Feb. 03, 2021 /
HARRISBURG ¬– In response to Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to increase the Personal Income Tax on hard-working Pennsylvanians and business owners, Rep. Lou Schmitt (R-Blair) issued the following statement:
Feb. 03, 2021 /
SENECA – Rep. Lee James (R-Venango/Butler) issued the following statement regarding his budget priorities after Gov. Tom Wolf delivered his annual budget address via a pre-recorded video on Wednesday:
Feb. 02, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Working to ensure area veterans are receiving or maximizing the benefits and support they have earned through their service and sacrifice, Rep. Brian Smith (R-Jefferson/Indiana) announced his upcoming veterans assistance hours for February 2021.
Feb. 02, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Seeking to provide further protections for victims of domestic violence and child abuse in Pennsylvania, Rep. Tarah Toohil (R-Luzerne) has introduced two proposals in the House of Representatives.
Feb. 02, 2021 /
WHO: House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin); House Majority Appropriations Chairman Stan Saylor (R-York); Rep. Tim O’Neal (R-Washington); other House Republican leaders.
Feb. 02, 2021 /
BRADFORD – State Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) announced cancelation of his Feb. 4 satellite office hours in Emporium and Port Allegany due to a change in the House session schedule.
Feb. 02, 2021 /
BRADFORD – State Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) will hold monthly satellite office hours on Thursday, Feb. 4, at the following locations:
Feb. 02, 2021 /
WHAT: PA House Health Committee Majority Chair Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) will convene a public hearing to examine the strengths and weaknesses of COVID-19 vaccine distribution throughout the Commonwealth.
Feb. 01, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana) issued the following statement in reaction to Gov. Tom Wolf’s latest attempt to impose a job-crushing severance tax on Pennsylvania natural gas drillers:
Feb. 01, 2021 /
HARRISURG – Reps. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna), Martin Causer (R-Cameron/McKean/Potter) and Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) are calling on the state Department of Health to ensure sufficient COVID-19 vaccine supply in the state’s rural communities.
Feb. 01, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Lou Schmitt (R-Blair) was appointed to serve in two key committee leadership roles for the 2021-22 session.
Feb. 01, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Beaver/Butler/Lawrence) today announced that a $198,000 Strategic Management Planning (STMP) grant has been awarded for the City of Beaver Falls, Beaver County.
Feb. 01, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – House State Government Chairman Seth Grove (R-York) issued the following statement in response to the sudden resignation of Department of State Secretary Kathy Boockvar:
Feb. 01, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Reps. Jim Gregory (R-Blair) and Mark Rozzi (D-Berks) expressed outrage today after learning the Pennsylvania Department of State failed to properly advertise a constitutional amendment that would give victims of childhood sexual abuse recourse in civil court.
Feb. 01, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) made the following on the resignation of Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar:
Jan. 31, 2021 /
WHAT: PA House Health Committee Majority Chair Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) will convene a public hearing to examine the strengths and weaknesses of COVID-19 vaccine distribution throughout the Commonwealth.
Jan. 29, 2021 /
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting (prior to the governor’s pre-recorded annual budget address) focusing on the state of the Commonwealth’s oil and natural gas energy-enabled economy and what future policies are needed to protect family-sustaining energy jobs, ensure affordable energy costs and generate increased energy independence.
Jan. 29, 2021 /
WHAT: Rep. George Dunbar (R-Westmoreland), appointed to replace former Rep. Mark Keller as chairman of the Legislative Audit Advisory Commission (LAAC), and other LAAC members will meet to review and accept the audit for Fiscal Year 2020.
Jan. 29, 2021 /
HARRISBURG –Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar (R-Somerset/Bedford) today announced his co-sponsorship of House Bill 326. This legislation would require the Pennsylvania National Guard (PANG) to assist in both the distribution and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine in all 67 of Pennsylvania’s counties.
Jan. 29, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – In just his second term representing residents of the 193rd Legislative District, Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) has been named chairman of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice under the standing House Appropriations Committee.