Sep. 14, 2017 /
Sep. 14, 2017 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Mike Tobash (R-Schuylkill/Dauphin) voted in favor of the “Putting People First” state budget revenue package in the House on Wednesday evening. After the vote, Tobash made the following statement:
Sep. 14, 2017 /
Sep. 14, 2017 /
HARRISBURG — Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today issued the following statement in response to the House passing another revenue package for the Fiscal Year 2017-18 state budget:
Sep. 13, 2017 /
Sep. 13, 2017 /
Sep. 13, 2017 /
Sep. 13, 2017 /
Sep. 13, 2017 /
Sep. 13, 2017 /
Sep. 13, 2017 /
Sep. 13, 2017 /
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Sep. 12, 2017 /
HARRISBURG – The House today unanimously approved legislation authored by Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) to exclude veterans’ compensation benefits from income calculations for Commonwealth programs.
Sep. 12, 2017 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. John McGinnis (R-Blair) today joined other pension reform advocates at a Capitol news conference to urge the General Assembly to continue working on addressing Pennsylvania’s public pension crisis.
Sep. 11, 2017 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Kate Harper (R-Montgomery) issued the following statement after the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted to amend her bill that sought to implement a severance tax on natural gas drilling in the Commonwealth:
Sep. 11, 2017 /
HARRISBURG – Surrounded by organizations representing Pennsylvania’s private sector workforce, Rep. Jim Christiana (R-Beaver/Washington) today urged House and Senate leaders and Gov. Tom Wolf to take a job-killing shale tax off the table during final negotiations on the state budget revenue plan this week.
Sep. 11, 2017 /
WHAT: Rep. Jim Christiana (R-Beaver/Washington) and organizations representing Pennsylvania’s business owners, workers and manufacturing industry will hold a press conference to urge Gov. Tom Wolf and House and Senate lawmakers to abandon calls for a Shale tax during final discussions on the state budget. Christiana will explain how a severance tax could negatively impact the petrochemical industry and thousands of manufacturing jobs.
Sep. 08, 2017 /
HARRISBURG – House Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) and Democratic Leader Frank Dermody (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland) regret to confirm the passing of state Rep. Daniel McNeill (D-Lehigh), who died on Friday, Sept. 8. Turzai and Dermody issued this statement jointly: