Dwight Evans

Evans Reintroduces School-Repair Bill

Position: Congressman Evans supports legislation that would expand the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit to include public-school buildings, enabling federal and private investment in repairs to aging school infrastructure, particularly in high-poverty schools serving minority students.

PHILADELPHIA (April 27, 2026) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) is reintroducing legislation that would use the federal tax code to help finance repairs to older public schools. “The top priority for our nation's students and their teachers should be education. They should not be worrying about becoming ill from lead, mold, or asbestos, or concerned that lessons will be postponed due to malfunctioning heating and air conditioning systems,” Evans said. Evans serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees tax laws. His Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act would allow for the federal historic rehabilitation tax credit to include public-school buildings. “Allowing rehabilitation expenditures for public school buildings to qualify for the rehabilitation credit would increase federal investments -- and leverage private funding for -- public-school infrastructure. Poor school facility conditions are concentrated in high-poverty schools that serve minority students. Our children deserve an equal shot at the future, regardless of their zip code. This bill is based on a successful state-level program from Virginia that passed with bipartisan support and can be duplicated nationwide,” Evans said. The bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5), Danny Davis (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). The 2025 State of Our Schools report from the 21st Century School Fund shows continued increases in the nation’s annual funding gap for elementary and secondary public-school buildings and grounds, projected to persist in the range of $85 billion each year. State-by-state estimates are available here. The bill’s text is the same as in the 118th Congress. Evans represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. Evans’ website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on Youtube, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads. ### Issues:Transportation & InfrastructureEducation

Evans: House & Senate Must Vote Immediately on Trump’s ‘Illegal, Ill-Conceived’ Attack on Iran

Position: Congressman Evans opposes President Trump's military action against Iran and calls for immediate House and Senate votes on a War Powers resolution to halt the attack, arguing it escalates conflict and endangers American lives.

PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 28, 2026) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) today issued this statement: “After claiming last June he ‘completely and totally obliterated’ Iran's nuclear program, President Trump launched yet another illegal, ill-conceived attack on Iran. “These escalations only put American lives, at home and abroad, at greater risk and drag our country towards another endless war. “The House and Senate must each vote on a War Powers resolution immediately to stop Trump's reckless warmongering.” Evans represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. Evans’ website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on Youtube, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads. ### Issues:Congress

Evans: $9.6 million returned to or saved for constituents in 2025

PHILADELPHIA (Feb. 5, 2026) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) recently released his State of the District report covering 2025, now available on his website, evans.house.gov. This report covers his 2025 accomplishments in constituent savings and his work in Congress for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District. Some highlights of the 12-page report include: $9.6 million returned to or saved for constituents in cases involving federal agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. The 2025 figure brings Evans’ office’s total to more than $55.1 million returned to or saved for constituents during his time in Congress. His constituent advocacy, this past year, fighting to protect SNAP food assistance, for Head Start funding, against the GOP health care crisis, and more. Key legislation he introduced in 2025, including ‘poverty-busting’ legislation to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit - a bill that would benefit an estimated 14 million Americans, many of them workers who are currently taxed into or further into poverty. “Time and time again, in my view, this Republican-controlled White House and Congress have shown they are not acting in the interests of working people,” Evans said. “Entering my final year in office, my priorities are unwavering. I will continue using a wide variety of tools to push back against Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ backwards, extremist, and often unlawful agenda, fighting to protect our most vulnerable communities in Philadelphia and beyond against this agenda’s disastrous impacts.” Evans represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. He serves on the influential House Ways and Means Committee, including its Subcommittee on Health. The committee oversees taxes, trade, Social Security and Medicare. Evans’ website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on Youtube, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads. ### Issues:Congress

Congressman Evans' Statement on Voting 'NO' on Senate Funding Package

Position: Congressman Evans opposes the Senate funding package because it does not include sufficient accountability measures and legal protections against Department of Homeland Security abuses, particularly regarding ICE and CBP enforcement actions.

WASHINGTON (Feb. 3, 2026) - Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) issued this statement today: “In the wake of two Americans being brutally killed by ICE and CBP agents in Minnesota, and numerous other abuses in communities across our country, the Department of Homeland Security must undergo real accountability, change, and reforms. I don’t believe that would happen under the current bill. “This Senate deal would fund the rest of the federal government for the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, while limiting funding for DHS to just two weeks as negotiations take place. However, that is not enough for me. “After over a year of empty promises, I believe we cannot trust promises of reform from the Trump-Vance administration. I first need to see much-needed guardrails and protections being put into law - and therefore will be voting no on this funding package when it comes to the House floor.” Issues:Civil RightsCongressImmigrationPublic Safety & Gun Violence

Pennsylvania U.S. House Democrats to Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senators: Oppose DHS Funding Bill Without Critical Reforms

Position: Seven Pennsylvania House Democrats urge the state's senators to oppose a DHS funding bill that lacks meaningful reforms to ICE and related agency activities, arguing that funding without adequate reform risks undermining public safety, due process, and civil liberties.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 27, 2026) – Today, Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03) and his six fellow U.S. House Democrats from Pennsylvania jointly sent a delegation letter to Pennsylvania’s senators urging them both to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that does not include critical reforms. The letter was also signed by Representatives Brendan Boyle (PA-02), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), Summer Lee (PA-12) and Chris Deluzio (PA-17). Last week, the entire Pennsylvania Democratic delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives voted against an appropriations bill that included funding for DHS. The final vote was 220-207, passing the House chamber with only seven Democratic votes – and none of those seven were from Pennsylvania. The letter sent to Pennsylvania Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) by today comes as the Senate is set to vote on the spending bill that currently includes DHS funding this week. In the letter, the seven Pennsylvania House members write, “We urge you to oppose any legislation that provides funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without first securing meaningful, enforceable reforms to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and related DHS agency activity. The DHS Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations bill in front of the Senate for consideration this week does not include such reforms, and we urge you to oppose it. We voted against this bill last week and ask that you do the same.” The members continue: “Funding without adequate reform risks endorsing current approaches that undermine public safety and due process, erode American liberties, and weaken public trust.” Congressman Evans provided this additional comment: “Senate Republicans can and should separate DHS funding from their budget package — Americans need accountability, not another Republican government shutdown.” The full text of the letter is available here. The Philadelphia Inquirer piece about the PA Democratic Delegation letter is here. Issues:CongressImmigrationPublic Safety & Gun Violence

