Kate Philips
Kate Philips
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Plans are under way to perform background checks. The background checks will not only protect the citizens of Pennsylvania but also other evacuees.
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He is waiting on the folks from New Jersey to move forward with the dredging project.
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He has several favorites and looks forward to sampling each of them during his tour.
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Obviously the commonwealth is not a bank, and it is not in a position to provide loans to county or city governments. However, we are well aware of this issue and are confident that we will find a way to work with the city and county in the same cooperative spirit that we have to solve other fiscal challenges over the past two years.
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The governor called on the president to impose a windfall profit tax and return the money to the American people.
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The governor continues to be encouraged that in the very near future ... we will be able to hammer out a compromise.
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The governor's comments speak for themselves. He came to Harrisburg to get things done, and through leadership, diplomacy and compromise, he has. A little frankness is always refreshing, I think.
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To say these projects are being cut for new projects is a misrepresentation of the process. The governor has zeroed out these pet projects and they become part of the budget negotiations. It's nothing new. The governor didn't cut them as a comment on the project. It's just the process.
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We're concerned that S&P (Standard & Poor's, a bond rating agency) might be watching this situation. And we're concerned for all the businesses that depend on the port in the region if the river is not dredged. A lot of sectors are watching this very closely.
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There is no functional difference between a wire-based phone call and a wireless phone call, so they should be taxed the same way. Cellular providers have chosen to pass the tax to their consumers. They could have chosen to absorb all or some of the tax as a cost of doing business.
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We need to move forward with a meeting of the governors and move forward with the project.