Casey, Wild Bill Would Ensure that Emergency Preparedness Protocols in Schools Include Needs of Students with Disabilities
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is introducing the Promoting Responsible Emergency Protocols (PREP) for all Students Act to keep all students safe when extreme weather strikes or on-campus violence occurs. Read More
Casey Introduces Bill to Promote Disability Rights and Inclusion in U.S. Foreign Assistance Programs
This week, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced the Office of International Disability Rights Act, which would establish an Office of International Disability Rights within the U.S. Department of State, headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Disability Rights, to ensure the United States is focused on advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities around the world. Read More
In 2019, Casey Produces Results for PA Constituents
Despite rancor and gridlock, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is finishing 2019 having successfully fought on behalf of his constituents. Senator Casey's 2019 work includes securing miners’ pensions and health care, working to phase out the use of dangerous PFAS chemicals and modernizing the regulation of over-the-counter drugs. Read More
Sen. Casey, Rep. Titus Lead Bicameral Delegation in a Resolution in Support of International Day of Persons with Disabilities
As individuals with disabilities continue to face unique struggles around the world, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and U.S. Representative Dina Titus (D-NV-1) led a bicameral delegation in the introduction of a resolution recognizing International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on December 3. The legislation highlights the unique struggles faced by individuals with disabilities and reiterates Congressional support for efforts to promote inclusivity and accessibility for people with disabilities around the world. Read More
Casey, Cassidy, Hassan, Young Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Remove Unnecessary Barriers for Students with Disabilities
U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act to help ease the burden of transitioning to college for students with disabilities. The legislation would amend the Higher Education Act (HEA) and clarify that students with previous documentation of a disability would be able to continue using that documentation as proof when they transition to higher education. This would help ensure students who receive special education or accommodations because of a disability do not need to spend time and money to go through unnecessary new diagnostic testing. Read More
Casey, Brown Press Trump Administration for Answers on Reported Proposal to Monitor Americans’ Social Media Accounts
Today, U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) pressured the Trump Administration to provide answers to the American public following a report from the New York Times this week that the White House is working with the Social Security Administration (SSA) on a proposal to monitor social media accounts of Americans who claim disability benefits. The Senators' letter raises several questions about the proposal related to the privacy of American citizens, the already limited resources available to SSA workers, the use of artificial intelligence, and plans to increase the scope of the social media monitoring program. Read More
Following Walmart’s Changes To Greeter Program, Casey Colleagues Press CEO To Support Workers With Disabilities
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) led a number of his colleagues in calling on Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to ensure that the company uphold its commitment to workers with disabilities. Recent reports of updated job requirements and the elimination of positions altogether highlight the disproportionate impact that changes in policy can have on individuals with disabilities. Specifically, the Senators inquired about the company's decision to eliminate the greeter position and its efforts to make "reasonable accommodations" for employees hurt by this move. Read More
Casey Statement Following Trump Remarks On Shutdown
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is releasing a statement following President Trump's remarks on the shutdown: Read More
Casey Leads Colleagues In Defense Of Protections Related to Pre-Existing Conditions
Following the Trump Administration's recent announcement that it would side with the 20 States in the case of Texas V. U.S., a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the current health care law (including consumer protections for people with pre-existing conditions), U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) led a number of his colleagues in introducing a resolution to authorize the Senate Legal Counsel to intervene to defend these vital health care protections. Read More
Casey Statement on Administration’s Efforts to Go After Pre-Existing Conditions Protections
As the Trump Administration recently argued in a court brief that the ACA's protections for preexisting conditions should be ruled unconstitutional, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement: Read More
As PA Premiums Set to Increase: Casey call out GOP Sabotage of Health Care System
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement on the recently announced health care premium increases in Pennsylvania as a result of ongoing attempts by congressional Republicans and the Administration to sabotage our health care system: Read More
Casey, Colleagues: We Must Defend Disability Civil Rights
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 620, which would gut protections for people with disabilities. U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) released the following statement: Read More
Casey Statement On House of Reps. Decision to Continue Consideration Disability Civil Rights Gutting Legislation
On the eve of a planned vote by the House of Representatives on H.R. 620, the mis-named ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017, U.S. Senator Bob Casey released the following statement: Read More
Casey Statement on President’s State of the Union Address
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is releasing the following statement on the President's State of the Union address: Read More
Casey Statement on Government Funding Agreement
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the Senate's vote to move forward on government funding legislation: Read More
Casey Statement on Lapse of Government Funding
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) issued a statement following the lapse in government funding: Read More
Casey on Reckless GOP Short-Term Funding Bill
Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on the GOP's proposed short-term funding bill: Read More
Casey on Passage of GOP’s Windfall for the Wealthy
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following passage of the Senate Republican tax scheme: Read More
Casey Statement on Reports That GOP Will Skip Vote On Cassidy-Graham Bill
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the statement below following reports that Senate Republicans will forgo a vote on their Cassidy-Graham scheme: Read More
Casey Statement on House Judiciary’s Decision To Advance Civil Rights Gutting Legislation
