Dear Friend,

Good afternoon, welcome to our Weekend Update, and join us in honoring our nation's heroes on Memorial Day!

As we pause to honor our fallen heroes on this solemn holiday, I remember the words of President Ronald Reagan, who once said on Memorial Day in 1982 at Arlington National Cemetery: "The United States and the freedom for which it stands, the freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just as they whom we commemorate were willing to sacrifice, so too must we - in a less final, less heroic way - be willing to give of ourselves."

On Saturday, President Donald J. Trump addressed the Army Academy’s Class of 2025 at the United States Army Academy graduation and commissioning ceremony. He delivered a fantastic speech. I would encourage you to watch it if you haven't already. Click here or below to watch.

In another solemn note, I want to acknowledge the two Israeli Embassy staffers—Sarah Milgrim, an American citizen, and Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli citizen—who were murdered in cold blood outside of a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. This was a targeted, antisemitic attack.

Let me be clear: hatred like this has no place in the United States. We must confront antisemitism with zero tolerance, no excuses, and full accountability.
I stand with the Israeli people, the Jewish community, and the families of the victims, and I demand that justice be served swiftly and thoroughly. All people should join in denouncing these hateful, anti-Israel, anti-Jewish crimes.

On Friday, President Donald J. Trump made a major announcement regarding the future of U.S. Steel. He announced his decision to make US Steel Great Again and to make the USA the world's leading steel manufacturer.

From the steelworkers to their families, to all of the future generations who will benefit from the great opportunity that will be created in the commonwealth, all of Pennsylvania thanks you, Mr. President. I, along with our Senator, Dave McCormick, Congressman Mike Kelly, and the entire PA GOP Congressional delegation, was honored to play a role throughout the process. I would also like to extend a special thank you to State Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward for her consistent and tenacious support of this project.

Click here to read an article from the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader that outlines this historic deal. The partnership with U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel will create 70,000 new family-sustaining jobs and invest $14 billion into the economy. 

I was very happy to play a leading role in bringing this investment together over the past year. I worked closely with Local 2227 Steelworkers to gather shop-floor priorities and with the team at U.S. Steel. This is a critical investment for US Steel, Pennsylvania, and America. 

Earlier this week, the House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—a significant step toward advancing the America First agenda. This legislation strengthens our national security, fortifies our now secure border, grows our economy, expands our domestic energy supply, and creates more opportunities for all Americans.

This bill delivers real results for the American people, and it's just the beginning. Click here to read a complete statement on the passage of this legislation.

I spoke on the floor of the U.S House in support of its passage - click here or below to watch.

This Big Beautiful Bill is not the end of our improvements for the country—in many ways, it’s just the beginning.

It delivers tax relief for small businesses, fortifies the border, restores our military, and puts us back on the path to energy dominance, while phasing out harmful subsidies and bringing certainty to our economy.
It’s a strong framework to build on. I joined "Newsline" on Newsmax to discuss. Click here or below to watch.

On Tuesday, President Trump addressed the Republican conference on the importance of passing this hallmark piece of legislation. President Trump was inspiring, always witty, and emphasized the importance of passing what he has named the Big Beautiful Bill.

The bill is a comprehensive plan, a framework with initiatives aimed at enhancing national security, economic strength, and ultimately, global stability. This bill will further secure the border through legislation, ensuring it cannot be overturned in the future. It will make us energy dominant again, will restore our military, and make our American economy the most competitive in the world.

However, in the same note, I believe this reconciliation bill is only the beginning—when it’s done, it will be only five to six months into the President’s four-year term. This bill will serve as a springboard to create the strongest economy, bring down our out-of-control deficit spending, and bring stability to the world.
We must pass it. It’s not “perfect,” but it’s the beginning as we carry out the America First agenda and continue the pursuit of happiness and a more perfect union for all Americans.

I called into the "RJ Harris Show" on WHP-580 following votes that lasted through Wednesday night in Washington. We passed a strong pro-growth bill, the Big Beautiful Bill, that strengthens our economy and national security, fortifies our border, protects essential benefits like SNAP and Medicaid with commonsense accountability, and delivers real tax relief for small businesses. We fought to improve key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, like 100% bonus depreciation, immediate R&D expensing, and a 23% small business deduction, as well as energy reforms to support American manufacturing and innovation. This bill is a big step forward for the American people—and we're just getting started. Click here or below to listen to our interview.

Additionally, I joined "The Bob Cordaro Show" on WILK-FM to cover the tragic antisemitic shooting in Washington, called out the falsehoods Democrats are spreading about the Big Beautiful Bill, and much more. Click here or below to listen.

It's always a pleasure to talk with my friend Rich Zeoli on Fox News Radio. We covered the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, our plan to move America forward, and the future of Pennsylvania. Click here or below to listen to our full conversation.

IN NEWS YOU WON’T HEAR IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: The One, Big, Beautiful Bill has PASSED the House of Representatives — without a single Democrat voting to cut taxes, secure the border, or protect taxpayer-funded benefits for Americans who need them.

Here are only a few of the policies Democrats just unanimously opposed:

• The largest tax cut in history. This means $13,300 more for American families and wage increases up to $11,000 for workers with a double-digit percent decrease to their tax bills — plus NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON OVERTIME, a tax cut on seniors’ Social Security benefits, an expanded child tax credit, and a tax deduction on American-made vehicles. Americans making between $30,000 and $80,000 per year will see their taxes cut by 15% next year.
  
  
• Raising wages. American workers will see wage increases of up to $11,600; a typical family with two kids will see take-home pay rise by up to $13,300.
  
  
• Strong border security. This makes President Trump’s border crackdown permanent with the largest investment ever — funding AT LEAST one million illegal immigrant deportations per year, thousands of miles of new border wall and barriers, 18,000+ new immigration officials, and pay raises for our great ICE and Border Patrol agents.
  
  
• Protecting Medicaid for American citizens who need it. This ENDS taxpayer-funded benefits for at least 1.4 million illegal immigrants who are gaming the system and requires able-bodied Americans to work if they receive benefits.
  
  
• Pay raises for troops. This increases special pay for servicemembers and gives them higher allowances for housing, healthcare, and family assistance.
  
  
• Ending taxpayer-funded chemical castration and mutilation. It reverses the Biden-era mandate that Medicaid cover so-called “gender transition” procedures.
  
  
• Modernizing air traffic control. This will allow President Trump to act where the Biden Administration failed by completely overhauling the systems that keep Americans flying safely and efficiently.
  
  
• Revolutionizing the nation’s defense. This funds President Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense shield, restocks America’s arsenal, expands our naval fleet, and improves military readiness to meet the needs of a changing world.
  
  
• Protecting family farmers. The bill prevents the greedy death tax from hitting two million family-owned farms that would otherwise see their exemptions cut in half and cuts taxes on farmers by over $10 billion.
  
  
• Unleashing American energy dominance. The bill increases onshore and offshore oil and gas leases, spurs job growth, makes energy more affordable, and makes America less dependent on foreign adversaries.
  
  
• Reversing runaway spending. This delivers $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings  — the most in U.S. history and the largest deficit reduction in nearly 30 years.

This is the first step in enacting President Trump's agenda to Make America Great Again. The American people sent President Trump and the Republican Congress to Washington, D.C., with a mission to accomplish the America First agenda and put America back on a path to prosperity. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the Democrat Party has chosen to block that progress in the name of big government and higher taxes, with a whole lot of Trump Derangement Syndrome sprinkled on top.

Democrats have led the opposition to President Trump, none more forceful than Governor Josh Shapiro. Governor Shapiro’s misleading description of the Reconciliation bill and willfully ignorant attack on our Pa Republican delegation comes as no surprise. He once again shows we may as well have Kamala Harris as our Governor. His posting of fear-mongering, false comments, and his extreme opposition to maintaining pro-growth taxes for small businesses and low taxes for middle income families—his contempt for our energy industry, combined with his radical desire to ignore waste, abuse, and fraud, and providing Medicaid to ineligible illegals is added proof he is an extreme leftist that is squandering Pennsylvania’s tax revenue and would bankrupt our country given the chance.

In their efforts to oppose commonsense reforms to strengthen Medicaid and ensure its sustainability for the most vulnerable and future Americans, Democrats are once again resorting to fear-mongering, not facts.

Below is a breakdown of common Democratic myths and the real facts about the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) Medicaid provisions:

DEMOCRAT FEAR MONGERING: Millions will lose access to Medicaid under cruel new work requirements.

FACT: The BBB’s Medicaid community engagement provisions apply only to able-bodied adults without dependents, not to seniors, people with disabilities, pregnant women, or caregivers.

Beginning January 1, 2026, these adults can meet the requirement by working, volunteering, attending school, or participating in job training for at least 80 hours a month.
This is not punitive—it’s empowering. It recognizes that Medicaid should support not just health but upward mobility and personal responsibility.
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DEMOCRAT FEAR MONGERING: Medicaid recipients will be kicked off the program due to paperwork errors and red tape.

FACT: The BBB combats fraud, waste, and abuse, not eligible recipients.

For example, it ends the “good faith” waiver by 2030, ensuring states can no longer dodge accountability for improper payments to ineligible individuals or providers.
It uses the SSA Death Master File to prevent payments to deceased individuals and creates a federal system to prevent dual-state enrollment.
Verifying eligibility is not “red tape”—it’s responsible governance.
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DEMOCRAT FEAR MONGERING: The bill targets immigrants and punishes those in need.

