News Releases

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced that they have reintroduced legislation to aid the children of fallen first responders. The Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act, increases the amount of Pell Grant money available to qualifying students who are the children of fallen law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS workers, and fire police. If the child of a fallen first responder qualifies for...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a member of the National Security Working Group and former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, released a statement following the issuance of President Trump’s new travel ban. "Many of our intelligence professionals and national security experts have said that blanket travel bans, which target individuals by country and religion, will not keep America safe, but...

Washington, D.C. - In the wake of new allegations of contacts between President Trump’s associates and Russian officials during the campaign and reports that Attorney General Sessions mislead the Senate Judiciary Committee about his interactions with Russian officials during his confirmation hearings, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is calling on Attorney General Sessions to recuse himself from the investigation and for the appointment of special counsel to probe President Trump’s ties...

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), and other Democratic Members of the Senate Finance Committee today sent a letter urging Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) to allow members to review President Trump’s tax returns, in light of the ongoing investigation into ties between Russia and Trump associates.  U.S. Senators, Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Tom Carper (D-DE), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Michael...

Washington, DC – Following President Trump’s address to a Joint Session of Congress, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement: “President Trump’s first 40 days in office have been an opportunity to keep his promises to workers and middle class families across Pennsylvania. His speech tonight did not demonstrate that he will. This evening, I was joined by a Pennsylvanian, Marine veteran Joe McGrath of Lafayette Hill, whose family will be directly...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tom Carper (D-DE), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) requesting the Miner’s Protection Act be attached to the statutorily-required waiver needed for the nomination of Mr. Robert Lighthizer...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 – Sens. Bob Casey (D-Penn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced legislation Tuesday to lower the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs by allowing Americans to import safe, low-cost medicine from Canada. Reps. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) and Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) introduced a companion bill in the House. Both measures would authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services in two years to allow importation from other advanced...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following a bomb threat against the Jewish Community Centers in York and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The threat came on the heels of an act of vandalism against a Jewish Cemetery in Philadelphia this weekend.   "Today, I stand in solidarity with the Jewish community in Pennsylvania and throughout the nation following acts of hate and intimidation in Philadelphia, Harrisburg and other states. These cowardly...

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Ranking Member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, introduced the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA). A Supreme Court ruling in 2009 held that age discrimination claims must prove that discrimination was not just a motivating factor but the sole or overriding factor in an adverse...

Washington, DC – U.S. 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: “Today, I voted against a Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal regulations to strengthen the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).  Both the rule and the procedure by which Republicans sought to reverse it were flawed, but overall, the need...

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) are introducing the Stop Terrorists Operational Resources and Money (STORM) Act of 2017. This legislation would provide the President additional leverage in penalizing foreign governments that fail to shut down terrorist financiers and facilitators. The STORM Act would authorize the President to designate a country that is not adequately combating terrorism financing as...

Washington, D.C.  – Today, as Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau meets with President Trump for bilateral discussions, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is urging the President to act on his campaign promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Senator Casey stresses the importance of protecting American workers’ interests through improvements to NAFTA. Citing rules of origin provisions and investor-state dispute settlement rules, among other issues,...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following President Trump’s signing of an executive order to roll back rules on Wall Street. "During the campaign President Trump said he would be tough on Wall Street, then he filled his Administration with billionaires and bankers and now he's trying to roll back the rules put in place to prevent another economic crash like the one that occurred in 2008. "Rolling back rules for the same Wall Street banks whose...

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following President Trump’s selection of a nominee for the Supreme Court. “The Supreme Court, under Chief Justice Roberts, has moved far outside the mainstream and has too often favored big corporations at the expense of our workers and middle class families. I am concerned that far right groups presented an edict to Donald Trump when he was a candidate, demanding that he select a nominee from their approved...

Washington, DC – U.S. 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...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), a member of the National Security Working Group and former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, released a statement following his vote against Rex Tillerson’s nomination to be Secretary of State. “Secretary of State is one of the most consequential Cabinet nominations a President can make. He or she is the face of our Nation overseas, the leader of our diplomatic...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following President Trump's latest Executive Order on refugees: “This reported executive action is contrary to our values and our security. If news reports are correct, it will mean turning away children fleeing barrel bombing in Syria, women and girls fleeing human rights violations in Sudan and Somalia, and brave people who risked their lives to work with our troops in Iraq. Preventing these vulnerable people from...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement regarding President Trump’s executive orders signed today: “President Trump’s actions today have grave potential effects on Pennsylvania communities. His order could strip needed resources from communities across the country, crippling funding for schools, depleting resources for domestic violence shelters and halting economic development projects. It would also turn our local police forces into a...

Washington, DC- 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...

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released a statement following the conformation of Representative Mike Pompeo as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: “Representative Mike Pompeo and I have a fundamental disagreements on some key policy issues, including the Iran nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). This agreement cuts off all of Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon and it must be strictly enforced and constantly verified....