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Great evening at the Eureka Volunteer Fire Departm

Great evening at the Eureka Volunteer Fire Department’s Stewartstown Carnival! Delicious food, toe-tapping music, fun rides, and great people! The Stewartstown Carnival continues through Saturday night. Hope to see you there!

The #PASenate Communications & Technology Committe

The #PASenate Communications & Technology Committee held a joint public hearing this week alongside the Senate Health & Human Services Committee regarding the Department of Health's contact tracing program, including a massive data breach by their third-party vendor impacting 72,000 Pennsylvanians. More information can be found on my website.

Earlier today, the Senate Appropriations Committee

Earlier today, the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Senate Education Committee held a joint public hearing to receive an update from the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education regarding the latest report pursuant to Act 50 of 2020.

Congratulations and thank you to Mike Rutter for h

Congratulations and thank you to Mike Rutter for his 36 years of distinguished service to the York County Agricultural Society and the York State Fair.

Mr. Rutter became a member of the Board in 1988. He served as President of the Society from 1994 until 2010. In 2016, he was re-elected as President of the York County Agricultural Society, the position from which he is retiring. During his tenure, Mr. Rutter was instrumental in building the East Wing addition to Memorial Hall and the multi-purpose arena facility. He also established the animal birthing center at the York State Fair and developed a full-time maintenance team.

It was an honor to join Mike's family, friends, and fellow Society members to celebrate his service and present him with a Senate of Pennsylvania citation to commemorate the occasion.

Congratulations to White Rose Settlement Services,

Congratulations to White Rose Settlement Services, Inc. on their 25th Anniversary!

It was an honor to join Andy Brown, Shonna Stock Cardello, their employees, customers, colleagues, family and friends to celebrate this momentous occasion with a Senate of Pennsylvania citation and extend best wishes for their continued success.

White Rose Settlement Services is a full service settlement company that performs searches and settlements throughout Pennsylvania and Maryland. They have helped so many, right here in York County, achieve the dream of homeownership.

Earlier this summer Pastor Adam of Praise Communit

Earlier this summer Pastor Adam of Praise Community Church in Spring Garden Township joined me in Harrisburg to serve as the guest chaplain of the Senate of Pennsylvania. He graciously extended an invitation to join the congregation for their Friday night meal ministry that began during the pandemic to reach out to the church's neighbors in need with warm meals and prayer. Rick and I were happy to join the Praise team last evening in their efforts to care for our community.

🌼🌷🌻We had a great day visiting Andy and L

🌼🌷🌻We had a great day visiting Andy and Loni at @terrafarmsandfield in Codorus Township.

Terra Farms features a variety of flowers that are grown right here York County. Their U-Pick program is a great opportunity to learn more about the flowers that you can cut and arrange yourself, creating your own bouquet of locally grown flowers. We had a great discussion about the benefits of the recently enacted law dealing with agritourism liability protection, sponsored by Rep. Barb Gleim. I was the sponsor of the Senate version of this much-needed legislation to protect our local farmers and their guests.

Appreciated the opportunity to join the York Count

Appreciated the opportunity to join the York County Farm Bureau recently at their ice cream social to discuss issues of concern to our York County farmers. Happy to note that one of their top priorities, agritourism liability protection, has been signed into law.

Honored to be named a ‘Guardian of Small Busines

Honored to be named a ‘Guardian of Small Business’ by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).

The past year has been excruciatingly difficult for our locally-owned businesses and their employees. As we return to normal, the message is the same: our small businesses have been and will always be the backbone of our state’s economy.

Got word @shrewsbury_vol_fire_company needed some

Got word @shrewsbury_vol_fire_company needed some back up for the carnival this week. So Rick and I helped out a few nights at the soda shack. It was great to see everyone out supporting the fire company!

If you are looking for some family friendly fun, tonight is the last night for the carnival and the evening will finish up with a fireworks display in honor of Independence Day!

The #PASenate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Commit

The #PASenate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, chaired by @seneldervogel, supported the nomination of Robert Barley to continue serving as the Chair of the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board earlier this week.

As Vice Chair of the committee, I supported Mr. Barley's nomination. Mr. Barley, along with his brother and cousin, operate and own Star Rock Farms in Lancaster County, which includes 1,500 dairy cows.

Cheers to 💯 years‼🎉 Based in York County,

Cheers to 💯 years‼🎉

Based in York County, @utzsnacks celebrated its 100th anniversary at the state Capitol today. State and local officials, including the @yceapa team, formally recognized this major milestone during a celebration this morning.

@repkateklunk and @senatormastriano presented congratulatory citations from the #PAHouse and #PASenate during the event.

Congratulations to the entire Utz team on this incredible accomplishment. We are grateful for all of the brands that make York County the Snack Food Capital of the World‼

Thank you to Pastor Jesse North and Clara of Wrigh

Thank you to Pastor Jesse North and Clara of Wrightsville Presbyterian Church for visiting the state Capitol on Wednesday!

Pastor North served as the Guest Chaplain of the Senate of Pennsylvania. It was an honor to host them for the afternoon!

Patients all across Pennsylvania find themselves s

Patients all across Pennsylvania find themselves subject to significant delays in receiving much-needed treatments because of our current laws and an existing patchwork approach.

Thank you to the members of the #PASenate Banking and Insurance Committee for approving my Senate Bill 225 this morning.

I look forward to working with stakeholders over the summer to refine the legislation to address concerns that will lead to better outcomes for patients all across the state.

It was an honor to host Calvary Baptist Church of

It was an honor to host Calvary Baptist Church of York's Senior Pastor Greg Wahlberg and his wife, Debra, as well as the Assistant Pastor, Pastor Rich Hall, and his wife, Dale. Pastor Wahlberg served as the Guest Chaplain for the Senate of Pennsylvania.

It was an honor to host today's #PASenate Guest Ch

It was an honor to host today's #PASenate Guest Chaplain, Reverend Grant Ambrose of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Rev. Ambrose opened today's Senate in prayer. He was joined by his wife, Martha and daughter, Alice.

“A Father is neither an anchor to hold us back,

“A Father is neither an anchor to hold us back, nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.”

Happy Father’s Day to all of the wonderful fathers in the 28th District and especially to my amazing dad, whose life example continues to instruct us all.

I am grateful to share his passion for people, corny jokes, soccer, swimming and all sports, cars, fiscal responsibility and financial literacy, and family!

Truly blessed!

The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by @senato

The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by @senatorlisabaker, advanced legislation I sponsored that addresses ransomware attacks against state government, county governments, municipalities, as well as school districts, and state-owned and state-related universities. I was grateful for the committee discussion on my legislation. Learn more about this Senate Bill 726 on my website.

Thank you to Senior Pastor Alison Bowlan-Kurkland

Thank you to Senior Pastor Alison Bowlan-Kurkland of @spsg.cyf in Spring Grove for serving as the #PASenate Guest Chaplain on Monday!

Speaking at the #PAHouse Health Committee about my

Speaking at the #PAHouse Health Committee about my legislation that would ban the state – as well as any county, local municipality, school district and publicly-funded university – from requiring a proof of vaccination.