Priorities
“When the Governor proposed his first budget, he did the right thing
but in the wrong way. That’s why I stood up to fight for a fiscally
responsible budget that focused on our priorities, especially education.”
Focusing on Priorities
Making Education a Top Priority
Facing the loss of billions of dollars in federal stimulus money that had been short-sightedly used for temporary education funding, Governor Corbett proposed a budget that reduced education funding too much – even below funding levels before the stimulus money came to our state.
Rosemary opposed the Governor’s proposal and, working with other House members from both parties, worked to re-prioritize spending on education. Thanks to those efforts, Pennsylvania now commits more state tax dollars to basic education than ever before.
Providing Help to Those Who Need It
Rosemary worked to ensure that the state budget provided services for those who need help in these difficult economic times by cutting spending on pork-barrel projects and other non-essentials. At the same time, she supported initiatives that make sure those who illegitimately benefit from our social services system are stopped.
Marcellus Shale
Rosemary worked in the House to build consensus on how to treat the emerging Marcellus Shale industry. In the end, she supported a compromise that will help those communities directly impacted by natural gas exploration while committing billions of dollars to statewide environmental protection and making regulation of the natural gas industry among the toughest in the nation.
Listening to Our Concerns
Rosemary has attended hundreds of community events and held numerous forums across the 189th District to listen to our concerns and our ideas of where Pennsylvania should be headed and how we should get there. She knows that to be a good Representative, you need to know what the people you represent think – and takes the time to find that out.