Press Releases
Hannah Castellan has been accepted to the United States Air Force Academy
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) announced Wednesday that Hannah Castellan, a current senior at Lewisburg Area High School, has been accepted into the United States Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Money to be aimed at providing affordable housing opportunities
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) announced Friday that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $807,996.00 in combined grant funds to State College.
The grant breakdown is $519,683 from the Community Development Block Grant Program and $288,313 from the HOME Program.
Money to be aimed at providing affordable housing opportunities
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) announced Friday that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $1,256,170.00 in combined grant funds to Williamsport.
The grant breakdown is $1,035,675 from the Community Development Block Grant Program and $220,495 from the HOME Program.
HB 1100 would create jobs and economic investment in rural Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Fred Keller (PA-12) led a Pennsylvania GOP Congressional Delegation letter to Gov. Tom Wolf urging him to sign House Bill 1100 to establish tax credits for companies willing to invest $450 million to build a petrochemical manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania and create at least 800 local jobs.
Highlights importance of Pennsylvania’s hardwoods industry
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) Wednesday joined a bipartisan group of House lawmakers at a meeting with United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue at the Secretary’s office in Washington, D.C.
Introduces amendments to ban sanctuary status in new Capital area, require state pension fund management
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) on Tuesday voted against legislation that would create a new state out of Washington, D.C. The legislation, which passed out of the House Oversight and Reform Committee along partisan lines, would create “Washington Douglass Commonwealth” for the areas surrounding the Capitol making up the current city of Washington, D.C.
Says actor is the one who is ego-centric for trashing the work of family farms
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) on Monday slammed Hollywood Actor Joaquin Phoenix for his insensitive remarks about the dairy industry in his acceptance speech for winning Best Actor for his role in Joker.
Introduces amendment to bring common sense to Democrats’ special interest giveaway
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) today voted against the so-called Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), a far-reaching radical bill that would force more workers into one-size-fits-all union contracts, subject more workers and job creators to union harassment, and increase disruptive and economically painful union strikes and boycotts.
Legislation is Congressman Keller’s first bill to pass the House
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Fred Keller announced Wednesday that the House of Representatives unanimously passed his bill, H.R. 4279, to name the Post Office in Laceyville, Wyoming County, after Melinda “Mindy” Gene Piccotti, an Air Force veteran and community leader who founded Hunts for Healing.
Calls result just and appropriate given baseless House impeachment
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Fred Keller (R-PA) Tuesday issued the following statement after the United States Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial: