Feb. 01, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – House State Government Chairman Seth Grove (R-York) issued the following statement in response to the sudden resignation of Department of State Secretary Kathy Boockvar:
Feb. 01, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Reps. Jim Gregory (R-Blair) and Mark Rozzi (D-Berks) expressed outrage today after learning the Pennsylvania Department of State failed to properly advertise a constitutional amendment that would give victims of childhood sexual abuse recourse in civil court.
Feb. 01, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) made the following on the resignation of Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar:
Jan. 31, 2021 /
WHAT: PA House Health Committee Majority Chair Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) will convene a public hearing to examine the strengths and weaknesses of COVID-19 vaccine distribution throughout the Commonwealth.
Jan. 29, 2021 /
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting (prior to the governor’s pre-recorded annual budget address) focusing on the state of the Commonwealth’s oil and natural gas energy-enabled economy and what future policies are needed to protect family-sustaining energy jobs, ensure affordable energy costs and generate increased energy independence.
Jan. 29, 2021 /
WHAT: Rep. George Dunbar (R-Westmoreland), appointed to replace former Rep. Mark Keller as chairman of the Legislative Audit Advisory Commission (LAAC), and other LAAC members will meet to review and accept the audit for Fiscal Year 2020.
Jan. 29, 2021 /
HARRISBURG –Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar (R-Somerset/Bedford) today announced his co-sponsorship of House Bill 326. This legislation would require the Pennsylvania National Guard (PANG) to assist in both the distribution and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine in all 67 of Pennsylvania’s counties.
Jan. 29, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – In just his second term representing residents of the 193rd Legislative District, Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) has been named chairman of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice under the standing House Appropriations Committee.
Jan. 29, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – A group of southwestern Pennsylvania lawmakers today issued a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf warning that his latest proposal to enact a severance tax on the natural gas industry would endanger critical pandemic recovery efforts and kill jobs.
Jan. 29, 2021 /
BRADFORD – State Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) will hold monthly satellite office hours on Thursday, Feb. 4, at the following locations:
Jan. 29, 2021 /
BRADFORD – In an effort to ensure area veterans receive the services and support they need, Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) announced he will host a veterans service representative from the American Legion at his local offices in February.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf announced his tax and spend priorities Thursday that included selecting winners and losers in Pennsylvania’s economy and targeting critical industry during a pandemic.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
HARRISBURG - The Bucks County House Republican Caucus today announced that the House Health Committee will hold a hearing into COVID-19 vaccination distribution in Pennsylvania.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon) joined a majority of his House colleagues on Wednesday in approving a proposed constitutional amendment that would place limits on a governor’s emergency declaration powers.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
HARRISBURG - Rep. Craig Williams (R-Chester/Delaware) has been appointed the Secretary of the House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
HARRISBURG - Rep. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery) today voted with the majority of her colleagues in the House to pass legislation that would change the state’s emergency declaration provision to ensure emergency declarations only last 21 days and need legislative approval to continue thereafter.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Seeking to bring those who encourage others to commit suicide to justice, the House Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 184 by Rep. Dawn Keefer (R-Dillsburg).
Jan. 28, 2021 /
For Philadelphia’s GOP, and its chairwoman and state representative from the Northeast, Martina White, this is just another day at the races. Not because White takes policy or politics lightly. Rather, because – at age 32 – dealing with matters of state, and pleasing her constituents, has been her whole life’s work. Now in her third term, White – in office since 2015 in a special election to fill an open seat in the 170th District – became the first new Republican elected in Philadelphia in 25 years, a feat considering that working class area’s deep blue roots.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Continuing its commitment to protecting taxpayer dollars, the state House has approved Rep. Clint Owlett’s (R-Tioga/Bradford/Potter) bill to help prevent waste, fraud and abuse within the state’s Medicaid system.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
HARRISBURG – Answering the people’s demands that Gov. Tom Wolf’s abuse of emergency powers must be terminated and never imposed again, Rep. Kathy Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest) once again joined with her legislative colleagues in advancing a proposed constitutional amendment (House Bill 55) that would empower citizens via voter referendum to decide whether to limit the executive’s authority to declare extended disaster emergencies.