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WILKES - BARRE, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — October is Head Start Awareness month and in honoring the federally funded program for kids and families in poverty, Congressman Rob Bresnahan and his wife, Chelsea, came to a classroom to read to children.
Head Start serves low-income families in communities and across Luzerne and Wyoming counties sees more than 200 kids. Families drop their kids off for Pre-K to learn and build crucial social skills while parents can work.
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan spoke Thursday to address the impact of the federal government shutdown on Head Start, the federally funded preschool program that helps thousands of children in Luzerne County.
He also expounded on his position on the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, the possible expiration of which has left families on edge and Congress in a stalemate.
Rob Bresnahan and other Republican representatives in the U.S. House sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson asking to address the expiration of health care tax credits once the government reopens.
Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas Twp., and the other lawmakers wrote Tuesday that after the government shutdown is resolved the House should immediately focus on a “growing crisis of healthcare affordability” and the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, which expire at the end of the year.
Thirteen moderate House Republicans are urging party leadership to find a path toward extending enhanced expiring health care tax credits once the government reopens.
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. and a coalition of House Republicans sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday stating the government funding debate is not the time or place to address health care issues.
Bresnahan, R-Dallas Township, joined U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans of Virginia, and a coalition of House Republicans in sending a letter to Speaker Johnson to put forward a solution to address the upcoming expiration of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits once the government is opened.