Dec. 24, 2015 /
![Heffley Implores Gov. Wolf to Sign Budget]()
Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) released the following statement after the Senate passed House Bill 1460, a House-authored budget that now heads to the governor’s desk.
Dec. 24, 2015 /
![Staats Encourages Gov. Wolf to Sign Budget to End Impasse]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Craig Staats (R-Bucks) released the following statement after the Senate sent House Bill 1460, a budget passed by the House on Dec. 8, to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk. This budget includes additional education funding without broad-based tax increases.
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Budget Heads to Governor’s Desk: Includes Record School Funding, Fully Supports Human Service Agencies and Keeps Government Operating]()
HARRISBURG – Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny County) and House Majority Leader Dave Reed (R-Indiana County) today responded to Senate passage of House Bill 1460, a $30.3 billion spending proposal which would provide an immediate end to the state budget impasse and increase funding for PreK-12 education by $405 million.
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Millard Praises Final Passage of Responsible Budget to End the Impasse]()
HARRISBURG – This evening, the Senate voted in favor of a spending plan, previously approved by the House, that protects taxpayers, while making historic investments in education. Rep. David Millard (R-Berwick) issued the following statement after the vote, which should bring an end to the state’s budget impasse:
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Ellis Urges Governor to Sign Responsible Budget]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) urges Gov. Tom Wolf to sign House Bill 1460, a full-year state budget plan that was approved by the Senate on Wednesday afternoon.
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![York House Delegation Urges Governor to Sign Budget and End Impasse]()
HARRISBURG- Members of the York County House Republican delegation urge the Gov. Tom Wolf to sign the House Bill 1460 which is the full fiscal year budget that was approved by the Senate today.
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Gabler, Sankey Call on Governor to Sign Budget]()
HARRISBURG - State Reps. Matt Gabler (R-Clearfield/Elk) and Tommy Sankey
(R-Clearfield/Cambria) today released the following statement upon the Senate’s bipartisan 33-17 passage of House Bill 1460, a $30.2 billion spending proposal that would provide an immediate end to the state budget impasse. House Bill 1460 includes a $150 million increase for public schools while providing relief to taxpayers by avoiding the massive tax increases proposed by Gov. Tom Wolf.
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Bloom Encouraged by Senate Support of Fiscally Responsible House Budget]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Stephen Bloom (R-Cumberland) issued the following statement after the Senate’s bipartisan vote on the $30.2 billion spending plan passed by the House earlier this month:
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Kaufer Urges Governor to Sign State Budget]()
HARRISBURG – On Wednesday evening, the state Senate approved House Bill 1460, a full-year state budget plan that would spend $30.26 billion. The budget will soon be sent to Gov. Tom Wolf for his signature.
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Ortitay Urges Wolf To Sign Responsible Budget, End Impasse]()
HARRISBURG– Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) issued the following statement after the Senate voted to join the House in bringing an end to the state’s budget impasse:
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Sonney Issues Statement on Budget]()
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Harborcreek) issued this statement following Senate passage of House Bill 1460, a general appropriations bill for the 2015-16 fiscal year:
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Christiana and Marshall Praise Passage of Responsible Budget to End the Impasse]()
HARRISBURG– Reps. Jim Christiana(R-Beaver/Washington) and Jim Marshall (R-Beaver/Butler) issued the following statement after the Senate voted to join the House in bringing an end to the state’s budget impasse:
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Chairman Adolph Encouraged by Senate Action to Move House-Authored Budget to the Governor’s Desk]()
HARRISBURG – House Appropriations Chairman, William F. Adolph, Jr., was encouraged by the latest developments in the General Assembly’s efforts to resolve the ongoing state budget impasse.
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Governor Wolf Should Sign the Budget, Says Metzgar]()
Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar (R-Somerset/Bedford) today issued the following statement after the Pennsylvania Senate passed House Bill 1460, containing a state budget that adds increased funding for public schools and avoids a tax increase that cannot be afforded by working taxpayers:
Dec. 23, 2015 /
![Kampf-Supported Budget Plan Moves to Governor’s Desk]()
Would increase school funding to historic levels, protect taxpayers
Dec. 22, 2015 /
![Diamond to Governor: It’s Time to Call a ‘Christmas Truce’]()
Saying it is time for the governor and Legislature to call a “Christmas truce,” Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) today wrote to Gov. Tom Wolf, urging him to permit a lights-on funding package for schools and health and human services organizations expected to pass the House tomorrow to become law.
Dec. 21, 2015 /
![Barrar Champions Law to Protect Ambulance Companies and Commonwealth Children]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation that Rep. Steve Barrar (R-Chester/Delaware) championed was signed into law yesterday. Act 84 of 2015 will extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for two years and require insurance companies directly pay ambulance companies, rather than patients, for transport services.
Dec. 21, 2015 /
![Hickernell Ushers Another Landmark Foster Care Bill into Law]()
HARRISBURG – After three years of championing legislation to help children and youth who are in Pennsylvania’s foster care system live more normal lives, Rep. Dave Hickernell (R-Lancaster/Dauphin) today announced that his legislation to accomplish this has been signed into law as Act 75 of 2015.
Dec. 21, 2015 /
![Governor Signs O’Neill EMS Direct Pay Measure]()
HARRISBURG — Legislation, initiated and spearheaded by Rep. Bernie O’Neill (R-Bucks), which addresses the reimbursement needs of emergency medical services (EMS), was signed into law Sunday, Dec. 20 by the governor.
Dec. 19, 2015 /
![Brown’s Bill to Financially Assist PA Dam Owners Passes Committee]()
HARRISBURG – On Friday, the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted in favor of House Bill 1712, legislation sponsored by Rep. Rosemary M. Brown (R-Monroe/Pike) to establish the freestanding Private Dam Financial Assurance Act. This bill addresses an issue that was originally brought to Brown’s attention by residents of the 189th District.