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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 116^th 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:

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 13^th District lawmaker has invited to Washington.