Rep. George reads Dr. Seuss classics, including The Cat in the Hat, to Pre-K pupils at Harmony Area Elementary School on March 1, 2010. The event is part of the Read Across America program that Rep. George participates in annually.

Rep. George reads Dr. Seuss classics, including The Cat in the Hat, to Pre-K pupils at Harmony Area Elementary School on March 1, 2010. The event is part of the Read Across America program that Rep. George participates in annually.

Rep. George discusses increased heating assistance during a Jan. 5, 2010, news conference with Gov. Edward G. Rendell. Rep. George has been critical of tougher eligibility requirements for heating assistance when electric-generation rate caps are expiring and the global recession had devastated household incomes. Rep. George’s House Bill 1439 would devote a portion of the revenues from a severance tax on Marcellus Shale gas drillers to heating assistance.