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Trade is a vital component of Pennsylvania's economy. Each year billions of dollars' worth of exports are sent out of the state to countries around the world. While U.S. policy should promote free and fair trade, too many of our key trading partners have implemented barriers that burden our economy here at home.
A group of Pennsylvania lawmakers led by Representative John Joyce (R., Pa.) sent a letter to Governor Tom Wolf Thursday urging him to dispatch the commonwealth's National Guard units to help address the overwhelming influx of asylum seekers arriving at the southern border.
Joyce and his fellow Republican lawmakers were moved to write the letter after hearing Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan testify Wednesday about the extent of the crisis at the border and the need for increased manpower to address it.
U.S. dairy groups today commended the bipartisan efforts of 68 members of Congress who encouraged the U.S. Trade Representative to eliminate Canada's tariffs on U.S. dairy exports and its protectionist pricing policies during the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations.
After a decade of disappointment, officials have new hope that Lancaster and York counties will soon become the nation's 50th National Heritage Area.
The designation as the Susquehanna National Heritage Area would mean hundreds of thousands of federal dollars each year to promote tourism and economic development along both sides of the Susquehanna River.
"You are all fortunate to be in a school district like Ephrata," said U.S. Congressman Lloyd Smucker to the gymnasium full of students at Ephrata Intermediate School Tuesday morning.
Rep. Smucker was a special attendee at Ephrata Intermediate School, located at 957 Hammon Ave., where a Computer Science Road Show was held for fifth graders to teach them about the benefits of coding and the importance of computer science as they grow up and begin to choose future occupations.
When I took office in January 2017, I committed myself to representing you and your families so the policies enacted in Washington work for our community.
I took with me to Congress your ideas for legislation and your concerns about the direction of our country. By working together, we've been successful in advancing and enacting reforms that have direct, positive impacts on our district.
Our public square is wrought with divisiveness and hyperbole. Many of the issues before the 115th Congress have bipartisan areas of agreement, like health care, immigration and infrastructure improvements. Unfortunately, radical political actors on both sides and an all-too-complicit media polarize these issues, derailing efforts to provide progress for the American people.
It's happening again right now, while parents are still mourning.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Higher Education Act — a pillar of his domestic agenda intended to "strengthen the educational resources of our colleges and universities and to provide financial assistance for students in postsecondary and higher education."
Preparing our students to be successful in life continues to be a worthy goal we should all strive to achieve.
Eleven House Republicans dubbing themselves the Rural Relief group plan to introduce a package of five bills Tuesday to address worsening economic and social woes in small-town America.
The bills include measures to bolster training for rural emergency medical service squads and rural students in technical education programs. Others would redirect some existing funding to help small towns manage the complex needs of the homeless and to help families whose children are substance abusers.
When Lititz-based North Star Initiative opens its doors in a few weeks, it will become the first program in Lancaster County — and perhaps all of central Pennsylvania — to house and "restore" the lives of women abused in sex-trafficking.
The problem, while perhaps underestimated by the general public, is prevalent in the community, advocates and law enforcement officials say.