Evans, Boyle, Scanlon Send Letter Demanding Answers on Removal of Slavery Exhibits from Independence National Historical Park

Position: The representatives oppose the removal of slavery-related exhibits from Independence National Historical Park, arguing that these exhibits are essential to understanding the nation's founding and that their removal constitutes historical censorship that undermines public education.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (Jan. 23, 2026) — Today, Representatives Dwight Evans (PA-03), Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), and Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) sent a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and National Park Service Acting Director Jessica Bowron opposing the removal of slavery-related exhibits at Independence National Historical Park. In their letter, Philadelphia’s US House delegation demanded answers from Administration officials on the censorship of these exhibits. The full letter, including the Representatives’ questions, can be found here and below. Dear Secretary Burgum and Acting Director Bowron, We write to express our opposition to the removal of slavery-related exhibits in Philadelphia’s historic district, specifically at the President’s House Site within Independence National Historical Park (INHP). These exhibits are an essential part of how the National Park Service presents the history of our nation’s founding, and the decision to remove them represents a disturbing departure from that mission. Millions of visitors travel to INHP each year to learn about the origins of American democracy. The park’s fifty-five acres encompass landmarks such as Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, and the interpretive panels at the President’s House Site play a critical role in explaining how slavery coexisted with the birth of the Republic. Presenting that history in full deepens public understanding of the long struggle to align our actions with our ideals. Trying to remove that history just because it makes some people uncomfortable is deeply troubling. When a government starts hiding parts of its past, it begins to look more like a regime that rewrites history rather than one that learns from it. With the National Park Service facing budget pressures and the nation preparing for its 250th anniversary, federal officials should be strengthening historic sites and expanding educational programming, not diverting staff time and public resources to dismantling established exhibits. We believe the removal of these panels violates existing agreements between the National Park Service and the City of Philadelphia governing the preservation and interpretation of the President’s House Site. As Members of Congress representing Philadelphia, we therefore demand clear and complete answers to the following questions: Why were the exhibits at the President’s House Site taken down or dismantled? Who authorized or directed this decision, and at what level within the administration? What role, if any, did senior administration officials play in initiating or approving this action? Where are the removed panels and related materials currently being stored, and what plans exist for their reinstallation? What documents, memoranda, emails, or other internal communications relate to these actions? Philadelphia residents and visitors from across the country deserve an honest and complete account of our history. We request a written response no later than January 30, 2026. Sincerely, Brendan F. Boyle, Member of Congress Dwight Evans, Member of Congress Mary Gay Scanlon, Member of Congress ### Issues:Civil RightsCongress

Evans Welcomes House Vote to Restore Health-Care Tax Credits, Reverse Jan. 1 Cost Spike for 500,000 Pennsylvanians

Position: Rep. Evans supports extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that expired on January 1, 2026, to prevent premium increases and coverage losses for millions of Americans, including 500,000 Pennsylvanians.

WASHINGTON (Jan. 8, 2026) – Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) celebrated the House of Representatives’ vote to restore health-care tax credits and reverse a Jan. 1 cost spike for 22 million Americans’ health insurance. “I’m proud that House Democrats forced this vote to undo a cost increase of hundreds or thousands of dollars per month in people’s health-insurance premiums. This affects about 500,000 Pennsylvanians. Now we need the Senate and President Trump to have a sense of urgency about it!” Evans said. The bill the House passed would provide a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits that expired Jan. 1. “Without action to restore these tax credits, an estimated 150,000 Pennsylvanians will have to drop their coverage, and about 350,000 other Pennsylvanians will be making tough choices to pay for a massive increase in their premiums. Republicans in Congress showed a sense of urgency when President Trump pressured them to pass tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans by July 4, six months ago. These 500,000 Pennsylvanians need the Senate and the president to give them that same treatment!” Evans said. After months of persistent advocacy by Evans and other House Democrats, four Republicans joined them in December in signing a discharge petition to force a House vote on the health-care bill. The same procedure was recently used to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Evans again addressed two key reasons why some Republicans in Congress have opposed renewing the tax credits: “These tax credits aren’t about Covid – President Biden proposed them in 2019, several months before the Covid crisis began in the U.S., and more than a year before he took office in January 2021. “And claims of fraud appear to be overblown, especially in states that run their own health-insurance exchanges like Pennsylvania does with Pennie.com. The Trump administration does need to explain why it reinstated 850 agents and brokers who had been suspended from Affordable Care Act enrollment for suspected fraudulent or abusive conduct related to unauthorized enrollments or plan switches. “The bottom line is: Congress and President Trump need to renew these health-care tax credits - NOW!” Evans said. Evans represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Northwest and West Philadelphia and parts of North, South, Southwest and Center City Philadelphia. During his time in Congress, his office has returned to or saved more than $45.5 million for constituents in cases involving federal agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs. Evans serves on the influential House Ways and Means Committee, including its Subcommittee on Health. The committee oversees Social Security, Medicare, taxes, and trade. Evans’ website is evans.house.gov and his social media handle is @RepDwightEvans on YouTube, Bluesky, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Threads. Issues:CongressTaxes & Tax CreditsHealth Care