Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Lancaster GOP House Delegation Votes to Restore Education, Corrections and Ag Funding]()
HARRISBURG – The Lancaster Republican delegation to the state House of Representatives today joined a strong bipartisan majority of their colleagues to pass House Bill 1801 by a vote of 128-63, a supplemental spending bill that would appropriate an additional $6.05 billion for the 2015-16 fiscal year to fully fund the remaining components of the state budget that remain unfunded following several line-item vetoes by Gov. Tom Wolf on Dec. 29.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Renewed Budget Plan Increases Funding for State Education, Includes No New Taxes, Tobash Says]()
HARRISBURG – In another attempt to complete Pennsylvania’s state budget, Rep. Mike Tobash (R-Schuylkill/Dauphin) voted in favor of House Bill 1801 on Wednesday. The bill funds items cut by Gov. Tom Wolf as part of his Dec. 29 line-item veto.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Governor Should Embrace Latest House Budget Effort for the Good of Pennsylvania, Ellis Says]()
HARRISBURG – On Wednesday, Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) voted in favor of a budget measure to fund items which were cut by Gov. Tom Wolf as part of his Dec. 29 line-item vetoes, in order to keep Pennsylvania’s schools open and complete the 2015-16 state budget.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![New Funding Proposal on Way to Governor’s Desk, Godshall Says]()
HARRIBURG – Rep. Robert Godshall (R-Montgomery) voted this evening to approve a supplemental funding package to restore about $6 billion that Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed in the 2015-16 state budget.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Turzai Issues Statement on Passage of 2015-16 State Budget Supplement]()
HARRISBURG – Speaker of the House Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) issued the following statement:
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Ortitay Votes to Restore Education Cuts, Ensure Local Schools Remain Open]()
HARRISBURG– Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today voted to restore the billions of dollars in education funding vetoed by Gov. Tom Wolf and close out the 2015-16 state budget without any new taxes or tax increases.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![House Passes Spending Bill to Close Out 2015-16 Budget, Says Reed]()
HARRISBURG – Voting to keep Pennsylvania schools open, House Majority Leader Dave Reed (R-Indiana) today joined a bipartisan majority of his colleagues in passing a $30.031 billion supplemental spending bill to complete the 2015-16 state budget. House Bill 1801 now heads to Gov. Tom Wolf for his consideration.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Metzgar Votes to Restore Agriculture Funding and Keep Schools Open]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar (R-Somerset/Bedford) today voted to support House Bill 1801, legislation that restores $6 billion in cuts to schools, corrections, agriculture and other programs made by Gov. Tom Wolf when he line-item vetoed House Bill 1460 in December. House Bill 1801 restores funding to agriculture, education and more, all without increasing taxes.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Brown Votes to Finish the 2015-16 State Budget]()
HARRISBURG – As Pennsylvania’s schools, hospitals, child advocacy centers and agriculture programs continue to be among those in most urgent need of state funding, Rep. Rosemary M. Brown (R-Monroe/Pike) voted in favor of another budget plan to complete the 2015-16 state budget on Wednesday.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Causer Votes to Keep Schools, Ag Programs Running in PA]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) today voted to bring the 2015-16 state budget to a close by restoring funding for schools, higher education institutions, hospitals, agriculture programs and more. The funding was vetoed from the budget by Gov. Tom Wolf late last year.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Culver Supports Completing PA’s 2015-16 State Budget]()
HARRISBURG – In an effort to complete the 2015-16 state budget on Wednesday, Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-Northumberland/Snyder) voted in favor of a budget plan that would reverse many of the vetoes that the governor made last year. This was the House of Representatives’ fourth attempt to implement a complete state budget.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![White Backs Supplemental Budget to Increase Funding our Schools Without Raising Taxes]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Martina White (R-Philadelphia) today joined her colleagues to pass a supplemental budget bill to prevent layoffs and school closures across the Commonwealth.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Nesbit Votes to Restore Ag, Education Cuts]()
HARRISBURG – To keep schools open, agriculture programs operating and health care available to rural residents, Rep. Tedd Nesbit (R-Mercer/Butler) today voted in support of legislation to restore many of the budget line items cut by the governor in December.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Pickett Supports New Effort to Restore Education, Ag Funding]()
HARRISBURG – Citing the urgent need to fund schools, agriculture programs, rural hospitals and child advocacy centers, Rep. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) voted today to send another budget to the governor to fill in the state funding he vetoed in December – all without an increase in any broad-based tax.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Masser: Plan to Reverse Many of the Governor’s Budget Vetoes Passes House]()
HARRISBURG – On Wednesday, Rep. Kurt A. Masser (R-Columbia/Montour/Northumberland) voted in favor of House Bill 1801, a measure which restores many of the budget cuts made by Gov. Tom Wolf last year. This plan does not have any new taxes, but it does include “math that works.”
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Oberlander Votes to Restore Vital Funding for Schools, Ag Programs]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest) today voted to keep schools and rural hospitals open and agriculture programs functioning by sending a supplemental budget bill for the 2015-16 fiscal year to the governor.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Milne Votes to Release Funds to Schools and Hospitals]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Duane Milne (R-Chester) voted today to fill the funding gap in education and other services that has lingered as a result of the governor’s earlier budget vetoes.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Stephens Votes for Supplemental Budget to Fund our Schools]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery) today backed a supplemental budget bill to prevent layoffs and school closures across the Commonwealth.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Rader Votes to Support Medical Marijuana]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jack Rader (R-Monroe) issued the following statement after the House voted overwhelmingly to pass Senate Bill 3, which would legalize medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. The bill would create an experimental regulatory board which would oversee the dispensing of a medicinal strain of cannabis.
Mar. 16, 2016 /
![Mentzer, Greiner Comment on Passage of Medical Cannabis Legislation]()
HARRISBURG- Today, State Reps. Steve Mentzer (R-Lititz) and Keith Greiner (R-Upper Leacock) opposed the amended version of Senate Bill 3 in the House of Representatives. The legislation would allow for the use of medical cannabis for the treatment of several debilitating illnesses. The measure passed in the House of Representatives and now goes to the Senate for concurrence.