Had some important suits to fill. โ๐ป
โฆ jk. Ran out of clothes for the extra session day. ๐
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I was honored to speak at the
@hrccredc ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ alongside
@repmcclinton about education, the budget & more.
Thank you for having me! โ
I had the opportunity to spend some time with Purple Heart recipient Duane Myers at the Veterans Breakfast Club. He is such a great man and still very active in veterans events. Itโs an honor to call him a friend and I thank him for his sacrifice and service. โค๏ธ๐บ๐ธ
And thank you to another friend and veteran Dorey Jean for all that you do to help other veterans. Thank you to every single one of our military men and women, present and past, for protecting our nation and our freedom.
We live in the greatest country in the world. Iโm grateful to our veterans for their courage, sacrifice and dedication to preserving our freedom and keeping us safe. โฅ
The ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข celebrates excellence in teaching & honors individuals whoโve made outstanding contributions to the students of PA. ๐๐ซโ๐
Nominate your favorite teacher here: https://bit.ly/3Sw5bJS
I attended the Blue Mass this morning.
The mass celebrates first responders who put themselves out there in our communities.
Thank you to every single one of them! ๐๐ผ๐
At the โempty chairโ for the @steelers Salute to Service remembering POW/๏ฟผMIA service men and women.
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Some highlights from ๐๐ฝ๐พ๐พ`๐จ 30๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐! ๐
This afternoon, I joined a few of my Senate colleagues to discuss ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ & how Pennsylvania will remain a global leader in energy development.
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๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ: https://bit.ly/3FyfaXz
It was my pleasure to attend Mondayโs kickoff breakfast for the new ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ฎ.
CEO Mona Pappafava and her team are thinking โoutside the boxโ to recruit, train & retain a skilled team of employees.
Congrats to their innovative team! ๐๐ป๐ฅณ
I met with Steve Kiefer who was visiting Pennsylvania this week to raise awareness for ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ.
Steve recently retired from General Motors to focus on his mission to end distracted driving.๐ซ๐ฑ๐
He established the Kiefer Foundation in 2016 after his son Mitchel was tragically killed by a distracted driver on Sept. 19, 2016.
The foundation is dedicated to ending distracted driving and all associated traffic deaths and injuries.
He is working with
@reprosemarybrown to make Pennsylvania the 39th state to adopt distracting driving legislation. ๐๐ป๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐:
https://bit.ly/3Q24dT0
I had the honor of speaking at the ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ`๐ด 30๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ yesterday! ๐๐
Survivors, advocates & medical professionals joined together to discuss breast cancer research, awareness, treatments & care.
The sisterhood & strength felt in that room was incredible.
Congratulations to the @pabreastcancer on 30 years of advocacy! ๐
๐๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐!
I received a new coffee mug from my team for boss`s day. T-shirts will available next week. ๐
Today, I had the pleasure of introducing Chief Thomas Bell of the Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department to the Senate.
In August, Chief Bell was named ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง by the International Association of Fires Chiefs in partnership w/ Pierce Manufacturing.
Chief Bellโs many contributions to our community are worthy of deep gratitude and respect.
With nearly 50 years of experience, his visionary approach has brought remarkable improvements to the department and Greensburg.
Congratulations! ๐๐ป๐
Beginning with its establishment in Philadelphia in 1775, the @usnavy has been on the forefront of defending America. #PAProud
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐.๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ!
Act 1 of 2023 will save lives & ensure that individuals at high risk in PA have affordable access to early detection.
๐๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐! ๐
Learn more here: https://www.pabreastcancer.org/act-1-of-2023/#:~:text=Act%201%20eliminates%20all%20costs,Shapiro%20has%20signed%20into%20law.
We turned the Capitol fountain ๐pink๐ to kick off ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐!
๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ: early๐๐ปdetection๐๐ปsaves๐๐ปlives!
๐๐ฅค: @padairymens
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