Press Releases
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) tonight released the following statement after the House passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019:
"Simply stated, the funding measure passed tonight does not do enough to ensure our national security. This bill, passed at nearly the last possible second, exemplifies exactly what is wrong with Washington. If I had supported this flawed legislation, I would have done an overwhelming disservice to the safety of our country and to the law abiding people of the 13th District.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) tonight released the following statement after Attorney General Barr submitted a summary of the Special Counsel's report to Congress.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today welcomed Reagan Bush of Central High School in Martinsburg to the U.S. Capitol. Reagan is the winner of the 2019 Congressional Art Competition.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today opposed H.R. 8, a measure that would require an unprecedented expansion in background checks for all firearm sales. Later this week he will vote against H.R. 1112, additional legislation to make it harder to obtain a firearm from private retailers - Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs).
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today opposed H.R. 2740, the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act. After the vote, the 13th District lawmaker highlighted how the measure increases government spending without allocating any funding to address crisis at the southern border.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today moved to offer a solution to an ongoing issue between the 13th District hunting community and the Pennsylvania Game Commission, by cosponsoring legislation that would implement a federal study of Chronic Waste Disease (CWD).
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today lead a group of Pennsylvania lawmakers in a letter to Governor Tom Wolf to request that Pennsylvania's chief executive offer President Trump the support of the commonwealth's National Guard for the purposes of addressing the crisis on the southern border. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) , Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), Rep. Scott Perry (PA-10), and Rep. Mike Kelly (PA-16) joined Joyce in making the request.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today joined his colleagues on both sides of the aisle in the effort to end infanticide by signing a discharge petition to bring the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act (H.R. 962) to the floor for a vote. Speaker Pelosi has blocked this bill's consideration 26 times during the 116th Congress.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today issued the following statement after Robert Mueller testified in front of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees:
andldquo;As a representative from rural Pennsylvania, I'm quite familiar with andlsquo;Groundhog Day,' and that's exactly what Robert Mueller's testimony today reminded me of.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today issued the following statement after it was reported on Monday evening that the Department of Homeland Security requested that the Pentagon authorize an additional 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to provide supplemental support at the southern border: