Jun. 08, 2021 /
![Stephens, Schroeder Legislation to Honor U.S. Air Force Major James Doherty Advances to House]()
HARRISBURG – To honor a local hero and memorialize his years of service to country and community, the House Transportation Committee unanimously passed legislation authored by Reps. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery) and Meghan Schroeder (R-Warminster), to rename part of County Line Road in Horsham and Warminster townships for James R. Doherty.
May. 26, 2021 /
![Schroeder Announces Grant Funding for Shenandoah Woods Blight Remediation to Restore Land, Protect Open Space]()
HARRISBURG – The Redevelopment Authority of Bucks County (RDA) has received a $300,000 Blight Remediation Program grant for the Shenandoah Woods Blight Remediation project in Warminster Township, Rep. Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks) announced.
May. 25, 2021 /
![Schroeder Legislation to Authorize Expert Testimony in Human Trafficking Cases Advances to Senate]()
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a measure crafted by Rep. Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks), to permit expert testifiers regarding sexual and domestic violence to testify in human trafficking cases.
May. 05, 2021 /
![Representatives Ask Biden to Curtail Air Force Appeal of PFAS Standards]()
HARRISBURG—Reps. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery), Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks) and Todd Polinchock (R-Bucks) wrote a letter to President Joe Biden asking he override a decision by the Air National Guard to appeal a decision by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to require water discharged from the former Willow Grove Naval Air Station in Horsham be capped at 70 part-per-trillion for PFAS.
Apr. 22, 2021 /
![Schroeder Announces Grant to Acquire Land and Encourage Open Space Conservation]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks) today announced that Bucks County has received a $250,000 Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) grant for the Shenandoah Woods Acquisition project in Warminster Township.
Apr. 21, 2021 /
![Schroeder Legislation to Combat Sexual Violence, Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Advances to House]()
HARRISBURG – The state House Judiciary Committee approved a package of bills including legislation authored by Rep. Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks), to allow expert testimony to demonstrate the effects of a victim of sexual or domestic violence.
Apr. 15, 2021 /
![Bucks Delegation Demands Philadelphia Reimburse Suburban Commuters]()
HARRISBURG—Bipartisan legislators from Bucks County have sent a letter to Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney seeking reimburse for suburban commuters who worked from home during the Pandemic.
Mar. 31, 2021 /
![Bucks Republican Delegation Applauds the Expansion of Local Control Over Vaccines]()
HARRISBURG – The PA Department of Health and legislative vaccine task force announced today that they will distribute the Johnson & Johnson vaccine directly to the Bucks County Department of Health.
Mar. 24, 2021 /
![Schroeder Amendment to Utilize County Resources for Vaccination Sites, Outlaw State Interference]()
HARRISBURG – The state House today passed legislation to expand COVID-19 vaccine administrators, including an amendment authored by Rep. Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks) granting counties the sole ability to run mass vaccination sites.
Mar. 15, 2021 /
![COVID vaccine distribution unfair]()
Exactly how Pennsylvania determines the number of COVID-19 doses to send to each of its 67 counties remains an inscrutable mystery.
Mar. 15, 2021 /
![Southeast House and Senate Republicans announce additional vaccination sites coming to counties]()
HARRISBURG-- The Southeast Pennsylvania Republican House and Senate delegation on March 12 applauded the Pennsylvania Health Department for taking steps to bring more vaccines to Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties by setting up new vaccination sites through their county governments or local health departments, and streamlining the appointment system.
Mar. 12, 2021 /
![Southeast House and Senate Republicans Announce Additional Vaccination Sites Coming to Counties]()
HARRUSBURG— The Southeast Pennsylvania Republican House and Senate delegation today applauded the Pennsylvania Health Department for taking steps to bring more vaccines to Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties by setting up new vaccination sites through their county governments or local health departments, and streamlining the appointment system.
Mar. 08, 2021 /
![Southeast House Republican Delegation Demands National Guard Take Over Distribution, Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine]()
HARRISBURG—The Republican Southeast House delegation today demanded the administration give the responsibility and authority for allocating and distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Mar. 04, 2021 /
![Bucks Delegation to Introduce Legislation to Require COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution by Population]()
HARRISURG—Republican legislators from Bucks County have introduced legislation to require COVID-19 vaccines be distributed to counties based on population.
Feb. 03, 2021 /
![Schroeder Urges Fiscal Responsibility in Response to Budget Proposal]()
HARRISBURG - Rep. Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks) issued the following statement following Gov. Tom Wolf’s state budget proposal for the 2021-22 fiscal year:
Jan. 28, 2021 /
![Bucks Republicans Announce Health Hearing on Vaccine Rollout]()
HARRISBURG - The Bucks County House Republican Caucus today announced that the House Health Committee will hold a hearing into COVID-19 vaccination distribution in Pennsylvania.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
![Representatives Ask Wolf to Fund PFAS and Cancer Study]()
HARRISBURG—Reps. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery), Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks) and Todd Polinchock (R-Bucks) sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf asking him to include $1.6 million in funding for Temple University to study the links between cancer and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFAS) as a part of the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s PFAS health study.
Dec. 18, 2020 /
![Stephens, Polinchock and Schroeder Announce MIRIA Grants for PFAS Remediation and Infrastructure]()
HARRISBURG—Reps. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery), Todd Polinchock (R-Bucks), Meghan Schroeder (R-Bucks) and the Military Installation Remediation and Infrastructure Authority (MIRIA) today unveiled $12.4 million in PFAS remediation grants and $2.8 million in infrastructure grants for the economic development of the former Willow Grove Naval Air Station base.
Dec. 18, 2020 /
![Bucks Delegation Backs Legislation to Restore Hospitality Industry]()
HARRISBURG—The Bucks County Republican House Delegation has co-sponsored legislation crafted by Rep. Todd Polinchock (R-Chalfont) to create a new grant program to relieve Pennsylvania’s hospitality industry of the burdens precipitated by the governor’s latest restrictions.
Sep. 10, 2020 /
![House Committee Finds COVID-19 Hospitalizations are Down in Bucks, But Impact on Business is Still Severe]()
BENSALEM— During a hearing of the House Majority Policy Committee hosted by Rep. K.C. Tomlinson (R-Bensalem), Dr. David Damsker,?director for the?Bucks County Health Department, announced that while the number of new COVID-19 infections have increased slightly increased, hospitalizations are down.