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WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) announced that he cosponsored several pieces of legislation targeted at improving accountability from insurance companies and protect patients from unnecessary delays in care. 

SCRANTON, PA: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded six federal grants totaling $2,836,500 to The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education.

EAST STROUDSBURG, PA: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) announced over $200,000 in federal funding for Head Start programs in Monroe and Lackawanna Counties. The grants will help provide early childhood education, healthcare, nutrition, and family support services to children and families across the region.

WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) joined President Donald J. Trump as he signed an executive order reversing the Obama-era executive order that created the “Rain Tax,” the unfunded federal stormwater mandate that has forced tens of thousands of homeowners and small business owners across Luzerne County to pay quarterly fees tied to the Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts. The Chesapeake Bay is more than 200 miles from Northeastern Pennsylvania.

NANTICOKE, PA: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) announced that Luzerne County Community College (LCCC) has been awarded a $475,175 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand its nursing program.

This grant comes through the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention – Workforce Expansion Program, a federal initiative focused on training more nurses to meet the nation’s growing healthcare workforce needs. 

WASHINGTON, DC: On Friday, September 4, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) joined Reps. Nellie Pou (NJ-09) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03) to introduce the bipartisan Flight Logistics Initiative to Gain Heightened Travel Data and Enhance Communication Knowledge or FLIGHT DECK Act. 

WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) introduced the INSULIN Act, bipartisan legislation to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35, or 25% of the list price per month, for all Americans with diabetes. Rep. Bresnahan introduced the legislation alongside Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Kim Schrier (WA-08), Diana DeGette (CO-01), and Angie Craig (MN-02). 

WASHINGTON, DC: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) introduced legislation to name the Matamoras, Pennsylvania Post Office after Private First Class Edward Kuhn, a World War II veteran, photographer, mailman, and longtime Matamoras resident who passed away in 2025 at the age of 102.