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State Lawmakers Launch Bipartisan 'Competitiveness Caucus'

January 14, 2025

HARRISBURG – Today, Pennsylvania State Sens. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) and Lisa Boscola (D-Northampton), along with Reps. Paul Friel (D-Chester) and Josh Kail (R-Beaver), announced the formation of a new bipartisan, bicameral group within the state General Assembly: the Pennsylvania Competitiveness Caucus. This new caucus aims to unify efforts across the Capitol and party lines to strengthen the state’s economic competitiveness and ensure a robust, dynamic economy today and into the future.

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Schlegel, House GOP Policy Committee to Hold Hearing on Impact of Inflation

October 7, 2024

WHAT: House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), Rep. John Schlegel (R-Lebanon) and other lawmakers will host the third and final hearing in a series titled “Relief is Possible: Combatting the Crisis of Cost” to discuss the widespread impact of inflation on local communities, small businesses and households across the Commonwealth.

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Banta, House GOP Policy Committee to Hold Hearing on Impact of Inflation

October 2, 2024

WHAT: House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), Rep. Jake Banta (R-Erie) and other lawmakers will host the second hearing in a series titled “Relief is Possible: Combatting the Crisis of Cost” to discuss the widespread impact of inflation on local communities, small businesses and households across the Commonwealth.

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Kuzma, House GOP Policy Committee to Hold Hearing on Impact of Inflation

October 1, 2024

WHAT: House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), Rep. Andrew Kuzma (R-Allegheny/Washington) and other lawmakers will host a hearing titled “Relief is Possible: Combatting the Crisis of Cost” to discuss the widespread impact of inflation on local communities, small businesses and households across the Commonwealth.

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House GOP Policy Committee to Hold Hearing on Pennsylvania’s Drug Crisis

September 20, 2024

WHAT: House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), Rep. Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon and other lawmakers will host a hearing titled “A State Lost in Addiction: Pennsylvania’s Path to Recovery” to discuss the drug epidemic, the horrific effects of fentanyl and xylazine, and tactics being deployed to fight against the drug crisis in Pennsylvania.

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Owlett, Policy Committee Host Hearing on Uncovering Human Trafficking

September 19, 2024

MORRIS—Today, Rep. Clint Owlett (R-Tioga/Bradford) and the House Republican Policy Committee, led by Chairman Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), convened a hearing to define human trafficking under state law and highlight the actions being taken to help identify, stop and prevent human trafficking from occurring in Pennsylvania.

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Nelson, Policy Committee Host Hearing on Bureaucracy’s Battle Against Fracking

September 18, 2024

GREENSBURG—Rep. Eric Nelson (R-Westmoreland) and the House Republican Policy Committee, led by Chairman Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), convened a hearing yesterday to address the impact of energy policies that threaten to eliminate thousands of jobs, leave families without sustainable incomes and push the energy grid to the brink of failure. The hearing shed light on the bureaucratic hurdles Pennsylvania companies face and the urgent need to defend energy independence and protect the livelihoods of hard-working Pennsylvanians.

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