Agriculture
Agriculture is the number one industry in Pennsylvania and a vital component of our state’s economy
Agriculture is the number one industry in Pennsylvania and a vital component of our state’s economy – farms employ numerous people and supply our nation with food. I am working with the agriculture community to support legislation that helps our farmers. For instance, I am a cosponsor of H.R. 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011. Similarly, in the last Congress I cosponsored H.R. 1220, which would have amended federal law relating to intrastate commercial motor vehicles engaged in agricultural purposes, so that our Pennsylvania farmers would be able to continue using their farm vehicles without undue regulation. I also cosponsored H.R. 5509, the Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act, a bill which supported farmers through efforts to clean the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
In 2010, I was presented with the Friend of the Farm Bureau award for my support of policies that help to sustain farming in Pennsylvania.