Brendan Boyle

Democrat

Representative • Pennsylvania, District 2

Statements (6)

Re: Five Days Before the Fiscal Year Ends and With the House Gone Until After the Midterms, Russ Vought Sends Congress an $810 Million "Pocket Rescission" — the Republican Chair of Senate Appropriations, Susan Collins, Calls It "a Clear Violation of the Law," Patty Murray Calls It "Theft From the American People," and the White House Says Trump Will Use "All Possible Tools"

Sep 26, 2026

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Donald Trump knows he can't get these cuts through Congress, so he is illegally making them through the back door. … Trump's actions are a blatant attack on Congress' constitutional power of the purse.

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Re: In Two Days the Government's Own Scorekeepers Put a Number on the Iran War — the Pentagon's Inspector General Says the Munitions Spent Have Caused "Strategic Inventory Shortfalls," and the CBO Says the War Has Cost $38 Billion and Will Add Half a Point to Inflation — While Trump Posts That America Is "Producing More Exquisite and Elite Weapons Than at Any Time in Our History"

Sep 15, 2026

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Donald Trump and Republicans have spent years telling Americans that we cannot afford to help families here at home, but apparently they can find tens of billions of dollars, and potentially much more, for a reckless war that is leaving Americans to pay the price.

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Re: Sitting Next to the Taoiseach in Dublin, Trump Breaks Decades of American Neutrality on Northern Ireland — "I'd Love to See It Unified. It's Going to Happen Eventually" — as Unionists Answer That Their Future "Will Be Decided by the People of Northern Ireland, Not by Commentary in … Washington"

Sep 12, 2026

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There is bipartisan support for that deal, and that is not going to change.

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Re: A Sitting Democratic Senator Turns Up on the Screen at the Republican Midterm Convention — John Fetterman Introduces Dave McCormick, Says He Will "Work With President Trump," and Rejects "the Extremes and Socialism," While Three Pennsylvania Democrats Call Him Lazy and a "Benedict Arnold"

Sep 9, 2026

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A year ago, I labeled John Fetterman 'Trump's favorite Democrat.' Tonight, he yet again proves why.

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Re: The National Debt Crosses $40 Trillion Months Ahead of Schedule — Driven in Part by the Tariff Revenue the Supreme Court Took Away — and the Treasury Secretary Says "There's Nothing Magic About the $40 Trillion Number"

Aug 19, 2026

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They only care about "fiscal responsibility" when it’s time to cut your health care.

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Re: Moody's Strips U.S. of Last AAA Credit Rating

May 16, 2026

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This downgrade is a direct warning: our fiscal outlook is deteriorating, and House Republicans are determined to make it worse. On top of Trump's reckless tariffs and years of Republican debt ceiling brinkmanship, now they want to add trillions to the deficit — all to hand out even more tax breaks to billionaires and the biggest corporations.

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