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Washington, D.C. — Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Congressman Lloyd Smucker (PA-11th) announced Wednesday that they are continuing to press the Pennsylvania Department of Health on its handling of residents in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Congressman Fred Keller recently defended law-abiding gun owners nationwide when he voted against two House Democrat sponsored gun control bills aimed at stripping Americans of their Second Amendment rights.
Restaurant and business owners in the Valley said Gov. Tom Wolf's latest easement of COVID-19 restrictions along with the continued growth of the state's vaccination rollout represents a light at the end of the long pandemic tunnel.
WATSONTOWN — A little-known but essential local business was visited Monday afternoon by a member of Congress.
OTEX Specialty Narrow Fabrics hosted Congressman Fred Keller (R-Pa.12) for a tour of operations and a discussion along the way.
The National Rural Health Association says that hundreds of hospitals could be at risk of closing, in addition to the dozens that have already closed in the last decade.
The Rural Help Act, introduced by Pennsylvania Republican Fred Keller, looks to keep rural hospitals open.
HARRISBURG — Restaurants will be able to increase the number of customers they serve to 75% of normal capacity and resume bar service beginning April 4, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday.
It has been difficult to find out how much “pork” is in the latest $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill pushed through the House and Senate.
Rep. Fred Keller listed some of the items to be included in this bill in his Daily Item article on Feb. 26. Many of them are questionable and have nothing to do with COVID relief:
1. $12 billion for foreign aid?
WINFIELD — Penn Dairy outside of Winfield is on track this year to double its sales from last year, according to company officials on Friday.
The latest round of COVID-19 relief was pegged as a victory for Pennsylvanians by Democrats while the Valley’s two Republican Congressmen blasted the $1.9 trillion package after voting against the bill, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign on Friday.
Rep. Fred Keller, R-Middleburg, renewed the bipartisan Bureau of Prisons Reform Caucus in the 117th Congress, highlighting the group’s mission to bring greater oversight to federal prisons and address the systemic issues within the BOP system.