Originally published in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star Written by Cassie Miller The U.S. Census, which comes every 10 years, is a massive logistical and bureaucratic undertaking at the best of times. Now imagine trying to count every person living in the United States in the midst of the worst public health crisis in a century — and a presidential season. During a live chat on Facebook and Twitter ... Read more »
Originally published in Penn Live By Rep. Chrissy Houlahan “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us... Read more »
Originally published in the Daily Local U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., voted to pass the $3 trillion Heroes Act, which Democrats say is aimed at supporting small businesses and expanding testing during the pandemic. The controversial bill, authored by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was passed by House Democrats in a partisan vote, but had little chance of getting passed the Republican-controlled ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) introduced the National Public Health Corps Act of 2020 alongside Representatives Bera (D-CA), Foster (D-IL) and Waltz (R-FL). This bipartisan bill would create a new branch of national service, the National Public Health Corps within the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to mobilize service-minded individuals to ... Read more »
WASHINGTON (AP)—President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion bill Friday to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and devastated broad swaths of the economy. The bill is the latest effort by the federal government to help keep afloat businesses that have had to close or dramatically alter their operations as states try to ... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) helped pass the bipartisan Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. This legislation includes a number of priorities that Houlahan has been advocating for on behalf of her community, including PPP funding set aside for small and community banks to ensure PPP loans make it into the hands of those for whom this prog... Read more »
Originally published in MyChesCo CHESTER COUNTY, PA — On Friday, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) hosted her sixth Coronavirus (COVID-19) Telephone Town Hall. The focus was on her community’s small businesses, and about 500 small business owners and employees dialed in. To help provide the most accurate and up to date information for her community’s small business owners, Houlahan convened S... Read more »
Originally published in My ChesCo WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) announced that she is pushing House leadership to pay special attention to the unique needs of micro-businesses as they try to weather this crisis. Houlahan and her team have been working with many sole proprietors and business owners with 20 or fewer employees to help them gain access to Federal assistance... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) announced that she is pushing House leadership to pay special attention to unique needs of our micro-businesses as they try to weather this crisis. Houlahan and her team have been working with many sole proprietors and business owners with 20 or fewer employees to help them gain access to Federal assistance. She has also convened rou... Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar urging the Trump Administration to prioritize the creation of a national testing strategy to address shortfalls in COVID-testing. “The way through this crisis is through a coordinated, national testing strategy that includes both... Read more »
