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Originally published by the Pottstown Mercury. U.S. Reps. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and Fred Upton (R-MI) Monday introduced the bipartisan Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act to expedite forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of $150,000 or less. This legislation would streamline the process for small business owners to certify compliance with PPP requirements and exp... Read more »

Originally published in the Reading Eagle. Written by Evan Brandt. Although Pennsylvania has done a relatively good job of getting a handle on the coronavirus pandemic, "we're not out of the woods yet, by any stretch of the imagination." Those words were spoken Thursday morning by Benjamin Abella, who is an emergency room physician and vice chairman at the Department of Emergency Medicine at Penn ... Read more »

Originally published in the Reading Eagle. Written by Karen Shuey. The clock is ticking. With billions of federal dollars and prospective political power at stake, local officials and community leaders are collaborating with census workers as they embark on the most labor-intensive part of the once-a-decade effort to make sure everyone is counted. Census workers this week began to fan out across B... Read more »

Originally published in WSPA. Written by Basil John. WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Two Pennsylvania lawmakers want to protect farmers and their crops from not only the impact of the coronavirus, but a bigger bug you can see called the spotted lanternfly. “It threatens our crops, it threatens our agricultural tourism industry and so it is estimated that the impact on just Pennsylvania’s economy could be a... Read more »

Originally published in The Daily Local. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) announced that the Paycheck Protection Program, a federal program she has helped shepherd through Congress, has helped small businesses save 190,657 jobs in Pennsylvania’s Sixth District, inclusive of Chester County and the southern part of Berks County. The program has helped a total of 18,148 businesses in our community. More ... Read more »

Originally published in the Daily Local News. WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-6th, of Easttown, along with Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez and 28 members, launched an effort to prioritize the recruitment and retention of diverse talent in our small business ecosystem, especially within the Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs). In a letter to S... Read more »

Originally published in the Reading Eagle. Written by Karen Shuey. WASHINGTON - Two federal lawmakers who represent Pennsylvania are urging their colleagues to set aside $16 million in funding to continue the research taking place to tackle the spread of the spotted lanternfly. Chester County Democrat Chrissy Houlahan and Centre County Republican Glenn Thompson announced Friday that the House Appr... Read more »

Originally published in The Reading Eagle. Written by Karen Shuey Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan is launching a virtual town hall series focused on dismantling systemic racism through legislation and policy. The series will begin Monday at 3 p.m.with an event focused on police reform and accountability featuring California Congresswoman Karen Bass, who serves as chairwoman of the Congressional Bla... Read more »

Originally published in The Daily Local. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-6th, of Easttown, Thursday passed the Moving Forward Act through the U.S. House of Representatives. The Moving Forward Act is a dynamic package of legislation that delivers the necessary funding to address crumbling infrastructure across the country. “I have been adamant in my pursuit of bold and bipartisan infrastructure funding to... Read more »

Originally published by the Environmental Working Group. WASHINGTON – The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday voted to include critical reforms to the regulation of toxic fluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021, which funds the Department of Defense. Amendments by Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M... Read more »