Latest News Here you will find Latest News en Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:00:00 EST Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST HouseRep RSS v1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification <![CDATA[Smith Announces Funding for Abandoned Mine Cleanup Projects]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:04:00 EST <![CDATA[Potholes Need Filled, But Possible Unconstitutional Proposal is Not The Answer, House GOP Says]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:37:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Votes “No” to More Borrowing]]> Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[PA House GOP Leader Statement on Budget]]> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:17:00 EST <![CDATA[More Borrowing and More Spending is Wrong Approach]]> Tue, 25 May 2010 23:31:00 EST <![CDATA[More Taxes Not Necessary; House GOP Proposes Specific Cost-Saving Opportunities for PA]]> Wed, 05 May 2010 20:29:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Warns State Budget Funding Cliff Just Got Larger]]> Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:09:00 EST <![CDATA[Plan To Toll I-80 Rejected; Another Pothole Needs Filled]]> Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republicans Support Responsible Budgeting]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:17:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Supports Measure Allowing PA to Opt Out of Federal Health Care Bill]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Local Residents Weigh In Against I-80 Tolling]]> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republicans Cite Concerns About Proposed Rendell Spending Increases and New Taxes]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Says Comprehensive Approach Needed to Address Distracted Driving]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[PA House Republicans Fill Leadership Team, Choose New Appropriations Chairman]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Initiative Reaps Real Revenues for State Coffers]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Harriger Awarded Farm Show Scholarship]]> Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Gaming Expansion Comes Up Short on Reform, Process Lacked Public Input, House Republican Leader Says]]> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Supports Bill to Abolish PA Turnpike Commission]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[PA House Republicans Choose Leadership Team]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Statement by House Republican Leader Sam Smith]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Leader Statement on Grand Jury Presentment]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Don't Approve I-80 Tolling Application, House Republican Leader Smith Says To US Transportation Department]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Says State Budget Not in Line with Economic Times]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Opposes Tax Increases]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Bring House Back Into Session to Deal With Budget, GOP Leader Smith Says ]]> Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Democrat Sales Tax Expansion Plan Includes Sports and Theater Tickets, Movies, Computer Services, Dry Cleaning, Mass Transit ]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[PIT Increase is Dead; Democrats Switch To Legal Services Tax]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Democrats Vote to Prolong Budget Impasse]]> Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Says State Employees Who Work Should Be Paid]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Bloated and Non-Funded Democrat Budget Passes House]]> Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Republican Balanced Budget Proposal Defeated by House Democrats]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Leader Comments on Fumo Conviction]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republicans Unveil Balanced and Responsible No-Tax-Increase Budget]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Says House Republican Budget Would Support Local Hospitals, Increase Funding for Local Schools]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith's 'Senior Spectacular' Planned for July 2]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Leader Sam Smith opposes Governor's 16.28% PIT increase proposal]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Democrat Health Plan Forces People onto Welfare Rolls, Creates Health Care Tax and Increases Health Insurance Costs]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA["Tax You More Bus Tour" Comes to DuBois]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Rendell Hits the Campaign Trail Again With the "Tax You More Bus Tour"]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Calls Proposed State Park Closings by DCNR ]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republicans Committed to Funding Critical Government Services, Smith Tells State bankers]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith, Gabler, Oberlander Denounce Latest House Democrat Efforts to Resurrect I-80 Tolling Scheme]]> Thu, 28 May 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Leader Questions Credibility of So-Called Democrat Spending Advocates]]> Tue, 26 May 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Leader Asks When House Democrat Funding Bill Will Be Introduced]]> Mon, 18 May 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Supports Measure to Crack Down on Distracted Drivers]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Supports Measure to Crack Down on Distracted Drivers]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Leader Says PA Govt. Must Take Right PATH]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Leader Says Deferring Payments Saves Nothing]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Supports Marcellus Job Growth Plan]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Leader Says Increasing Spending and Creating New Programs This Year Is ‘Ludicrous']]> Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Announces Flood Control Funding For Local Communities]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Leaders Question Rendell's Authority to Move State Money Around, Request New Budget Proposal]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA['Follow Your Own Advice,' Smith Tells Governor]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Issues Cautionary Statement Regarding Federal Economic Stimulus Spending]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Seeking Information to Honor Vietnam Era Veterans]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Gaming Law Needs Fixed, Not Expanded, House Republican Leader Smith Says]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Reacts to Rendell Budget Proposal]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Lawmakers Announce Nearly Quarter-Million Dollars for Local Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Organizations]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Says Jefferson County Fire/Ambulance Organizations To Receive More Than $190,000 in State Grants]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Appoints House Republican Committee Chairs for the 2009-10 Session]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Red Mill Bridges Dedicated in Honor of SFC Michael J. Tully]]> Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Democrat Leader DeWeese Suggests Health Care Fund be Used to Balance Rendell Budget Deficit]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Re-Elected House Republican Leader]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[SFC Michael Tully Honored by PA House]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Freeway Tolling Fails, House Republican Leader Asks Turnpike to Stop Borrowing]]> Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House I-80 Coalition Continues Fight Against Tolls Urges Top Federal Official to Deny Revised Tolling Application]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Rebid Barden License, Ex Parte Communication Problematic, Republican Leader Smith Says]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Says 2008-09 State Budget Preserves Rainy Day Fund and Controls Government Spending]]> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Says Budget Framework in Place]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Indiana County Legislative Delegation Announces $31,000 Recycling Grant]]> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republicans Propose Creating Special House Task Force on Gaming to Help Restore the Public's Trust]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith and House Republicans Pursue Affordable Health Care for All Pennsylvanians]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Sign Open Records Bill]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Open Records Law Should Protect Victims and Witnesses While Balancing Personal Privacy and the Public's Right To Know]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Says it's Groundhog Day All Over Again; Governor's Budget is More of the Same--Tax, Borrow and Spend]]> Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Lawmakers Work to Restore Integrity to PA Gaming Process]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Announces More Than $350,000 for Jefferson County Fire and Ambulance Organizations]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Announces Grants for Jefferson County Cooperative Extension]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Sets Budget Tone With Tax Cut Bill]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Feds Return State's I-80 Toll Applications]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Approves Long-Term Funding For Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Don't Toll Freeway, House Republican Leader Asks U.S. Transportation Secretary]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[No Gas Tax Needed, Just End the Budget Games and Pay the Fund Back, Republican Leader Smith Says]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Public Safety Is Core Function of Government, But Gov. Rendell Has Ignored it for Five Years]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Old-Friends Network Doesn't Make Sense/Cents for The Philly Schools, State House Leader Says]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA['Send the Money to the Victims, Governor,' Republican Leader Smith Says]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Rendell Should Return Campaign Money]]> Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Pyle, Smith, Reed and White Present Grant to Indiana County Community Action Program]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Keep Philly Schools Progressive, State House Leader Says]]> Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Votes Against Tolling I-80]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Democrats Vote to Miss State Budget Deadline]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Smith Votes Against Tolling of I-80]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[State Funds Already Available for Pre-K, But It Should Remain a Local Choice, Republican Leader Says]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Transit Issue More than Lip Service, Republican Leader Says]]> Fri, 11 May 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[No More Mandates Until K-12 Works, Republican Leader Says]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[State Grant Will Extend Water Line to Pine Creek Elementary]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[PA House Votes to Shed New Light on Lawmaking Process]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA["Blame the Feds?" PA got a 10.83 percent federal fund increase during Rendell years]]> Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Rendell's Proposed Spending Plan 'Lofty,' Republicans Say]]> Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Gary Sojka Appointed to PA Gaming Control Board]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Republican Reforms Aimed at Opening Legislative Process Passes House]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republican Committee Chairmen Named]]> Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Republicans Propose Immediate Rules Reforms]]> Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:00:00 EST <![CDATA[House Crafting Legislative Reforms]]> Mon, 01 Jan 2007 07:00:00 EST