- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Full-time legislator
- Part-owner of small business
- Navy veteran of World War II
- Majority Chair, House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee
- Charter member, Pennvest board of directors
- Honorary degree, Lock Haven University
- GED, American School, Chicago, Ill
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Jobs/economic development
- Improved access/affordability of health care
- Fairer funding of education/reduced reliance on school property taxes
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- Have received A+ rating and endorsements from NRA
- Have received endorsements from Pa. Pro-Life Federation
- Consistent endorsements and highest rankings from labor groups
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- Fixing health care before we're all bankrupt
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Per capita health-care costs jumped 90 percent between 1993 and 2005. We're paying twice as much as countries that insure all its citizens. In return for our hard-earned money, we face higher infant mortality rates, lower life expectancy and an inferior product.
- Taxpayers crushed between a rock and a stone
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If billions of U.S. taxpayers' dollars are good for Iraq and Iraqis, the same should be true for rebuilding America for Americans.
- Property-tax relief for all takes a sucker punch
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Efforts to gain property-tax relief for all homeowners took one on the chin in the state House of Representatives.
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