Jan. 22, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Valerie Gaydos (R-Allegheny) today announced she will serve on four committees in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 2019-20 legislative session: The House Commerce, Education, Health and Liquor Control committees.
Jan. 22, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) has been assigned to serve on five committees during the 2019-20 legislative session: Children and Youth, Game and Fisheries, Judiciary, Labor and Industry, and Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness.
Jan. 22, 2019 /
WHAT: State Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Lehigh/Berks), along with a deputy secretary from the Pennsylvania Department of Health and health care providers, are holding a press conference to promote the state’s first-ever Maternal Health Awareness Day. Despite advances in medical science and technology, deaths related to complications from pregnancy and childbirth are on the rise nationally and in Pennsylvania. House Resolution 27, authored by Mackenzie, is designed to raise public awareness about maternal health and promote maternal safety.
Jan. 22, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – First-term legislator Rep. Joshua Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) today announced he has been assigned to serve on five standing House committees during the 2019-20 legislative session: Education, Children and Youth, Commerce, Gaming Oversight, and Liquor Control.
Jan. 22, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – The House Republican Caucus announced its committee assignments this week, naming freshman member, Rep. Natalie Mihalek (R-Allegheny/Washington), to five committees for the 2019-20 Legislative Session.
Jan. 18, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) today announced she has been appointed to serve on the House Education, Children and Youth, Human Services, and Game and Fisheries Committees for the 2019-20 legislative session.
Jan. 18, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bob Brooks (R-Westmoreland/Allegheny) today announced that he has been appointed to serve on the House Commerce, Finance, Local Government and Urban Affairs committees for the 2019-20 legislative session. Brooks was sworn into office for his first term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Jan. 1.
Jan. 18, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jim Struzzi (R-Indiana) today announced that he has been appointed to served on the House Appropriations, Human Services, Insurance and Urban Affairs committees for the 2019-20 legislative session. Struzzi was sworn into office for his first term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Jan. 1.
Jan. 18, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jim Gregory (R-Blair) had been named to four standing House committees by the Committee on Committees and House leadership for the 2019-20 Legislative Session. The committees he will serve on are the Tourism and Recreational Development Committee; Aging and Older Adult Services Committee; Human Services Committee; and the Local Government Committee.
Jan. 18, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – This week, Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R-Centre/Clinton) received her House committee assignments for the 2019-20 legislative session.
Jan. 18, 2019 /
Schroeder Announces Committees Assignments for 2019-20 Session
Jan. 18, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jim Rigby (R-Cambria/Somerset) was assigned to serve on four standing House committees during the 2019-20 legislative session: Children and Youth, Local Government, Urban Affairs and Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness. The committees provide legislative oversight and help shape the language in bills that fall under their areas of responsibility.
Jan. 18, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Lou Schmitt (R-Blair) today announced that he has been appointed to serve on the House Commerce, Local Government, State Government, Transportation and Urban Affairs committees for the 2019-20 legislative session. Schmitt was sworn into office for his first term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Jan. 1.
Jan. 18, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. John Hershey (R-Franklin/Juniata/Mifflin) was assigned to serve on four standing House committees during the 2019-20 legislative session: Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Health, Human Services and Judiciary. The committees provide legislative oversight and help shape the language in bills that fall under their areas of responsibility.
Jan. 18, 2019 /
HARRISBURG—Rep. Todd Polinchock (R-Bucks), a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, has been appointed to the House Veteran Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee.
Jan. 17, 2019 /
HARRISBURG -- Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) issued the following statement on the death today of his chief of staff, Karen S. Coates, Esq.:
Jan. 17, 2019 /
CARLISLE – Rep. Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) attended a tour of USA Spares in Carlisle this morning with PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Executive Deputy Secretary Scott Dunkelberger.
Jan. 16, 2019 /
Human trafficking is society’s hidden dark secret that happens, sometimes in plain sight. This heinous crime happens in every part of Pennsylvania. Yet, sometimes we don’t realize that people we encounter are victims of modern-day slavery.
Jan. 16, 2019 /
ALTOONA – Rep. Lou Schmitt (R-Blair) today announced that he is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house to mark the grand opening of his new district office in downtown Altoona. The office is located in the space formerly occupied by Rep. John McGinnis in Suite 104 of the Gables building at 1331 Twelfth Ave.
Jan. 16, 2019 /
HARRISBURG – Rep. Gene DiGirolamo (R-Buck) today was reappointed by House Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Legislative Oversight Committee in the Pennsylvania General Assembly.