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WASHINGTON, DC — On October 28, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) introduced H.R. 5836, the Keep WIC Working Act, legislation to ensure the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) remains fully funded and operational during any lapse in federal appropriations. The bill would guarantee mothers and young children who depend on WIC do not lose access to vital nutrition due to political dysfunction in Washington.

Rep. Bresnahan first spoke about the legislation in an exclusive with The Hill.

Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) on Tuesday introduced a bill to fund the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) during the government shutdown, as the funding lapse threatens payments of benefits if it continues.

WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, Jr., on Thursday visited and toured Luzerne County Head Start, Inc., in recognition of Head Start Awareness Month — and he and his wife, Chelsea Strub, read a book to 15 pre-school children.

Bresnahan, R-Dallas Township, read “The Leaf Thief” to a Head Start classroom of 4-to-5-year-olds and also met with the organization’s administrative team to discuss early childhood education initiatives in Northeast Pennsylvania.

The Head Start Lynn Evans Biga Center is at 23 Beekman St., Wilkes-Barre. Beth White is the LCHS executive director.

SCRANTON — Tenor Health Foundation signed an agreement to acquire Commonwealth Health’s hospitals in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, as well as associated clinics and outpatient centers.

The acquisition includes Regional Hospital of Scranton, Moses Taylor Hospital and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

The transaction is subject to regulatory review and contingent on the nonprofit Tenor finalizing its funding, according to a statement from Commonwealth Health. Once funding is secured, the transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

WILKES - BARRE, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — October is Head Start Awareness month and in honoring the federally funded program for kids and families in poverty, Congressman Rob Bresnahan and his wife, Chelsea, came to a classroom to read to children.

Head Start serves low-income families in communities and across Luzerne and Wyoming counties sees more than 200 kids. Families drop their kids off for Pre-K to learn and build crucial social skills while parents can work.

WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan spoke Thursday to address the impact of the federal government shutdown on Head Start, the federally funded preschool program that helps thousands of children in Luzerne County.

He also expounded on his position on the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits, the possible expiration of which has left families on edge and Congress in a stalemate.

Rob Bresnahan and other Republican representatives in the U.S. House sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson asking to address the expiration of health care tax credits once the government reopens.

Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas Twp., and the other lawmakers wrote Tuesday that after the government shutdown is resolved the House should immediately focus on a “growing crisis of healthcare affordability” and the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, which expire at the end of the year.