Matt Cartwright
Template:TOCnestleft Matt Cartwright is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 17th district of Pennsylvania.[1]
He is married to Marion Munley Cartwright and is the father of two sons, Jack and Matthew. [2]
Education
Matt Cartwright is a magna cum laude graduate of Hamilton College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1983. He is a Law Review graduate from University of Pennsylvania’s Law School, where he earned a Juris Doctorate in 1986.[3]
Career
Prior to serving as the Representative from Pennsylvania’s 17th District, Matt Cartwright worked as an attorney at the Munley, Munley & Cartwright firm, and is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice.
In addition to his experience as an attorney, Cartwright has been a member of the “Brain Trust” for The Small Business Advocate for over a decade. In this role, Matt has continued his work protecting the middle class by addressing issues such as unfair provisions in business contracts, predatory lending practices, and auditing malpractice.
- He understands how corporate America has taken advantage of our working families and the middle class.
Volunteer work
Matt Cartwright has dedicated his time to the community through volunteer work with the Boy Scouts of America, Rotary International, and the Hope Center Legal Clinic. After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, Matt brought his firm to take part in the Trial Lawyers’ Care project, volunteering his time to represent seven families before the Victims’ Compensation Fund in New York City. In the wake of the “kids for cash” scandal in 2009, Cartwright spearheaded the Juvenile Defense Pro Bono Volunteer Lawyer Project in Luzerne County.[4]
Congressional Progressive Caucus
By March 2013, Matt Cartwright had joined the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
PDA contact
In 2013 Progressive Democrats of America assigned activists to deliver their material to almost every US Congressman and several Senators. Tereasa Allurday, was assigned as contact for Rep. Cartwright.[5]
Anti-Fracking legislation
On March 14, 2013, Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) have introduced the Bringing Reductions to Energy’s Airborne Toxic Health Effect (BREATHE) Act, and the Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydraulic Environmental Regulation (FRESHER) Act, in order to ensure that the hydraulic fracking industry follows the same rules that other industries do in preserving our natural resources. This legislation is focused on ensuring the safety and the health of the communities where the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, process is already taking place.
The BREATHE Act would ensure that we close the oil and gas industry’s loophole to the Clean Air Act’s aggregation provision, in addition to adding hydrogen sulfide—a chemical associated with nausea, vomiting, headaches, and irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat—to the Clean Air Act’s federal list of hazardous air pollutants.
The BREATHE Act has the following original co-sponsors including: Reps. Rush Holt, Jr., Raul Grijalva, John Sarbanes, James Moran, Michael Quigley, Earl Blumenauer, Gerald Connolly,Zoe Lofgren, Michael Honda, Paul Tonko, Barbara Lee, David Price, Carolyn Maloney, Michael Capuano, Mark Pocan, Jim McDermott, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Alcee Hastings, Keith Ellison, Niki Tsongas, William Keating, Adam Smith, Jim Langevin, Chellie Pingree, Judy Chu, Louise Slaughter, Jerrold Nadler, Grace Meng, Jan Schakowsky, Nita Lowey, Jared Huffman, Gary Peters and Alan Lowenthal.
The following organizations have endorsed this legislation and are actively working to garner support within Congress and throughout the country: Physicians for Social Responsibility, Natural Resources Defense Council, Earthjustice, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Sierra Club, Earthworks, Breast Cancer Action, Clean Water Action, Environment America, Greenpeace, Nature Abounds, Oil Change International, Citizens for a Healthy Community, Citizens for Huerfano County, Clean Water Action Colorado, Erie Rising, Grassroots Energy Activist Network, Holy Terror Farm, San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, SOS Foundation, Western Colorado Congress of Mesa County, Western Slope Conservation Center and Wilderness Workshop.[6]
JStreet endorsement
The socialist infiltrated, anti-Israel "two state solution" JStreet PAC endorsed Matt Cartwright in his 2014 Congressional race. [7]
External links
References
- ↑ National Journal "The New Faces of the 113th Congress," November 15, 2012
- ↑ Congressional bio, accessed March 14, 2013
- ↑ Congressional bio, accessed March 14, 2013
- ↑ Congressional bio, accessed March 14, 2013
- ↑ PDA May 2013 Educate Congress Digest Letter drops (191 in total – 105 in April )
- ↑ Polis website. Polis, Cartwright Introduce Legislation to Hold Fracking Industry Accountable,
- ↑ J Street The political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans