Rep. Paul Costa stands with Governor Rendell after the governor signed into law a bill Costa authored (H.B. 347). The new law will benefit Pennsylvania service members and veterans by waiving commercial driver’s license skills tests if they have equivalent driving experience from the military.

Rep. Costa speaks at the 10th anniversary celebration of the 4 Kids Learning Center located in Braddock. The center is a childcare facility that serves as a national model for early education.

Rep. Costa meets Nathaniel Perez, 4, at the check presentation to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Costa secured the $10,000 grant for the hospital’s diagnosis and treatment of asthma to benefit Nathaniel and the many pediatric patients at UPCH.