Services Provided:

• Work as a full-time legislator serving the needs of my constituents with full-time staff located at 645 Penn Street, Second Floor, Reading, PA Open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. .



• Sponsored key laws to reform Pennsylvania's criminal, corrections and court systems.



• Established professional training programs for sheriff's deputies and constables.



• Sponsored tough anti-crime, drug dealing and abuse laws.



• Provided leadership that led to alternative sentencing programs in Pennsylvania to stop crime at its root.



• Chaired the House Judiciary Committee during the investigation, impeachment and removal of Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen. Also continues to serve as current Chair.



• Continues to press for true tax reform and relief for working families and senior citizens; fair and equal funding for basic and special education; improvement to lottery funded programs such as PACE/PACENET and Property Tax and Rent Rebate.



• Drafted and directed through the legislature the law to help Reading gain a convention center.



• Pushing for job creation, economic development and tax cutting programs that benefit low and middle income families and senior citizens.



• Help bring additional funding throughout the City of Reading, including the Renovation of the Reading state Police Barracks, Troop L, reconstruction and repaving of highways and bridges.



• Provided assistance to numerous new and established businesses that led to the creation of hundreds of jobs.



• Place customer service first in providing help with constituents.



• Getting state government to work for and with people.

Constituent Services Delivered in 2007

• 3,000 personal requests attended



• 13,000 telephone calls



• 1,300 walk-ins



• 500 e-mail inquiries and correspondence



• 4,000 congratulatory letters sent