Press Releases
Bill would protect Internet from foreign government control
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – a member of the House Ways and Means Committee – issued the following statement today after introducing H.R. 5737, the Defending Internet Freedom Act of 2014.
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement today in praise of the National Park Service’s (NPS) decision to provide assistance to Washington’s Trail – 1753 through the NPS Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) Program. Washington’s Trail – 1753 runs through six congressional districts in Pennsylvania, including the Third District.
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement today in support of a rally to be held later today in Erie, PA, to halt the scheduled closure of the U.S. Postal Service distribution center on East 38th Street in Erie.

Rep. Kelly: “The Senate now is entertaining this because of one job … one Senator who has the possibility of losing her seat”
“The silver anniversary of a golden moment for freedom”
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall, which occurred on November 9, 1989.
Sends bipartisan letter to US Trade Ambassador seeking protection of open markets for digital trade in upcoming negotiations
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – a member of the House Ways and Means Committee – sent a bipartisan letter to U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement today after speaking with the new Director of the Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center, David Cord, who was recently promoted to the post by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) – a member of the House Ways and Means Committee – appeared on Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox News Channel yesterday afternoon to discuss the Obama administration’s handling of the ongoing Ebola crisis.
Proposed updates to protect nation from disease scrapped by Obama administration in 2010 after protest by ACLU
Rep. Kelly: “An effective war on Ebola cannot be waged or won with policies from three decades ago”
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today, in light of the ongoing Ebola crisis, calling on President Obama to finalize a rule proposed under the Bush administration in 2005 (Vol. 70, No.
