News List

  • Gerlach statement on working to provide a full year of middle class tax relief
    Dec 22, 2011  - Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-6th District) issued the following statement Thursday night after House and Senate leaders announced an agreement that would allow negotiations to continue on a fiscally-responsible plan for providing a full year of middle class tax relief while at the same time avoiding ... More
  • Gerlach votes to continue working on a full year of middle class tax relief
    Dec 20, 2011  - Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-6th District) voted Tuesday to require Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to come back to work and give 160 million American workers a full one-year payroll tax cut extension – something that the House has already approved. Gerlach voted in favor of a House resolution disa... More
  • Gerlach votes to prevent tax hikes, preserve seniors’ access to medical care and promote job growth
    Dec 13, 2011  - Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-6th District) voted Tuesday in favor of the proposed Middle-Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act. H.R. 3630 passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 234-193 and with the support of 10 Democrats. The legislation includes a one-year extension of a federal payrol... More
  • Gerlach votes to rein in federal regulators
    Dec 7, 2011  - Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-6th District) helped the U.S. House of Representatives pass legislation on Wednesday that would give businesses and workers a voice before the federal government imposes costly new regulations. The House voted 241-184 to pass H.R. 10 – the proposed Regulations From the Ex... More
  • Gerlach statement on supercommittee stalemate
    Nov 22, 2011  - A joint House and Senate legislative "supercommittee" announced Monday night that it would be unable to reach agreement on a plan for reining in federal spending and beginning to erase our $15 trillion national debt. Under the Budget Control Act signed into law in August, automatic spending cuts tot... More
  • Gerlach statement on Balanced Budget Amendment
    Nov 18, 2011  - Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-6th District) voted in favor of adopting a proposed amendment to the Constitution on Friday that would have required Congress to enact a balanced federal budget each year. Unfortunately, the measure fell 29 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the House. ... More
  • Pottstown Mercury Op-Ed: Senate Dems watch as job crisis grows
    Oct 20, 2011  - By Congressman Jim Gerlach, guest columnist With about 14 million Americans still out of work and a huge number of businesses struggling to survive, many of my constituents are wondering why Washington is not acting with greater urgency to rejuvenate our economy. I, and many of my Republican colleag... More
  • Roll Call Op-Ed: Medical Device Tax Hinders Innovation
    Oct 3, 2011  - By Reps. Erik Paulsen and Jim Gerlach At a time when our greatest priority needs to be creating jobs for our unemployed citizens, the government is on the verge of implementing a new medical device excise tax that will eliminate more than 40,000 well-paying jobs and imperil America’s global competit... More
  • Gerlach unveils measure to protect seniors and taxpayers against Medicare fraud and identity theft
    Sep 14, 2011  - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that waste, fraud and abuse costs the Medicare program $60 billion each year – real money that should be used to help our seniors pay for hospital visits, prescription drugs and other medical care. At the same time, seniors are carrying Medi... More
  • Reading Eagle: Wyomissing soccer field named for grad who fell in Afghanistan
    Sep 11, 2011  - By Ron Devlin Reading Eagle Standing near a monument that anoints her son "an American hero," Charlene "Charlie" Flannery's thoughts were not on Staff Sgt. Sean Michael Flannery's service in Afghanistan, where he was killed in action Nov. 22, 2010. Instead, speaking at a memorial service Saturday in... More