Rep. Lou Schmitt

PA State Rep. Lou Schmitt (R-Blair). Serving the citizens of the 79th Legislative District.

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With six local Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) in Pennsylvania not meeting state requirements, I introduced legislation today to require the state Department of Aging to make public all non-compliant AAAs and action plans to correct issues.

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Asking the hard questions on plans to drain the Rainy Day Fund.

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So during the PA House Approps hearing with DCED today....
Now let's weed out broken programs so we have a government that works.

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Now is the perfect time for bipartisanship. Instead, the House isn't in session again until March 18....

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In a show of solidarity with Pennsylvania sports fans as the Phillies seek to win the World Series, I have temporarily changed the spelling of my last name to Schmidt in honor of Phillies great Mike Schmidt. Let’s go Phillies!! Bring home the trophy!!

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The 2022 General Election is coming up on Nov. 8. Voters will have the opportunity to elect the state’s next governor and lieutenant governor, members of the U.S. House and Senate, and state House and state Senate (in even-numbered senatorial districts).

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Thanks to all who came out to my latest Shredding with Schmitt event last night. We destroyed a lot docs that would have fallen into the wrong hands. BIG thanks to all who donated to the @CentralPAHumane. We collected more than $1,500 and a lot of supplies!

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Remember that pig I bought ? Well, I had it butchered into whole hog sausage at Country Smokehouse in Williamsburg and donated the sausage to Reapers Food Ministry in Altoona.

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Delighted that the old Booker T. Washington basketball court in Altoona was recently renamed for Don Witherspoon, longtime president of the Blair County NAACP and a pillar of our community. I played a lot of basketball on that court back & visiting brought back great memories.

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For the first time in the 14 years since Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know (RTK) Law was enacted, it could soon receive much-need updates after the House State Government Committee advanced my House Bill 2524. More here 👇👇👇
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Another round of budget hearings is over of the week. You can catch every question I asked, an answers to them, on my video section on Facebook here: https://t.co/ttaUpFZUuo

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The state champions Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School football team came to the Capitol earlier this week. The team beat out Redbank Valley to capture its first PIAA Class 1A title in five years. Way to go, boys!

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It was great to meet Altoona's own Meghan Sinisi, who was crowned Miss Pennsylvania, at an Altoona Curve Baseball game! Miss Pennsylvania and I can both claim being proud alum of Altoona Area High School. Best of luck, Meghan!!!

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Approved by the House and now in the Senate.

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81% of PA voters polled support of signature matching for mail-in ballots.

74% of PA voters polled support all voters showing a photo ID when voting.

But yet.....

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Agreed.

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The people spoke in May when they voted in the primary election to give the Legislature the ability to end prolonged Declarations of Emergency. Just now, the House fulfilled the will of the people when it moved to end the COVID-19 emergency declaration that was imposed by the gov

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I love hanging out with fellow basketball players and these ladies are the real deal! Here’s our PIAA Class 1A state champs...the Bishop Guilfoyle girls basketball team!!

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#PAHouse passes several bills to strengthen laws and increase penalties regarding human trafficking in Pennsylvania

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