Press Releases

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) announced the Johnstown Police Department has been awarded $250,000 through the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program. The awarded funds will be used to hire two additional officers. "Law enforcement agencies across the country are facing unprecedented challenges in... Read More

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) announced the Reading Police Department has been awarded $500,000 through the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program. The awarded funds will be used to hire four additional school resource officers. "Law enforcement agencies across the country are facing unprecedented... Read More

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) announced the Hazleton Police Department has been awarded nearly $1.4 million through the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program. The awarded funds will be used to hire four additional officers. "Law enforcement agencies across the country are facing unprecedented... Read More

Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) visited Philadelphia to reaffirm his support for peaceful protesters and police officers while condemning the violent acts of rioters. In remarks delivered from the U.S. Custom House in Philadelphia, Senator Toomey expressed his deepest sympathies to the family of George Floyd while expressing his anger at the... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) issued the following statement on the Chinese Communist Party advancing a new "national security" law for Hong Kong: "The authoritarian steps taken by the Chinese Communist Party serve one purpose: to extinguish the autonomy and freedoms of Hongkongers. "The United States stands with the... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and U.S. Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa. 1) have filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in support of the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit seeking to prevent safe injection sites for illegal drug use from opening in Pennsylvania. The Congressional amicus brief argues that... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) have introduced bipartisan legislation to defend Hong Kong's autonomy against increasingly brazen interference from the Chinese Communist Party. READ: China Signals Plan to Take Full Control of Hong Kong, Realigning City's Status The Toomey and Van Hollen measure would impose mandatory... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on Health Care, convened a virtual roundtable today about youth baseball and softball leagues safely resuming play. Joining Senator Toomey at the roundtable, which examined the importance of, and best practices for, youth sports, were Major League Baseball's Baseball... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) used his time during today's Senate Banking Committee hearing to focus on safely reopening the economy and encourage his fellow lawmakers to understand the consequences of the four emergency funding bills Congress has passed thus far to respond to COVID-19. The hearing was the first CARES Act report to Congress from... Read More

Washington, D.C. - The members of the bipartisan Congressional Oversight Commission have published their initial report, as mandated by the CARES Act. A letter from the Commission's four members to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell transmitting the report is below. You may view the whole report here. The Congressional Oversight... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, and U.S. Congressman Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa. 11th) convened a virtual roundtable today on the issue of safely reopening Pennsylvania's economy. The full video is available for you to watch here. "It's been my view, for some time now, that Pennsylvania is ready to... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on Health Care, and U.S. Congressman Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa. 11th) will convene a virtual panel discussion on the issue of safely reopening Pennsylvania's economy TODAY, Thursday, May 14th, at 10:00 AM. In late April, Senator Toomey unveiled the #PAStartsUpSafely... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) released the following statement on President Trump's upcoming trip to the Lehigh Valley: "I am glad President Trump is visiting Owens & Minor in the Lehigh Valley on Thursday to highlight the great work of Pennsylvanians who are supplying the PPE needed to save lives, protect front-line workers, and facilitate the... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) issued the following statement in response to Governor Tom Wolf's comments that he would withhold CARES Act funding from Pennsylvania counties that do not obey his lockdown policy: "It is wrong for Governor Wolf to withhold federal taxpayer funds from the CARES Act in an attempt to coerce compliance with his increasingly... Read More

Washington, D.C. - The members of the bipartisan Congressional Oversight Commission released the following statement this afternoon: "As members of the Congressional Oversight Commission, we have begun to review actions taken by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to implement certain CARES Act lending activities to help support and stabilize the economy. The... Read More

Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) wrote in the Morning Call today about how to better protect nursing home workers and residents from COVID-19. "According to the latest reports, more than 20,000 nursing home residents have already died from COVID-19, and workers are scared to return to work," the senators... Read More

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, convened a virtual roundtable today focusing on the issue of safely reopening the American economy. "Massive government spending is no substitute for an economy. In fact, all of government necessarily depends on having an economy," said Senator Toomey during the... Read More

Allentown, Pa. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is cosponsoring legislation to hold foreign officials accountable for distorting or suppressing information about international public health crises. The Li Wenliang Global Public Health Accountability Act is named for the whistleblower Chinese doctor who was targeted and punished by Chinese Communist Party officials for... Read More

Washington, D.C. - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) wrote in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this morning to lay out his #PAStartsUpSafely framework to safely and gradually reopen Pennsylvania's economy. His framework is available in its entirety here. How to Restart the Pennsylvania EconomyThe Pittsburgh Post-GazetteBy Pat ToomeyMay 1, 2020Online here... Read More

Allentown, Pa. -U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) has secured a commitment from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) ensuring that students in the Pottstown School District can use laptops purchased through federal funding for at-home learning. Through the DOE's 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant program, Pottstown School District recently purchased 200 laptop... Read More