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MONROE CO. (WOLF) — Sunday's roundtable discussion was centered around addressing Northeastern Pennsylvania issues and how Rep. Bresnahan plans to work with the Environmental Protection Agency.
U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin emphasized the need for balanced regulations that consider both environmental and economic concerns.
CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED — During a roundtable held Sunday, March 2, elected officials from Northeast Pennsylvania raised concerns over a “rain tax,” which they said unfairly impacts property owners in the Northeast Pennsylvania portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
SWIFTWATER, Pa. — State and local lawmakers gathered around the table at the Swiftwater Hotel in Monroe County to talk about environmental concerns in northeast Pennsylvania. Congressman Rob Bresnahan spearheaded the roundtable, and US Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin was alongside him.
Despite voting in favor of President Donald Trump’s slash-and-cut spending agenda during a U.S. House vote earlier this week, Rep. Rob Bresnahan said Thursday that Northeast Pennsylvanians have “absolutely nothing to worry about” regarding sweeping budget cuts to vital safety-net programs such as Medicaid and Social Security.
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr., on Wednesday introduced Eric’s Law — legislation designed to strengthen protections for our nation’s correctional officers and deliver justice for those who commit violent acts against them.
Pennsylvania Rep. Rob Bresnahan is the latest swing-district Republican to issue a warning over deep spending cuts GOP leaders are targeting for key safety net programs in a bill to enact President Donald Trump’s massive domestic agenda.
Pennsylvania is celebrating the release of Pittsburgh-area teacher Marc Fogel, who was wrongfully detained in a Russian prison for three years.
Russian authorities arrested Fogel and sentenced him to 14 years for possessing a small amount of medical marijuana to cope with pain from a severe back injury.
One of those celebrating is fellow western Pennsylvanian, U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), who met Fogel’s 95-year-old mother while campaigning and continued to advocate for Fogel’s release.
WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan on Thursday said our military members dedicate their lives to serving our nation and the last thing they need when they come home are mountains of daunting paperwork.
Bresnahan, R-Dallas Township, has introduced his first piece of legislation as a Member of Congress — the bipartisan Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act — that would simplify forms required by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for veterans and survivors.
Leaders in Scranton and Lackawanna County became the latest in Pennsylvania to call for scrutiny and investigation of a proposed natural gas rate increase. UGI Utilities last month proposed raising residential rates by 10.8%. The monthly bill for a residential customer using 73.7 ccf (hundreds of cubic feet) per month would increase from $104.47 to $115.74. Rates for typical commercial customers would increase 8.6%, and 7.5% for typical industrial customers. The new rates — which amount to an estimated $110.4 million for UGI — would take effect March 28.
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A Republican-led bill to impose harsher sentences for people convicted of fentanyl-like drug crimes narrowly passed the House on Thursday evening, with 98 Democrats supporting the measure. The GOP-sponsored Halt All Lethal Trafficking, or HALT, Fentanyl Act (H.R.27) will permanently classify drugs that are only slightly chemically different from fentanyl as Schedule I substances, the category reserved for the most dangerous types of drugs. The bill passed 312 to 108.
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