{"id":126067,"date":"2023-12-14T21:23:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T02:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=126067"},"modified":"2023-12-14T21:23:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T02:23:54","slug":"rep-wild-returns-more-than-10-3-million-in-federal-benefits-to-pa-07-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=126067","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Wild Returns More Than $10.3 Million in Federal Benefits to PA-07 This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ALLENTOWN, P.A.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Today, Congresswoman Susan Wild announced that she had returned $10,382,988.11 in federal casework funds back to constituents in the Greater Lehigh Valley this year. This brings the total amount of money she brought home to the district to over $34.9 million since taking office in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI work every day on behalf of the people of our community, which includes helping constituents who are having issues with VA benefits, Social Security, tax refunds, and more,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Congresswoman Susan Wild.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cI\u2019m so proud of the over $10.3 million I was able to return to people across PA-07 and the thousands of cases my team closed. I\u2019ll never stop fighting to make the government work better for the Greater Lehigh Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congresswoman Wild\u2019s constituent advocates have been busy helping constituents with federal agencies this year. In 2023, Congresswoman Wild\u2019s office closed 4,170 constituent cases, bringing the total number of cases closed up to 15,980 since the beginning of her time in office. Of those constituent cases, the team helped 590 individuals with their passports \u2013 more passport cases than were handled from 2019 to 2022 combined!<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, the top federal agencies constituent advocates assisted with were the Department of State, IRS, and Citizenship and Immigration Services. Constituents seeking help with these or other federal agencies should\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalprf.house.gov\/AddressAuthentication?id=PA07\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/digitalprf.house.gov\/AddressAuthentication?id%3DPA07&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1702682976602000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2FY6DV5aPPn_dngACBTXeN\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKatie Smith<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, P.A.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Today, Congresswoman Susan Wild announced that she had returned $10,382,988.11 in federal casework funds back to constituents in the Greater Lehigh Valley this year. This brings the total amount &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=126067\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rep. 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