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U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. announced he has submitted 20 funding requests totaling more than $59 million for community projects across Northeastern Pennsylvania as part of the Fiscal Year 2027 federal appropriations process.
The requests, submitted through the Community Project Funding (CPF) program, focus on public safety, infrastructure, healthcare, and economic development initiatives throughout the region.
Representative Rob Bresnahan honored 80-year-old Walter James Roos, presenting him with four military medals. The recognition was acknowledged for the first time, decades after it was originally awarded.
It was a meaningful day for veteran Walter James Roos. A U.S. Air Force staff sergeant who also served in Thailand and Vietnam.
WASHINGTON, DC — On April 1, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) announced that Dr. Linda Thomas-Hemak, MD, President and CEO of The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education, has been appointed to a federal healthcare advisory committee tasked with improving patient care and modernizing the nation’s healthcare system.
WASHINGTON, DC — On March 26, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) participated in a meeting of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to markup H.R. 7613, the Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency (ALERT) Act of 2026, aviation safety legislation responding to last year’s collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. The ALERT Act was approved unanimously by the committee.
If you want to understand the importance of local input of on infrastructure funding in America, look no further than the bridges across Northeastern Pennsylvania, from major crossings like the Water Street Bridge in Pittston to small county bridges in Wayne and Pike counties. About one-fourth of the bridges in our region are considered structurally deficient, but every one of them is essential to the communities that depend on them every day.