Rep. Markosek stops to view a poster prepared by Abigail Ondeck of Murrysville that was displayed at the Undergraduate Research at the Capitol poster conference Oct. 19. Her poster was titled Shape and Size Controlled Synthesis Nanoparticulate Catalysts: Paths to an Ecologically-Friendly Environment.

House Transportation Committee Chairman Joe Markosek (at podium), Rep. Tim Solobay (right) and others unveil the state's new motorcycle disability license plate. The plate will replace the decal currently used by motorcyclists with a disability.

Responding to recent criticism of Act 44, the new transportation funding plan for Pennsylvania, House Transportation Committee Chairman Joseph Markosek and Majority Whip Keith McCall explain at a news conference why it would be a mistake for lawmakers to repeal the law or reopen the notion of leasing the turnpike to private investors.