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District Office:

Gables Building
Suite 104
1331 Twelfth Avenue
Altoona, PA 16601
Phone: 814-946-7218
Fax: 814-949-7915
Hours: M-F 8:00 - 4:30

Capitol Office:

Room 144, Main Capitol
PO Box 202079
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2079
Phone: 717-787-6419
Fax: 717-772-5142

 
Working For You
It is an honor to work for you and the residents of our district and I take great pride in representing you in Harrisburg. I am aware of the challenges that face our state and I am dedicated to facing those challenges so that together, we can make our communities the best that they can be. As a way for you to keep up with the work that is happening on your behalf, check the stories listed below, and as always, feel free to contact me for more information about any state-related matter.

Roads rally
From The Altoona Mirror
HOLLIDAYSBURG - More than 200 executives and workers from transportation-friendly businesses took their hard hats and signs to the Diamond on Friday to announce their support for a legislative funding package that would provide $3.5 billion annually to upgrade the state's roads and bridges.

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Pennsylvania legislators to consider hike in transit funding
From The Philadelphia Inquirer
HARRISBURG - The Rendell administration on Monday will make a last-ditch attempt to persuade legislators to address the state's multibillion-dollar transportation-funding shortfall before the legislative session ends this year.

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Rendell to outline his plans to fix Pa.'s roads and bridges
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- State legislators will gather Monday to learn the details of Gov. Ed Rendell's proposal for new taxes and fees to generate several hundred million dollars annually to fix ailing roads and bridges and eliminate transit system deficits.

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'P3s' a bridge to somewhere
From The Scranton Times-Tribune
Several years after rejecting a sound plan to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike in favor of a flawed toll proposal for Interstate 80, lawmakers have come to see the potential for such public-private partnerships, or "P3s."

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Private sector role pushed for transportation woes
From The Scranton Times-Tribune
HARRISBURG - Getting the private sector more involved in building roads, bridges and transit systems is seen as part of a long-term solution to Pennsylvania's transportation funding problems.

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Limits likely on Pennsylvania red-light bill
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG -- Key lawmakers say the state House must use caution in considering a Senate-passed bill that would allow cameras at red lights in 53 cities, including Pittsburgh, Greensburg and New Kensington.

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Consensus Building Continues on Transportation Issues
From The Pennsylvania Independent
With the passage of the budget now in the past, all eyes in Harrisburg are preparing to focus on the special session on transportation to address the state's estimated $3 billion in needed revenue for transportation projects.

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‘So many got ... hurt in this budget’
From The Altoona Mirror
The $28-million state budget passed Wednesday by the General Assembly was "Republican-driven" in its austerity and avoidance of a tax hike, Rep. Rick Geist said.

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Legislature urged to make critical highway, bridge repairs
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A diverse lineup of speakers urged the state Legislature on Friday to find the political courage to raise taxes and fees to rescue the state's decaying transportation system.

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Lawmakers say public is willing to pay bigger transportation fees
From The Harrisburg Patriot
A series of statewide hearings has burned a familiar message into the minds of state lawmakers: The state needs money for transportation projects.

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PennDOT problems discussed
From The Allentown Morning Call
You know the state's transportation funding situation is dire when even the chamber of commerce is OK with a fuel tax increase.

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Bi-partisan committee seeks answers
From The Williamsport SunGazette
LOCK HAVEN - The state's transportation funding crisis is so severe, members of both parties of the state House Transportation Committee have gone on a tour of the state for a series of hearings on the issue - and they are doing it together.

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Ceremony marks sacrifice
From The Altoona Mirror
Above a field of flag-marked graves at the Alto-Reste Park Cemetery's Garden of Honor, area veterans and their families gathered Sunday to remember those who served and gave everything.

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Engineers: Hit the road
From The Altoona Mirror
The National Society of Civil Engineers on Monday gave Pennsylvania poor grades for the repair and maintenance of its transportation system.

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On opposite sides
From The Altoona Mirror
A pair of local lawmakers were steering in opposite directions Tuesday after Gov. Ed Rendell's challenge to the General Assembly to fund the big shortfall in transportation.

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Pension systems to tap taxpayers
From The Altoona Mirror
Pennsylvania taxpayers will be hit with higher taxes to help fund two state pension systems.

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Pa. lawmakers' special transportation-deficit session
From The Philadelphia Inquirer
Faced with a $470 million hole in the state transportation budget, Gov. Rendell will convene a special session of the legislature Tuesday.

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Vets receive late lauding
From The Altoona Mirror
The military veterans who came to the Jaffa Shrine Center Friday fought decades ago in places like Da Nang, An Loc, Nha Trang, Long Binh, Quang Tri and the Mekong Delta.

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Privatizing may be a way to fix roads
From The Pocono Record
Got $450 million?
That's the thought on the minds of Pennsylvania lawmakers as they begin carving out the next state budget due in late June.

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Rendell convenes special session of Legislature
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- Legislators will be looking for the least painful ways to provide additional funding for road and bridge repairs when Gov. Ed Rendell convenes a special session of the Legislature starting May 4.

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GOP leader Rick Geist suggests how to fund road, bridge repair
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- The top Republican on the state House Transportation Committee says he's not surprised by last week's federal decision to deny Pennsylvania permission to put tolls on Interstate 80.

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