Press Releases
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) issued the following statement today after submitting a letter to President Obama voicing opposition to the planned First Conference of State Parties (CSP) to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) – a UN-backed gathering to shape the future of the ATT – due to its exclusion of any organization critical of the treaty.
Co-signs bipartisan letter to House Appropriations Committee seeking moratorium on 82 facility closures, including in Erie
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) issued the following statement today in support of a bipartisan congressional effort to halt the closure of 82 U.S. Postal Service mail processing facilities, including one in Erie, PA, scheduled to begin in January 2015.
On August 3, 2014, The Wall Street Journal published a guest opinion feature written by Rep.
Faith-based providers and individuals helping children should not be prevented from providing welfare services because of their religious faith, according to U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa. The lawmakers say some people in positions of power are essentially discriminating against people of faith and seeking to force providers out of these services because of the providers’ beliefs.
Calls on president to meet Americans most threatened
by EPA’s war on coal ahead of new power plant rule
Rep. Kelly at today’s Capitol Hill press conference with Sen. Mitch McConnell (right) and Jimmy Rose (left), former coal miner, America’s Got Talent star, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) will be hosting three interactive tele-town hall events this summer, beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, July, 29, 2014, which will be open to all residents of the Third Congressional District of Pennsylvania.
TUESDAY, JULY 29 (TOMORROW):
Tele-Town Hall on Issues of Local and National Concern
Time: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Call-in Number: 1-877-228-2184; Access ID: 19013
THURSDAY, JULY 31:
Speech to demand end to EPA’s job-killing overreach,
highlight need for Rep. Kelly’s Coal Country Protection Act
Kicks-off congressman’s week of activity coinciding with
WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (PA-03) delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday in tribute to the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation of Erie, Pennsylvania, and its founder, John Kanzius.
Excerpts of Rep. Kelly’s floor speech:
Rep. Kelly: “America is the most big-hearted nation in the world”
Today Rep. Kelly joined his colleagues in the House of Representatives in taking major action to crack down on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for its unjust overreach and abuse of powers against the American people.