Senator Bob Casey released the following statement following the House Judiciary Committee's decision to advance H.R. 620, the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017: Read More
Casey Responds to CBO Analysis of Senate Republican Health Care Bill
U.S. Senator Bpb Casey (D-PA) is responding to the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) new report on the Senate Republican health care bill: Read More
Casey Statement on GOP Health Care Scheme
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the release of the GOP health care bill: Read More
Casey, Senate Dems To Secretary Price: Tell The Truth About Medicaid Decimation
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, led a group of 14 senators in calling on Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tom Price to stop misleading the public about the negative impacts of President Trump's budget and the Republican Healthcare Plan on Medicaid protections. Read More
Casey, Hatch, Cassidy, Hassan Introduce RISE Act
U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the RISE Act in an effort to ease the burden of transitioning to college life for students with disabilities. The act, which amends the Higher Education Act (HEA), would clarify that documentation used in K-12 education and other settings to receive special education or accommodations would be acceptable as proof of a disability for students in higher education. Read More
Casey on the CBO Score of the Republican Health Care Plan
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the below statement following the Congressional Budget Office's scoring of the American Health Care Act of 2017, passed by the House earlier this month: Read More
Casey on President Trump's Budget Proposal
U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement on President Trump's budget proposal Read More
Casey, Senate Democrats to Administration: Stop Sabotaging our Health Care System
Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), joined by 12 Democratic Senators, demanded that the Trump Administration end its sabotage of the U.S. health care system. In a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Tom Price, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Mick Mulvaney, the Senators demanded that the Administration commit to making vital payments to ensure the viability of the health care system and to turn over documents, which the Administration likely possesses, that demonstrate the negative impacts that ending cost-sharing reduction payments (CSRs) would have on the health care system. Read More
Casey: Pennsylvania Witness With Cerebral Palsy Uses Computer Technology to Testify on Preventing Social Isolation
Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing, entitled "Aging Without Community: The Consequences of Social Isolation and Loneliness." Read More
Casey Statement on President Trump's Budget Proposal
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement on President Trump's first budget proposal: Read More
Casey Statement on President Trump's Address to Congress
Following President Trump's address to a Joint Session of Congress, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement: Read More
Casey Statement Following Congressional Review Act Resolution Vote
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) issued a statement following the Senate's vote on a Congressional Review Act resolution related to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System: Read More
Casey To Vote “No” On Price and Mnuchin
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing today that he plans to vote "no" on the nominations of Rep. Tom Price for Secretary of Health and Human Services and Steven Mnuchin for Secretary of the Treasury. Casey met with each of the nominees, reviewed their record, questioned them at Senate committee hearings as well as submitted follow up questions in writing to both in order to make this decision. Statements on the rationale on each decision are outlined below. Read More
At Confirmation Hearing, Rep. Price Doubles Down on Far Right Plan to Block Grant Medicaid, Adversely Impacting PA Children, Seniors and Those with Disabilities
At the Senate Finance Committee's confirmation hearing of Representative Tom Price (R-GA) to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Representative Price doubled down on the Trump Administration’s far right plan to block grant Medicaid, which would result in $1 trillion in cuts and less services for Pennsylvania seniors, children and those with disabilities. President Trump promised to protect these vital programs during the campaign but has raced to the far right ever since. In an interview with Axios, President Trump discussed block granting Medicaid, then this past Sunday his senior advisor, Kellyanne Conway, indicated that this would be the Administration’s policy. Representative Price defended this far right approach that will adversely impact middle class families, seniors, children and those with disabilities. Block granting Medicaid will result in approximately $1 trillion in cut that will mean less services and jobs in our communities lost. 2.8 million Pennsylvanians receive Medicaid, including approximately 280,000 seniors who benefit from nursing home care or other services. Read More
Casey Announces Voting Decision On Three Top Cabinet Nominees
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is ready to announce after deliberations, hearings, and review of available paperwork that he will vote "no" on President-elect Trump's Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos, Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator nominee Scott Pruitt. Below are statements on his rationale on each individual decision: Read More
Casey Statement Following Price Hearing
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination of Tom Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services: Read More
Under Questioning from Casey, DeVos says it’s “Premature” to Commit to Enforcing Campus Sexual Assault Protections
Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the response by Betsy DeVos, the nominee to be Secretary of Education, to his question in which she said it would be "premature" to commit to enforcing the Obama Administration protections for campus sexual assault policies. Senator Casey introduced and passed into law the Campus SaVe Act, which put in place uniform reporting standards for campus sexual assaults on college campuses. Read More
In 2016, Casey Produces Results on National Security and Measures to Help PA’s Middle Class, Seniors and Kids
With 2016 coming to a close, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) has once again produced results that have enhanced U.S. national security and aided Pennsylvania's middle class, its seniors and kids. Read More
Casey, Hatch, Cassidy Introduce Legislation to Ease College Transition for Students with Disabilities
Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the RISE Act in a push to ease the burden of transitioning to college life for students with disabilities. The act, which amends the Higher Education Act (HEA), would clarify that documentation used in K-12 education and other settings to receive special education or accommodations would be acceptable as proof of a disability for students in higher education. Read More