Summer Lee Delivers Powerful Speech on Tree of Life Pittsburgh Shooting As Trial Continues Post Verdict, Calls for Action to Combat Anti-Semitism &White Supremacy Calls, Solidarity between Marginalized Communities
Summer Lee released the following statement after a verdict was reached in the trial for the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting that killed 11 Congregants of Congregation Dor Hadash, New Light Congregation and Tree of Life Congregation in the worst anti-semitic attack in American history on October 27, 2018
On June 15, Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), who serves on the House Science, Space and Technology committee announced that Pittsburgh will receive $3,094,435 in federal funding through the Department of Energy (DOE) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for advancements enabling decarbonization in ore-based iron and steelmaking operations.
On June 13, Summer Lee (PA-12), along with her colleagues Reps. Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Yadira Caraveo (CO-08), Al Green (TX-09), Raúl Grijalva (AZ-07), Derek Kilmer (WA-06), Betty McCollum (MN-04), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Jill Tokuda (HI-02) introduced the Relieving Economic Strain to Enhance American Resilience and Competitiveness in Higher Education and Research (RESEARCHER) Act to address financial instability for graduate and postdoctoral researchers.
On June 13, US Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) announced that Pittsburgh Regional Transit has secured a $150 million grant from Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the final step of securing all federal funding for the Downtown-Uptown-Oakland Bus Rapid Transit project.
In May 2023, the median sale price of a home in Allegheny County fell by $13,000 from the same period in the previous year, while total sales decreased by 11%.