Aug. 20, 2020 /
![House Education Committee Passes Reese, Topper Legislation Regarding Upcoming School Year]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation authored by Reps. Mike Reese (R-Somerset/Westmoreland) and Jesse Topper (R-Bedford/Franklin/Fulton) that will impact sports, extracurricular activities and educational opportunities for students during the upcoming 2020-21 school year successfully passed through the House Education Committee today.
Aug. 19, 2020 /
![Keller: Changes to 2021 Farm Show Disastrous for Pennsylvania Youth]()
HARRISBURG – In response to Wednesday’s announcement that in-person activities will be eliminated at the 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show, Rep. Mark Keller (R-Perry/Cumberland) voiced concerns about the impact on youth exhibitors who show livestock and present exhibits.
Aug. 19, 2020 /
![Toohil Requests Child-Related COVID-19 Case Data from Department of Health]()
HARRISBURG – In an effort to better protect the health and safety of Pennsylvania’s children and educators during the current COVID-19 crisis, Rep. Tarah Toohil (R-Luzerne) today requested a more detailed reporting of cases involving young people from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Aug. 19, 2020 /
![Committee to Consider Three COVID-19-Related Bills]()
WHAT: The House Education Committee, chaired by Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), will hold a voting meeting to consider three proposals related to COVID-19. They include measures that would authorize a school entity to determine whether to hold sports and other extracurricular activities in-person and whether to allow spectators (House Bill 2787); allow a parent to elect to have a child in a public or non-public school repeat a grade, including all academic and extracurricular activities (House Bill 2788); and authorize the Secretary of Education to address disruptions to teacher training and certification caused by the COVID-19 disaster emergency (Senate Bill 1216).
Aug. 19, 2020 /
![Grove Shares Insight into State’s COVID-19 Response with Residents]()
HARRISBURG – Continuing his efforts to bring more transparency to state government, Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) released today a wealth of data used in the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic obtained through the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Aug. 19, 2020 /
![Dinniman, Lawrence Announce More Than $400K for Oxford Water Upgrades]()
HARRISBURG – State Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-West Whiteland) and state Rep. John Lawrence (R-West Grove) announced today that the Borough of Oxford will receive $416,000 in state grant funding to upgrade its water service system.
Aug. 18, 2020 /
![Quinn Has Bill to Improve Health Care Regulations]()
HARRISBURG - Rep. Chris Quinn (R-Delaware) recently introduced legislation that would continue the innovations in health care that have helped fight COVID-19 and that many patients have grown accustomed to as part of their routine care.
Aug. 18, 2020 /
![Dowling Unveils Bill to Help Pennsylvania’s Event Industry]()
UNIONTOWN – To help companies in the event industry from being forced to close, Rep. Matthew Dowling (R-Fayette/Somerset) announced legislation that would allow them to operate safely at 50% capacity.
Aug. 18, 2020 /
![Grove: Education Department Lacks COVID Data to Justify Recommendation to Cancel Sports]()
HARRISBURG – In its response to a Right-to-Know (RTK) request submitted by Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover), the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) said it has no public health data or models to substantiate an update to Gov. Tom Wolf’s guidance that high school and recreational sports should be canceled until 2021.
Aug. 18, 2020 /
![Sonney to Co-Host Hearing with Senate on How to Reopen Schools Safely]()
WHAT: Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), chairman of the House Education Committee, will hold a joint public hearing with the Senate Education Committee to hear from the administration on how to safely reopen schools this fall due to COVID-19.
Aug. 17, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – In response to a Right to Know Law request filed by Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) after the governor’s “strong recommendation” that interscholastic and club sports be cancelled until January 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) confirmed there is no supporting data to justify their recommendation.
Aug. 14, 2020 /
![Dinniman, Lawrence, and Penn Township Officials Mark Award-Winning Intersection Project]()
JENNERSVILLE – State Sen. Andy Dinniman (R-West Whiteland), state Rep. John Lawrence (R-West Grove), and officials from Penn Township, PennDOT, McMahon Associates, and others came together this week to recognize an award-winning intersection project in southern Chester County.
Aug. 13, 2020 /
![Dowling to Announce Legislation to Help Pennsylvania’s Events Industry]()
WHAT: Rep. Matt Dowling (R-Fayette/Somerset) will host a press conference in conjunction with local event venues, caterers and other businesses negatively impacted by Gov. Tom Wolf’s targeted mitigation measures to announce legislation that would benefit the events industry by allowing them to safely operate at 50% capacity.
Aug. 13, 2020 /
![House Majority Leader Benninghoff to PDE: All Students Deserve Transportation]()
HARRISBURG – House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) today sent a letter to the Pennsylvania Department of Education asking them to issue guidance that will ensure school transportation for students returning to in-person education.
Aug. 13, 2020 /
![Dush to Introduce Emergency Amendment to Terminate Wolf’s Abuse of Emergency Powers]()
HARRISBURG – Once again, answering the people’s demands that Gov. Tom Wolf’s tyrannical abuse of emergency powers must be terminated and never imposed again, Rep. Cris Dush (R-Jefferson/Indiana) is circulating a memorandum asking colleagues in the state House to co-sponsor an emergency constitutional amendment requiring legislative approval of any emergency disaster proclamations that extend beyond 30 days.
Aug. 13, 2020 /
![Cox: House Committee Meeting Shows State Failed Many Unemployed Pennsylvanians During COVID-19 Pandemic]()
HARRISBURG – Thousands of honest, hard-working and eligible Pennsylvania workers who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic still have not received the unemployment compensation (UC) benefits they deserve.
Aug. 11, 2020 /
![House Committee Meeting Wednesday to Evaluate Why Unemployment Compensation System Failed So Many Pennsylvanians During COVID-19]()
WHAT: With so many Pennsylvanians applying for Unemployment Compensation benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic and some of them still waiting to receive answers, the House Labor and Industry Committee will host a virtual informational meeting to identify reasons behind the system’s failure at the time applicants and their families needed it to work.
Aug. 11, 2020 /
![Reese, Topper Unveil Legislation Regarding Sports, Extracurricular Activities and Educational Opportunities for Upcoming School Year]()
HARRISBURG – Today, Reps. Mike Reese (R-Westmoreland/Somerset) and Jesse Topper (R-Bedford/Franklin/Fulton) joined together to unveil two pieces of legislation that will impact sports, extracurricular activities and educational opportunities for students during the upcoming 2020-21 school year.
Aug. 10, 2020 /
![Grove Responds to the Lack of Data Used in Wolf’s Pandemic Response]()
HARRISBURG – Earlier today, Department of Health Secretary Rachael Levine told reporters no “granular data” was used in making the decision to recommend extracurricular and recreational sports be halted until 2021. In response, Rep. Seth Grove (R-York) issued the following statement:
Aug. 10, 2020 /
![Day Introduces Restaurant Pandemic Assistance Bill Amid Governor’s Unilateral Clamp Down]()
HARRISBURG – With Pennsylvania restaurant owners banding together and standing up to the governor last week after his latest restaurant restrictions continued to cripple these businesses, Rep. Gary W. Day (R-Berks/Lehigh) has introduced restaurant pandemic assistance legislation as an option to help businesses stay afloat.