Indiana County Projects Receive $2.3 Million in State Grants
The Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) today awarded grants totaling $2,366,402 to projects in Indiana County, according to Senator Joe Pittman and Representatives Jim Struzzi and Brian Smith. [Read More]
Westmoreland County Projects Receive $ 170,415 in State Grants
The Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) today awarded grants totaling $170,415 for two Westmoreland County projects, according to Senator Joe Pittman and Representatives Bob Brooks and Jason Silvis. [Read More]
Local Communities Receive $461,874 in State Grant
Three local communities were awarded a total of $461,874 in state Multimodal Transportation Fund grants in support of transportation and infrastructure projects, according to Senator Joe Pittman (R-41). [Read More]
Senator Pittman Urges Participation in Election Survey
Senator Joe Pittman is strongly urging local residents to share their views on last year’s election with the Senate Special Committee on Election Integrity and Reform through an online form. [Read More]
Senator Pittman Questions DCED on Plans to Address Impacts of RGGI
Speaking at today’s (March 22) Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing with the Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED), Senator Joe Pittman asked Secretary Dennis Davin to detail the Administration’s specific plans for replacing the jobs and local tax revenues that will be lost if the Governor’s Carbon Tax proposal is implemented. [Read More]
Senator Pittman Questions Benefit to IUP of Remaining in SSHE
Speaking at today’s (March 18) Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing with the State System of Higher Education (SSHE), Senator Joe Pittman questioned whether Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and its students, staff and faculty were bearing an overly onerous financial burden to keep the system solvent. [Read More]
Senator Pittman Reappointed to PENNVEST Board
Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman today (March 16) reappointed Senator Joe Pittman to continue serving on the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) Board. [Read More]
Senator Pittman Grills DEP Chief on Impacts of RGGI, Carbon Tax
Speaking at today’s (March 11) Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing with the Department of Environmental Resources (DEP), Senator Joe Pittman strongly criticized the Wolf Administration for its failure to work with communities that would be devastated by the Carbon Tax that would be imposed under the Governor’s plan to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. [Read More]
IRRC Calls for Delay of RGGI, Questions Wolf’s Authority to Impose Rule
The independent commission charged with reviewing proposed state rules and regulations today called for a one-year moratorium on the implementation of Governor Wolf’s mandate that Pennsylvania join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and questioned the Governor’s unilateral decision to join the compact without legislative approval, according to Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), Chair, and Joe Pittman (R-41), Vice Chair, of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. [Read More]
$912 Million COVID-19 Relief Package Sent to Governor
A comprehensive $912 million relief package to help restaurants, schools, employers, and tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic received final legislative approval today (February 5) and was sent to the Governor’s desk, according to Senator Joe Pittman, the prime sponsor of the legislation. Listen [Read More]
ERE Committee Formally Opposes RGGI
The Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee today (February 3) approved a letter to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) formally opposing a Regulation to have Pennsylvania join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), according to Senator Joe Pittman, who serves as the committee’s Vice Chairman. [Read More]
Pittman Slams Governor’s Massive Tax & Spend Budget Proposal
Senator Joe Pittman issued the following statement after Governor Tom Wolf used a pre-taped video address to unveil his proposed $40.2 billion General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-22, which includes a $3.1 billion (8.2 percent) increase in state spending, a substantial Personal Income Tax rate hike from 3.07 percent to 4.49 percent (46.3 percent) and the imposition of Marcellus Shale extraction tax. [Read More]