Nov. 12, 2025 /
![Watro Approves State Budget that Moves PA Forward]()
HARRISBURG – Following his vote for the 2025-26 state budget, Rep. Dane Watro (R-Luzerne/Schuylkill) issued this statement:
Nov. 12, 2025 /
![Marcell Statement on Bipartisan Budget Agreement]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Kristin Marcell (R-Bucks) released the following statement on the passage of a bipartisan Pennsylvania state budget:
Nov. 12, 2025 /
![Shaffer Calls for Reform After Today’s Negotiated Budget Deal]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jeremy Shaffer (R-Allegheny) issued the following statement regarding the House passing a negotiated $50.1 billion budget deal.
Nov. 12, 2025 /
![Metzgar Casts ‘Yes’ Vote for 2025-26 State Budget]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar (R-Somerset) announced today the long budgetary delay is one step closer to being over after the House passed a $50.1 billion budget for the 2025-26 Fiscal Year.
Nov. 12, 2025 /
![State Budget Spends Too Much, Future Tax Increase Incoming, Roae Says]()
HARRISBURG — Rep. Brad Roae (R-Crawford/Erie) issued the following statement in response to the $50.1 billion Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget approved today:
Nov. 12, 2025 /
![House Democrats Force Through Budget with No Details Offered, Maloney Says]()
HARRISBURG – The rush Wednesday morning by House Democrats to push through a secretly negotiated “budget” in a few hours with very few members knowing what they were actually voting on was another shameful episode by the Shapiro Administration, said Rep. David Maloney (R-Berks).
Nov. 07, 2025 /
![Mako Legislation to Allow Headphones for Motorcyclists Becomes Law]()
HARRISBURG – The governor on Thursday signed into law legislation authored by Rep. Zach Mako (R-Lehigh/Northampton) to update the vehicle code to allow motorcyclists to wear headphones or helmets with built-in headphone capabilities.
Nov. 06, 2025 /
![Flick to Host Hearing, Press Conference to Highlight Major Support of Child Custody Reform]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jamie Flick (R-Lycoming/Union) is hosting a milestone day for child custody reform in Pennsylvania.
Nov. 06, 2025 /
![Hearing Confirms Cuts to Pennsylvania’s Public Cyber Charter Schools Would Be Devastating for Our Most At-Risk Students]()
HARRISBURG - With Gov. Josh Shapiro threatening to again reduce funding for Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools, state Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) and colleagues in the General Assembly held a panel discussion about online learning Wednesday at the Reach Cyber Charter School in Enola.
Nov. 05, 2025 /
HARRISBURG – Lawmakers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia came together last Tuesday for the first-ever, multi-state policy hearing focused on restoring energy affordability and reliability across the Mid-Atlantic region. The hearing, hosted by the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee and chaired by Rep. David H. Rowe (R-Snyder/Union/Mifflin/Juniata), brought together legislators and energy policy experts to highlight the urgent need for coordinated, commonsense reforms.
Oct. 31, 2025 /
![Gleim: House Democrats Choose Political Games Over Protecting Female Athletes]()
HARRISBURG - House Democrats continue to stall efforts to protect female athletes across the Commonwealth through the use of political gamesmanship, according to state Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland).
Oct. 31, 2025 /
![Rapp Praises Testifiers Following Health Hearing on PA’s Newborn Screening Program]()
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following the committee’s hearing on Pennsylvania’s Newborn Screening Program:
Oct. 30, 2025 /
![Grove Thanks Federal Representation for Bipartisan Budget Vote]()
DOVER – Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) sends his thanks to congressional representatives of York County for their vote to reopen the federal government in the following statement:
Oct. 30, 2025 /
![Rapp’s Bill to Create Rural Health Care Grant Program Clears Senate Committee]()
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, announced her bill to create the Rural Health Care Grant Program in Pennsylvania unanimously passed the Senate Institutional Sustainability and Innovation Committee.
Oct. 30, 2025 /
![Watro Continues Effort to Protect Women’s Sports in PA]()
HARRISBURG – On Wednesday, Rep. Dane Watro (R-Luzerne/Schuylkill) joined his House Republican colleagues in their continuing effort to protect women’s sports in Pennsylvania.
Oct. 29, 2025 /
![PA House Approves Watro’s Veterans Day Resolution]()
HARRISBURG – House Resolution 15, sponsored by Rep. Dane Watro (R-Luzerne/Schuylkill) to recognize Nov. 11, 2025, as Veterans Day in Pennsylvania was unanimously approved today by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Oct. 29, 2025 /
![Lawmakers, Advocates: It’s Always the Right Time to Defend Our Daughters]()
HARRISBURG – A group of state lawmakers, many of whom are also dads, are calling on House Democrats and Gov. Josh Shapiro to do the right thing and act now to protect the rights of all the Commonwealth’s daughters to compete on a level playing field.
Oct. 29, 2025 /
![House Passes Brown’s Resolution Honoring Italian American Heritage]()
NEW CASTLE – The House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved House Resolution 353, sponsored by Rep. Marla Brown (R-Lawrence). The measure designates October 2025 as Italian and Italian American History and Culture Month in Pennsylvania.
Oct. 29, 2025 /
![Delozier: Resolution Marking October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in PA Passes House]()
HARRISBURG – A resolution marking October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Pennsylvania passed the House of Representatives today, according to the resolution’s sponsor, Rep. Sheryl M. Delozier (R-Cumberland).
Oct. 29, 2025 /
![Rapp Rebukes Democrats Following Another Re-Referral of ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’]()
HARRISBURG — Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the House Health Committee, issued this statement following a party-line vote to re-refer Senate Bill 9, also known as the Save Women’s Sports Act, out of the Health Committee to the Judiciary Committee: