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December 15, 2016

GOP committee members devise legislative agenda for 2017

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – a member of the House Ways and Means Committee – issued the following statement today regarding the conclusion of a two-day policy planning retreat hosted this week by the committee’s Republican members at the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.


December 15, 2016

Kelly amendment has banned federal funding

for treaty’s implementation since 2013

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s recent submission of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to the U.S. Senate for its advice and consent. Although U.S.


December 8, 2016

Water resources bill “a win for workers & a win for the Great Lakes”

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – co-chairman of the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition and a member of the Great Lakes Taskforce – issued the following statement today in support of the House Amendment to S.


December 7, 2016

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today to mark the 75th anniversary of the surprise attack by Japan on U.S. Naval Station Pearl Harbor.


December 2, 2016

Compromise bill includes largest pay raise for troops in 6 years

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today regarding the Conference Report to Accompany S. 2943, also known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017, compromise legislation with the U.S.


December 2, 2016

Bipartisan bill will increase wages for Western PA hospitals

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Mike Doyle (D-PA) issued the following statements today regarding H.R. 6399, the Fixing Medicare Hospital Payments Act of 2016, which they introduced in the House of Representatives earlier this week.

Issues:Health Care

November 30, 2016

House passes patient-centered bill to boost health care innovation

Includes Kelly legislation to improve Medicare transparency

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – a member of the House Ways and Means Committee – issued the following statement today in support of the House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R.

Issues:Health Care

November 30, 2016

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today in support of five pieces of legislation to support American military veterans and reform the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Each bill was passed unanimously by the House of Representatives yesterday evening, except for H.R. 5047, which is expected to pass today.


November 22, 2016

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) announced today that he will host a toll-free telephone town hall meeting next Monday for constituents of the Third District to ask questions and receive answers about the Medicare Open Enrollment Period (OEP). The call will feature expert input from special guests at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA).

WHAT: A free tele-town hall hosted by Rep. Kelly to discuss Medicare enrollment issues

WHO: Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03)


November 17, 2016

“An agenda that lived by the pen can & should die by the pen”

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – a member of the House Ways and Means Committee – issued the following statement today calling on President-elect Donald Trump to use his executive authority, once in office, to cancel, rescind, and undo all of President Obama’s executive orders, particularly those which have negatively affected American energy, gun rights, health care, immigration, religious liberty, small businesses, and the right to life.