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August 12, 2025
Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported an annualized CPI inflation rate for July of 2.7 percent:
August 11, 2025
A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that President Trump’s Big Ugly Law overwhelmingly benefits the ultra-rich, while working Americans pay the price. The report makes clear that the Big Ugly Law steals from working families to hand billionaires massive tax breaks.
August 5, 2025
Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement in response to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) legal opinion concluding that President Trump illegally withheld funding for lifesaving grants at the National Institutes of Health. This follows Ranking Member Boyle’s request in March for a GAO investigation into the Trump administration’s illegal funding freezes.
Issues:Congress' Power of the Purse
August 4, 2025
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis showing that Republicans’ Big Ugly Law will add more than $4 trillion to the national debt when factoring in interest costs.
August 1, 2025
Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
August 1, 2025
Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 73,000 jobs in July. With revisions to May and June data, three-month average job growth has now notably slowed to just 35,000 jobs a month.
July 31, 2025
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a legal opinion finding that President Trump violated the law by withholding funding for the Renew America’s Schools Program.
Issues:Congress' Power of the Purse
July 31, 2025
Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) data for June 2025. The report showed that the annualized PCE inflation rate rose to 2.6 percent.
July 30, 2025
As the Trump administration continues to attack federal research and development (R&D) investments, new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that these investments spur economic growth and reduce the long-term cost of innovation.
July 30, 2025
Today, Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced it would be maintaining the current interest rate target range: