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MILITARY LENDING ACT PROTECTIONS LETTER
Representative Conor Lamb (D-PA) led a bipartisan letter with Representatives Walter Jones (R-NC) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) urging the agency to protect servicemembers and their families by upholding current Military Lending Act Protections. View the letter.
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(PITTSBURGH, PA) – Today, Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) and Allegheny County Executive, Rich Fitzgerald hosted Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and senior officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a meeting with regional stakeholders to discuss the future of manufacturing and decarbonization.
On June 30, 2021, Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) attended a White House Signing Ceremony where President Joseph R. Biden signed S.J. Res. 14, a bipartisan Resolution to restore methane energy regulations and environmental protections in the old and gas industry.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) was joined by Representative Stephanie Bice (OK-05) in introducing the bipartisan Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act. Lamb and Bice are both members of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. This legislation would establish an abandoned wells research, development, and demonstration program at the Department of Energy.
Congressman Conor Lamb has submitted funding requests fior Community Project Funding requests in Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District pertaining to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022.
For this process, each Member was allowed to submit no more than 10 Community Project Funding requests for consideration in the FY22 NDAA. The committee will not consider requests that would direct Community Project Funding to any for-profit entities.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) was joined by Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) in introducing the bipartisan Support for Community Bridges Act. Lamb and Fitzpatrick are both members of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. The legislation would set aside 2.5 percent of federal highway aid to better target funding to repair off-system structurally deficient bridges. Any bridge or road not on th
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) passed the INVEST in America Act (H.R.
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17), a member of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, was joined by Representative Mike Doyle (PA-18) to introduce the Freight Rail Innovation Act. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. The bicameral legislation would establish a Freight Rail Innovation Institute, comprised of a university research partner and locomotive manufacturer, with the goal of
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17), along with Representatives Bob Gibbs (OH-7) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) introduced the bipartisan Providing Assistance for Vital Enhancements (PAVE) Act, legislation to authorize an additional $18 billion in emergency funding for state Departments of Transportation (DOT).
(PITTSBURGH, PA) – Today, Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) announced the Community Project Funding (CPF) requests that he submitted for the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Appropriations process, to direct funding to specific governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, or geographic locations. Under guidelines issued by the House Appropriations Committee, each Representative may request funding for up to 10 projects in their community for FY22. Projects are restricted to a limited number of f
Congressman Conor Lamb has submitted funding requests for important community projects in Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District to the House Appropriations Committee.