Press Releases
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today in The Hill published an op-ed outlining the problems with the new House Democrat Medicare-for-All bill, urging his colleagues across the aisle to instead to come to the table to discuss realistic bipartisan proposals to lower healthcare costs and strengthen the doctor patient relationship. Some highlights from the op-ed can be found below.
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Let's get realistic about curing our health care system
Rep. John Joyce
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today cosponsored H.R. 516, the Ending Sanctuary Cities Act. The measure seeks to curb sanctuary cities and counties by making them ineligible to receive federal grants. "Sanctuary cities" are defined as jurisdictions that have policies in place designed to limit cooperation with, or involvement in, federal immigration enforcement actions.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today brought to the House floor an amendment to direct $15 million within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) budget to be used for a federal study to prevent the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today brought Somerset County farmer Glenn Stoltzfus before the House Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade, and Entrepreneurship to testify about the issues facing the dairy industry. Joyce is the ranking member on the subcommittee and Stoltzfus is the first constituent witness the 13th District lawmaker has invited to Washington.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today blasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi for playing politics with three bipartisan prescription drug pricing reforms, as she refused to hold individual votes on the measures. Legislation to lower prescription drug prices such as H.R. 965, the CREATES Act; H.R.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today released the following statement on House Democrats' impeachment inquiry announcement.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today released the following statement on President Trump's proposal to reopen the government, secure the border and address other immigration issues:
"Time and time again throughout the shutdown, President Trump has shown a willingness to compromise so we can secure our border and reopen the government. First, he agreed to change the makeup of the wall from concrete to steel. Now, he has put forward a package that includes immigration reforms that Democrats have advocated for vigorously in the past.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today was named Ranking Member of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture, Trade and Entrepreneurship.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today voted to advance the "Border Crisis Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2019," legislation that would increase funding for the purposes of addressing the security and humanitarian crisis on the southern border. Democrats blocked the proposal and later in the day passed a measure to grant amnesty to more than two million people instead.
Congressman John Joyce (PA-13) today voted against H.R. 9, legislation that would force the United States to reduce its carbon emissions without any guarantee that competing economic countries will do the same. The measure would reinstitute the emission standards that President Obama agreed to under the Paris Agreement on climate change, a deal President Trump removed the United States from in June of 2017.