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August 19, 2025

PITTSBURGH, PA – AUGUST 19, 2025 — Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12)​​, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, issued the following statement on the Department of Justice’s failure to comply with a subpoena ordering it to release the full, unredacted Epstein files by today. Instead, the DOJ signaled it would begin production of a limited batch of Epstein files on Friday, August 22.   


August 12, 2025

PITTSBURGH, PA – AUGUST 12, 2025 — Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) issued the following statement following a briefing and press conference on the tragic explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania:

"Today I was briefed on the explosions at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works plant by U.S Steel and local and state officials.


August 11, 2025

PITTSBURGH, PA – AUGUST 11, 2025 — Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) issued the following statement in response to the explosion this morning at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania: 


August 11, 2025

PITTSBURGH, PA – AUGUST 11, 2025 — Today, Congresswoman Summer L. Lee (PA-12) celebrated her successful push to get the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to unfreeze $499,970 in awarded federal grant funding to local nonprofits New Sun Rising, RiverWise, and The Mon Water Project. The funding release comes after U.S.