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Fetterman Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment in East Palestine

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio: “Today marks one year since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, and threatened the health and livelihoods of the surrounding communities, including some in Pennsylvania. “Let’s be clear: This derailment wasn’t bad luck. It was the result of Norfolk Southern

February 3, 2024

Fetterman Statement on Newsroom Walkouts

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today released the below statement expressing solidarity with hundreds of journalists who have walked off the job in the last few weeks amid massive layoffs, shutdowns, and bad-faith contract negotiations: “Yesterday, more than two hundred Tribune Publishing workers at seven newsrooms across the country, including the Lehigh Valley’s own Morning Call, walked off the job in a historic 24-hour strike. “On Wednesday,

February 2, 2024

Fetterman, Warren Lead Senators in New Letter Urging Biden Administration to Swiftly Deschedule Marijuana

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led nine of their Democratic colleagues in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram, urging them to remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Descheduling would be a major step in undoing failed War on Drugs policies and bringing sanity to national cannabis policy. The

January 30, 2024

Casey, Fetterman Continue Push to Hold Norfolk Southern Accountable to Pennsylvanians After Company Starts Process of Joining Close Call Reporting System

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman today continued their push to hold Norfolk Southern accountable after the company announced that it would take steps towards joining the Federal Railroad Administration’s Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS), a program that allows employees to anonymously report near-misses or close calls on railroads when they see them and protects employees from retribution when they report these events. In August,

January 30, 2024

Fetterman Joins DOT Secretary Buttigieg, PA Lawmakers to Announce Federal Grant in Pittsburgh

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today joined U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Pittsburgh to formally announce a $142.3 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant for the Eastern Pittsburgh Multimodal Corridor Project. This funding will make major safety improvements to the I-376 (Parkway East) and the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway, including the flood-prone “bathtub” downtown. “I’m proud to have worked with Senator Casey to

January 26, 2024

Fetterman Statement on National Security Supplemental

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Thursday released the following statement on negotiations surrounding the National Security Supplemental: “I’ve been saying for months that we need to get a deal done to address the situation at the border and fully support Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. We can’t let politics get in the way of this critical aid, and we’ve got to keep working on a path forward

January 25, 2024

Fetterman Statement on Senate Aid Negotiations

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman today released the following statement on the ongoing Senate foreign aid negotiations: “As the grim second anniversary of the Ukraine invasion approaches, it is long past time for Congress to deliver crucial aid to our allies. “We also must deliver critical humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. “Passage of this aid would send an unequivocal statement to the world and our adversaries

January 21, 2024

Fetterman, Majority of Philly Delegation Pen Letter Urging DOT to Support SEPTA

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman, joined by the majority of the Philadelphia area congressional delegation, today sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg urging the Biden Administration to continue investment in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) amid a looming transit fiscal cliff. The letter comes one month after the Pennsylvania state budget failed to include an increase in state public transit funding. The change,

January 17, 2024

Fetterman, Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Mislabeling of Egg Alternatives

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today introduced the Consistent Egg Labels Act to enforce better market terms for eggs and their alternatives. This bipartisan, bicameral bill would require the FDA to prohibit alternatives from using misleading terms in their branding. Senator Fetterman’s Pennsylvania colleague Congresswoman Susan Wild (D-PA) is the Democratic lead of the bipartisan House companion legislation. “Pennsylvania’s egg producers work

January 12, 2024

Fetterman, Cassidy, Casey Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Discrimination on College Campuses

WASHINGTON, DC – Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), along with Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), today introduced legislation to address discrimination on college and university campuses. The Protecting Students on Campus Act would inform students of their right to file a civil rights complaint with the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education if they experience discrimination based on their race, color, or

January 11, 2024