Rep. Deasy and House Appropriations Chairman Dwight Evans listen as Harley King, owner of King’s Restaurants, talks about jobs and the restaurant business in our troubled economy. Evans visited Deasy’s district to listen to residents discuss issues affecting them.

Rep. Deasy is pictured in the Capitol with Gov. Rendell and the McMurtie sisters, Jamie and Ali, from Ben Avon. The sisters run the BRESMA orphanage in Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake in January.

Rep. Deasy was appointed by House Speaker Keith McCall to the Governor's escort committee for the state budget address. Deasy (second from right) joined state Reps. Brendan Boyle, D-Montgomery/Phila. and Nick Miccarelli, R-Delaware to escort Gov. Ed Rendell (second from left) into the House Chamber for his annual budget address.