WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) introduced her amendment to H.R. 2740, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. The amendment advocates for funding for the Department of Education’s Comprehensive Literacy Development Grants (LEARN program). The House adopted the Amendment into the bill by a vote o... Read more »
Originally published in Reading Eagle By Jim Lewis READING, PA — Anya Ohlinger, 18, listens to the children walking past her house in Reading on their way home from school, and sometimes their conversations, their sharp words and anger, trouble her. She wonders if their parents know, if the children talk to them, if the adults at home provide a friendly ear. “They experience more things than the t... Read more »
Originally published in The Reading Eagle By Reading Eagle U.S. Rep Chrissy Houlahan, a Chester County Democrat, was in Reading on Thursday, where she visited the students of Glenside Elementary School. A two-hour delay to the start of school had students arriving at 10 a.m., the time Houlahan was set to arrive. Dr. Khalid N. Mumin, superintendent of the Reading School District, accompanied Houlah... Read more »
In a press conference today, Reps. Elissa Slotkin (MI-08), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Dean Phillips (MN-03) and Colin Allred (TX-32) led a group of more than 20 freshman lawmakers in introducing the Shutdown to End All Shutdowns (SEAS) Act, a bill aimed at protecting federal employees from being used as pawns in future political negotiations by transferring the financial hardship of shutdowns to th... Read more »
Originally published in the Daily Local News By Rep. Chrissy Houlahan It has been 14 days since I was sworn into Congress on behalf of the citizens of Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District. It is the honor and privilege of my lifetime. Unfortunately, I join dozens of other freshmen from across the nation entering our first days in office into a partial government shutdown. Nearly one quarter o... Read more »
