Published December 17. 2025 02:45PM<\/p>\n
Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, representing the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, joined Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Tuesday at Uline in Alburtis to highlight economic progress delivered by Congress and the Trump-Vance administration for working families, seniors and small businesses.<\/p>\n
During the event, Mackenzie emphasized that improving affordability has been his top priority since taking office and pointed to recent progress in lowering costs, cutting taxes and strengthening the economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou sent us to Washington to do the hard things, fix the damage, and deliver for the working people of America,\u201d Mackenzie said. \u201cWe aren\u2019t going to quit until the job is done, and we\u2019re going to get it done because we have a president, a vice president and a Congress that is putting America first and the American people first.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vance highlighted job creation, wage growth and new private-sector investment in Pennsylvania, pointing to Uline, a major employer in the region, as an example of renewed domestic investment and economic momentum.<\/p>\n
He also praised Mackenzie\u2019s leadership and work on behalf of the district.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got our great Congressman Ryan Mackenzie. Ryan is doing a good job in Washington. He\u2019s got a great heart for the people of this district,\u201d Vance said. \u201cSometimes people go to Washington and forget who they serve, not Ryan Mackenzie. You are very lucky in Pennsylvania to have one of the good ones, and Ryan is helping us every single day fight for American workers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mackenzie also highlighted the administration\u2019s work to secure the border, restore American leadership abroad and expand domestic energy production, priorities he said are directly tied to easing pressure on household budgets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis administration has brought illegal border crossings to the lowest level on record, and we in Congress backed them up with funding to do that,\u201d Mackenzie said. \u201cUnder this administration, we\u2019ve done what America does best: lead.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event also included remarks from Chavez-DeRemer, who highlighted the administration\u2019s pro-worker agenda.<\/p>\n
Mackenzie concluded by reaffirming his commitment to continue working with Vance and the administration to build an economy that delivers lower prices, higher wages and greater opportunity for families across the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos.<\/p>\n
Following the event, Mackenzie joined Vance and second lady Usha Vance at the Allentown Rescue Mission in Allentown, where they served lunch to guests at the shelter.<\/p>\n
The mission rescues, rehabilitates and restores men in crisis across the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n
Founded more than a century ago, it is one of the oldest organizations in the region dedicated to addressing homelessness.<\/p>\n
Vice President JD Vance speaks at an event at Uline on Tuesday. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published December 17. 2025 02:45PM Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, representing the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, joined Vice President…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-66835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}