as "Gateway 228," in Butler County.


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July 26, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) led a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging the Biden administration to prioritize freight rail and transit semiconductor chips and related critical components as part of the solution to solve national logistics and supply disruptions.


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January 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax, and Mike Thompson (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax, introduced the Short Line Railroad Tax Credit Modernization Act, legislation that would make it easier to keep local rail lines operating and in good repair and improve commerce in communities nationwide.


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Presque Isle, Erie County, Pa.

November 14, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, following support from U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), the U.S. Department of Transportation announced $11,250,000 in grant funding for a project led by Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority to replace the Parade Street slip dock wall in Erie.

In May, Rep. Kelly wrote a letter of support for the project.


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February 1, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) introduced The Distribution Transformer Efficiency & Supply Chain Reliability Act of 2024, legislation that aims to bolster the U.S. transformer supply chain, an important part of electricity grids, by setting new realistic energy efficiency standards that help stabilize domestic transformer manufacturing to meet increasing demand without exacerbating existing supply chains or undermining American steel production.


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April 24, 2024

BOYERS, PENNSYLVANIA -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) was among the local elected officials and leaders who toured a new multi-million dollar infrastructure project in Boyers, Butler County.

The $5.2 million sewage and infrastructure project was fully funded by Community Development Block Grant funding made possible in part by a letter of support authored by Rep. Kelly. The project will serve 236 area residents, including 103 homes and 11 businesses, across Boyers and Marion Township in northern Butler County.


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September 15, 2023

ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) led the groundbreaking ceremony for the City of Erie's Bayfront Parkway Central Corridor Improvement Project. In 2020, Kelly secured $21 million for the project through a highly competitive BUILD Grant, which is funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation allocated for infrastructure projects in communities nationwide.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Erie County Executive Brenton Davis, Erie Mayor Joe Schember, and other local leaders were in attendance.


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March 31, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement about President Biden's decision to release up to 180 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat record-high gas prices.


Our infrastructure is strongly interconnected with Americans’ way of life, the U.S. economy, and our national defense. We must reinvest in our country’s infrastructure today to support the cars, planes, and railroads that move goods and services, and the millions of Americans that use federal roads and highways.