CONGRATS Belle Vernon on winning the PIAA Class 3A football championship for the SECOND year in a row! ๐๐
Way to represent southwest PA! ๐ช๐ผ
https://www.wtae.com/article/belle-vernon-northwestern-lehigh-piaa-championship-win/46081839#

The Bridge Educational Foundation, through the support of U. S. Steel, Waste Management and RBC Capital Markets, is donating $220,000 of scholarships to the families in Westmoreland County! ๐โ๐ซ
Scholarship funds are made possible through PAโs Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program.

Hanukkah begins tonight at sundown.
May you have a joyous ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ and a healthy new year! โจ

I was thrilled to present the ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐พ๐ก๐ช๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃ with a state grant to restore their handicap fishing dock in Gehring Park! ๐ฃ
https://monvalleyindependent.com/2023/12/west-newton-rotary-club-gets-state-grant-to-restore-handicap-accessible-fishing-dock/

Christmas in the Capitol ๐โค๏ธโจ
This 20 ft. Douglas Fir comes from Crystal Spring Tree Farm in Lehighton & is decorated w/ 1,250 LED lights & more than 700 handmade ornaments from PA students & seniors!

Had some important suits to fill. โ๐ป
โฆ jk. Ran out of clothes for the extra session day. ๐
๐คฃ

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.
๐ค๐๐บ๐ธ

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

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