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🚨🚨BREAKING: SHAPIRO’S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BACKS DOWN UNDER PRESSURE.
After our members raised serious concerns about the Shapiro administration’s overreach, and after they received over 6,000 appeals from the public, the PA DOH has WITHDRAWN their proposed COVID-era regulatory changes.
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One of the best parts of serving in the #PAHouse is connecting with the heroes in our communities.
Rep. Craig Williams recently celebrated the 100th birthday of Emil Latini, Sr., a WWII veteran who served in the @USNavy in the South Pacific.
We are grateful for his remarkable service to our nation.
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PA has the third highest number of individuals serving life without parole sentences, with about 1,000 for felony murder.
As a result of House Democrats' inaction, judges can now hand down probation or time served to these individuals, putting dangerous offenders back on our streets and denying victims' families the justice they were promised.
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Because House Democrats refused to act or put forward a serious proposal, Pennsylvania is still without sentencing guidelines for second-degree murder two months after the deadline.
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We have sounded the alarm on Shapiro's broken Dept. of Aging for years. We grilled the agency in hearings and introduced legislation, but House Democrats and the Department did nothing.
Now, 1,500 older Pennsylvanians have died with abuse/neglect cases still open.
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The Shapiro administration's proposal seeks to give the DOH unfettered power to enter private residences, schools, and any other location it deems necessary, all without a warrant or adequate probable cause.
We have read the regulatory package, we have substantial concerns, and we are now taking part in the comment process as set forth in law.
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The Shapiro administration is trying to sidestep constitutional checks by handing his Department of Health the very powers voters rejected.
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The Shapiro Administration's new regulations give the Department of Health the power to act like a police force. Under these rules, the DOH could enter your child's school and your home without a warrant.
Republican Leader Jesse Topper spoke to @CBS21NEWS about this overreach.
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It's interesting how things have changed for Shapiro now that he has power and authority.
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🚨🚨 BREAKING: 85 House members submit legislative comments raising serious concerns regarding Shapiro's Department of Health communicable disease regulations.
Read the letter ⬇️
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"...this idea that the government is going to be the nanny state, it's going to keep everyone safe, and constitutional freedoms be damned - that did not work."
- Leader Topper on Shapiro's sweeping expansion of his executive power.
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TODAY IS THE DEADLINE to apply for freeze disaster grants.
If you are a farmer whose crops were damaged by freezing temperatures between April 1 and April 21 of this year, you must apply for relief by 11:59 pm tonight.
MORE INFO: pa.gov/services/pda/apply-fo…
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The Shapiro Administration's proposed public health regulations would allow government entry into private homes and expand surveillance.
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GOP Leader Jesse Topper talks to Fox News about Shapiro’s 502-page rewrite of PA Health Department regulations that critics say give bureaucrats police powers that Americans have opposed.
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Victims' families are waiting to see whether the the legislature will provide a clear, statewide sentencing framework, not a hastily drafted patchwork proposal that sides with criminals.
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PA House Republicans 🇺🇸 retweeted
Inside Shapiro’s lengthy Department of Health regulation rewrite, health officials could enter your home without a warrant.
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Want to stop Shapiro? See the comments 👇
ALT Policy Committee news graphic showing Gov. Shapiro speaking with an inset of a person in a hazmat suit and the caption "Shapiro Wants to Enter Your Home."
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PA House Republicans have been sounding the alarm on Larry Krasner for years.
In 2022, the GOP-led PA House impeached him over alleged misconduct in office.
Now, a federal judge has referred Krasner to the DOJ over possible perjury, obstruction, and conspiracy.
MORE: apnews.com/article/philadelp…
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RELIEF AVAILABLE: The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is offering up to $10 million in relief to Pennsylvania fruit growers whose crops were damaged by freezing temperatures between April 1 and April 21, 2026.
DEADLINE: 9/21/26
MORE INFO: pa.gov/services/pda/apply-fo…
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