Jul. 06, 2023 /
![Owlett Votes ‘No’ on Budget, Calls Out Shapiro for Turning His Back on Kids in Failing Schools]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford) issued the following statement after the state House approved a 2023-24 state budget despite his negative vote.
Jul. 05, 2023 /
![Cutler: House Democrats Put Political Convenience Over Students]()
HARRISBURG – House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) said Wednesday that the move by Pennsylvania’s House Democrats to approve a General Appropriations bill that would have a lifeline scholarship program line-item vetoed is the result of choosing political convenience over students.
Jul. 05, 2023 /
![Mihalek: Budget Not Perfect, But Neither is the Process]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Natalie Mihalek (R-Allegheny/Washington) issued the below statement following the passage of legislation to finalize the 2023-24 budget:
Jul. 05, 2023 /
![Cook Says State Budget Spends Too Much]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bud Cook (R-Greene/Washington) issued the following statement after voting against passage of a $45.5 billion state budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year:
Jul. 05, 2023 /
![New State Budget Irresponsible, Roae Says]()
HARRISBURG — Rep. Brad Roae (R-Crawford/Erie) issued the following statement in response to the $45.55 billion Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget that the House passed this evening:
Jul. 05, 2023 /
![Wentling Says More Than $1 Billion in Federal Funding Going Toward Expanding High-Speed Internet Across PA]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Parke Wentling (R-Mercer) announced the Commonwealth is getting more than $1.16 billion in federal funding to expand broadband access to underserved areas. The funding is coming through the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority (authority) will administer the funding.
Jul. 05, 2023 /
![Gleim Joins Colleagues in Appeal of Act 77 to the State Courts]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) joins colleagues in continued pursuit of an appeal to strike down the entirety of Act 77 of 2019 based on provisions that deem part of the law in violation of the Civil Rights Act.
Jun. 30, 2023 /
![Grimm Krupa Slams House Democrats as Budget Deadline Nears]()
MCCLELLANDTOWN – Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa (R-Fayette) issued this statement following the dismissal of lawmakers from Harrisburg without the passing of a state budget:
Jun. 30, 2023 /
![Rapp Disappointed in Lack of Budget Deal as Deadline Looms]()
WARREN — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following the dismissal of lawmakers from Harrisburg without the passing of a state budget:
Jun. 30, 2023 /
![House Republicans to Discuss Budget Impasse]()
WHEN: Friday, June 30, 2023, at 5 p.m., or upon House recess.
Jun. 30, 2023 /
![State-Related Universities Must Be Accountable for How They Spend Taxpayer Dollars, Say Klunk, Warner]()
HARRISBURG – Citing the hundreds of millions in taxpayer funding sent to Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities each year, Reps. Ryan Warner (R-Fayette) and Kate Klunk (R-Hanover) have introduced legislation to make the universities subject to the state’s Right-to-Know Law.
Jun. 30, 2023 /
![Wentling Backs Bills Supporting Pennsylvania’s Small Business Owners]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Parke Wentling (R-Mercer) has cosponsored nine separate pieces of legislation earmarked by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) to help Pennsylvania’s small businesses. In addition, Wentling is the prime sponsor of two more bills aimed to aid Pennsylvania employers. They address some of the biggest challenges facing small businesses, which includes covering startup costs and cutting excessive red tape.
Jun. 29, 2023 /
![Rapp Votes Against Bill Penalizing Hospitals Over Nurse Staffing Mandates]()
WARREN — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, opposed a bill enforcing strict nurse staffing ratios on hospitals in the Commonwealth. She issued this statement following the vote:
Jun. 28, 2023 /
![Davanzo Proposal is a Win for American Manufacturers]()
HARRISBURG- An amendment authored by Rep. Eric Davanzo (R-Westmoreland) to require the use of American-made products in solar energy projects at Pennsylvania schools was included in legislation that passed the House today. House Bill 1032 creates the Pennsylvania Solar for Schools Grant Program, which will provide financial assistance to schools to fund solar energy projects.
Jun. 28, 2023 /
![Mehaffie’s Patient Safety Act Gains House Approval]()
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives today approved legislation authored by Rep. Thomas Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) to establish safe patient limits under the care of individual nurses in Pennsylvania hospitals. House Bill 106 would be known as the Patient Safety Act.
Jun. 28, 2023 /
![Cooper Bill Would Foster School Dual Enrollment Programs]()
HARRISBURG – Today, legislation co-prime sponsored by Rep. Jill Cooper (R-Westmoreland) cleared the House Education Committee with a unanimous vote. House Bill 1258 proposes improvements to the current law pertaining to dual enrollment programs in Pennsylvania schools by temporarily removing the requirement that students enrolled in such programs are removed from the school’s average daily membership.
Jun. 28, 2023 /
![Tomlinson Bill to Ensure Safer Nursing Ratios at Hospitals Passes House]()
HARRISBURG—Legislation sponsored by Rep. KC Tomlinson (R-Bucks) to establish safe patient limits under the care of an individual nurse in Pennsylvania hospitals has passed the House.
Jun. 28, 2023 /
![Topper Proposal to Increase Learning Flexibility Advances]()
HARRISBURG – To further modernize Pennsylvania’s educational opportunities, the House Education Committee today advanced with unanimous, bi-partisan support legislation by Republican Chairman Jesse Topper (R-Bedford/Fulton) to change the instructional time requirement to 180 days or 990 secondary and 900 elementary hours.
Jun. 28, 2023 /
![Democrats Table Heffley’s Amendment to Address Welfare Fraud and Abuse]()
HARRISBURG – In an ongoing pattern to silence House Republicans, Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) said today House Democrats cut off meaningful debate yesterday and would not consider his amendment to address welfare fraud and abuse. By voting to table the amendment, an action used for the ninth time this session, House Democrats once again denied Republicans an equal voice in any discussions.
Jun. 28, 2023 /
![State Government Committee Passes COLA Bills Saddling Taxpayers Despite Republican Opposition]()
HARRISBURG — The House State Government Committee today sent to the full House legislation giving older state employee and teacher retirees a cost-of-living (COLA) increase over the objection of Republicans as the bills don’t identify where the funding will come from, said Rep. Brad Roae (R-Crawford/Erie), Republican chair of the committee.