FACT: Federal law has long required that Medicaid recipients be citizens or legal residents.
The BBB strengthens enforcement by ending federal funding during the 90-day verification period for those without verified status.
No funding will go to those who are ineligible under federal law—this includes approximately 1.4 million illegal immigrants and 1.2 million other ineligible individuals who are currently on the rolls.
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DEMOCRAT FEAR MONGERING: States will be penalized for trying to provide compassionate care.

FACT: Beginning in 2028, states that deliberately fund health care for undocumented immigrants through Medicaid-like programs will face a 10% reduction in federal Medicaid matching funds.
This ensures that Medicaid remains focused on U.S. citizens and legal residents—the populations it was designed to serve.
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DEMOCRAT FEAR MONGERING: These changes are meant to slash Medicaid and gut funding.

FACT: The BBB doesn’t slash Medicaid—it strengthens it.
By removing ineligible individuals and focusing resources on those truly in need, the reforms ensure long-term sustainability of the program.
Medicaid spending is projected to grow under the BBB, not shrink, because the focus is on integrity and efficiency—not cuts.
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Bottom Line: The BBB reforms don’t weaken Medicaid—they preserve it for those who need it most: vulnerable seniors, low-income children, people with disabilities, and legal working families.

Democrats are trying to protect bureaucracy. Republicans are fighting to protect people.

THIS WEEK:

On Tuesday, I welcomed the new EPA Region 3 Administrator, Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey, to our office. Amy, who grew up on a Pennsylvania family farm, served as the first Agricultural Ombudsman for Pennsylvania, spent over a decade advancing agricultural policy at both the state and federal levels, and has over 20 years of experience in finance and small business in the private sector. Amy’s extensive background in agriculture and finance, combined with her roots in Bradford County, makes her an ideal candidate for this position.

Amy’s leadership will strike a balance between growth and stewardship for the 9th District. I look forward to working with her to repeal burdensome regulations and simplify the federal permitting process.

Later, I was welcomed by two outstanding 9th District businesses, Sterman Masser Family of Companies and C2G Energy Solutions, to the House Small Business Committee’s Showcase on Capitol Hill.

We must pass President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill to extend the pro-growth policies our small businesses need to thrive.

On Wednesday, I met with Norsk Hydro to discuss trade policy, manufacturing, and the importance of aluminum production to Pennsylvania’s economy. Their Cressona facility—the largest aluminum extrusion site in North America—employs over 1,100 hardworking Pennsylvanians and supports key sectors, including defense and construction.

We had a productive conversation about the policies that help drive growth, strengthen our supply chains, and ensure Pennsylvania remains a leader in American industry.

Later,  in the Financial Services Committee, I spoke in support of H.R. 2702—the Financial Integrity and Regulation Management (FIRM) Act.

This bill is a direct response to Biden regulators’ politically motivated de-banking of legal industries, like crypto firms, energy producers, and firearm manufacturers, under the guise of “reputational risk.” That term appears nowhere in U.S. law, yet it’s been used to deny banking services based on ideology.

The FIRM Act removes this loophole and restores neutral, rules-based banking regulation, so lawful businesses aren’t punished for falling out of political favor. Click here or below to watch.

On Thursday, a dedication ceremony was held for the Lt. William D. Lebo Post Office Building in Lebanon. This is newly named for a Lebanon city police officer who fell in the line of duty. Our office first introduced bill HR 3865 (renaming the post office the “Lieutenant William D. Lebo Post Office Building”) to the U.S. House of Representatives in June 2023. It was passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate and signed by President Joe Biden in May 2024. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend in person, as I was working in Washington on the U.S. Steel issue. But I was so proud to see Lt. Lebo's widow, Lora, there to speak on this important occasion. I also want to thank our great  Mayor Sherry Capello of Lebanon, as well as our other state and local officials, for attending. To read more about the dedication ceremony, click here or below. 

This week, Congressman Dr. Ronnie Jackson gave Congressmen Greg Steube, Byron Donalds, and me a behind-the-scenes tour of the White House. Before being elected to Congress, Ronnie served as the chief medical Doctor in the White House to 3 Presidents over 14 years.

On Tuesday, Pennsylvania held its Primary Election. While this is a so-called off-year election, I can tell you that there is no such thing as an off-year election in my book, especially if you are one of those who put their name forward to run for public office. I want to congratulate the winners and everyone who put their name forward to run. I also want to thank the voters who exercised their right to vote. Many of these elections are for local office, which have an incredible impact on your daily lives.

I am looking forward to helping our Republican candidates win in November. (See below: One of those critical races was our good friend and Lebanon District Attorney Pier Hess Graf's primary victory)

May God continue to bless our nation. I look forward to seeing you soon,

Dan Meuser
https://www.meuserforcongress.com/