Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) voted to pass a short-term spending bill that would fund the government and avoid a government shutdown. The 45-day funding bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), also contains additional disaster relief funding and does not provide increased funding levels for military assistance to Ukraine.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Thursday, Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) introduced the Mental Health Research Accelerator Act to incentivize private companies, who have the resources to fund the research, to partner with academic or nonprofit research institutions on neurological and mental health research so that we can address the root causes of mental health issues.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Thursday, September 28, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Dept. of Defense Appropriations bill, which includes an amendment supported by U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) and Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) for $10 million for "Neighborhood 91," a comprehensive manufacturing production campus located near Pittsburgh International Airport.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax, Dan Kildee (D-MI), Carol Miller (R-WV), and Terri Sewell (D-AL) introduced the Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension, and Improvement Act, legislation that would require mandatory data reporting of Opportunity Zone investments to increase transparency and streamline the reporting process.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Brian Higgins (D-NY), Co-Chairs of the House Cancer Caucus, introduced a resolution to recognize September 30, 2023 as Rare Cancer Day.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax, released the following statement about the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden announced by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) launched his new Fall 2023 Survey to learn more about the issues that matter most to his constituents in Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District. The survey allows Pennsylvanians to select one or more prominent local and national issues that are impacting themselves and their families.
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA -- Today, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and leaders of the Erie County Redevelopment Authority (ECRDA) announced a new $1.5 million grant to further construction on the new Ironworks Square project, located at the former Erie Malleable Iron site in the City of Erie.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the 2023-24 school year gets underway across Western Pennsylvania, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) announced today the new Congressional App Challenge is open to all eligible high school students in Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District.