Feb. 17, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Following Tuesday’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) request that Pennsylvania’s enrollment in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) be delayed, state Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana) is demanding Gov. Wolf to take a look at the legislative ‘scoreboard’ and no longer pursue his effort.
Feb. 17, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Reps. Rosemary Brown (R-Monroe/Pike) and Steve Malagari (D-Montgomery) continue to advocate and work for needed change in Pennsylvania’s driving laws, specifically in regard to cellphone usage while operating a motor vehicle.
Feb. 17, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – At a budget hearing Monday at the state Capitol, Rep. John Lawrence (R-Chester/Lancaster) lambasted Secretary of Aging Robert Torres for his department’s actions blocking the release of documents to a federally empaneled grand jury looking into an unusually high rate of COVID-19 related deaths at a nursing home in western Pennsylvania.
Feb. 17, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – After being forced to close or severely curtail their businesses over the last 11 months, Pennsylvania’s struggling business owners are being invited to tell state House Republicans what they need to recover from the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Feb. 16, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Today the House Appropriations Committee held its first day of budget hearings. The committee heard from the Department of Revenue, the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) and the Department of Aging. Here are the key takeaways from the day:
Feb. 16, 2021 /
HARRISBURG — With a growing number of states taking action to nullify unconstitutional executive orders from the Biden administration, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) has once again introduced his Right to Bear Arms Protection Act (House Bill 357) that seeks to make any additional federal gun control laws unenforceable within the Commonwealth.
Feb. 16, 2021 /
HARRISBURG - Rep. Keith Greiner (R-Lancaster) has introduced legislation to allow licensed professionals the ability to seek advisory opinions, which would be legally nonbinding, from their respective licensing boards pertaining to the interpretation of an act or regulation relating to the licensee.
Feb. 12, 2021 /
To say the COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan has been abysmal is a severe understatement. The inconsistencies in communication, logistics and supply chain distribution have had a detrimental impact on our citizens across Pennsylvania. The mismanagement of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan has ranked our Commonwealth the 43rd state out of 50 in the distribution and administration of these critical vaccines. The lack of clarity and consistency regarding the implementation of this plan from the Wolf administration is inexcusable.
Feb. 11, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Hospitality-related businesses in their districts will share more than $2.43 million in COVID-19 relief funding, Reps. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna), Jonathan Fritz (R-Susquehanna/Wayne) and Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) announced today.
Feb. 11, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Hospitality-related businesses in their districts will share more than $2.43 million in COVID-19 relief funding, Reps. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna), Jonathan Fritz (R-Susquehanna/Wayne) and Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) announced today.
Feb. 11, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Hospitality-related businesses in their districts will share more than $2.43 million in COVID-19 relief funding, Reps. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna), Jonathan Fritz (R-Susquehanna/Wayne) and Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) announced today.
Feb. 11, 2021 /
YORK – House State Government Committee Chairman Seth Grove (R-York) is quarantining at home after he developed COVID-19-like-symptoms. He issued the following statement:
Feb. 10, 2021 /
HARRISBURG - Rep. David Rowe (R-Snyder/Union) today announced that Snyder and Union counties will be receiving a grant of $966,082 from the Hospitality Industry Recovery Program, which is a locally administered funding program established through legislation from the General Assembly.
Feb. 10, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Sheryl Delozier is challenging Gov. Tom Wolf and his administration on their commitment to criminal justice reform following a lack of action and timeliness in a pair of instances dealing with victims’ rights.
Feb. 10, 2021 /
WHAT: The House State Government Committee will hear from state and local officials on election audits as part of the investigative hearings on Pennsylvania’s election system.
Feb. 09, 2021 /
BRADFORD – Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) today delivered thousands of petition signatures in support of preserving services at Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) to officials at Upper Allegheny Health System (UAHS).
Feb. 09, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Speaker of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) issued the following statement regarding the establishment of a COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force:
Feb. 09, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) today appointed Rep. Tim O’Neal (R-Washington) to represent House Republicans on the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force.
Feb. 08, 2021 /
Pennsylvania voters will finally have a say this spring in the state’s handling of extended disaster emergencies.
Feb. 08, 2021 /
WHAT: House Appropriations Committee Chairman Stan Saylor released the schedule for upcoming budget hearings today. Hearings will take place on the House floor to allow social distancing and masks will be required for all members, staff, and testifiers. The House floor will be cleaned and sanitized between hearings. Hearings will feature a mix of in-person and virtual testimony.