Mar. 31, 2021 /
![Bucks Republican Delegation Applauds the Expansion of Local Control Over Vaccines]()
HARRISBURG – The PA Department of Health and legislative vaccine task force announced today that they will distribute the Johnson & Johnson vaccine directly to the Bucks County Department of Health.
Mar. 23, 2021 /
![Bucks House Members Take Testimony on Bensalem Warm Hand-Off Program]()
HARRISBURG— Fred Harran, director of Public Safety of the Bensalem Township Police Department, today testified before the House Human Services Committee that every member of the Bensalem Police Department, including civilians and officers, are trained to identify and help those suffering with addictions.
Mar. 15, 2021 /
![COVID vaccine distribution unfair]()
Exactly how Pennsylvania determines the number of COVID-19 doses to send to each of its 67 counties remains an inscrutable mystery.
Mar. 15, 2021 /
![Southeast House and Senate Republicans announce additional vaccination sites coming to counties]()
HARRISBURG-- The Southeast Pennsylvania Republican House and Senate delegation on March 12 applauded the Pennsylvania Health Department for taking steps to bring more vaccines to Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties by setting up new vaccination sites through their county governments or local health departments, and streamlining the appointment system.
Mar. 12, 2021 /
![Southeast House and Senate Republicans Announce Additional Vaccination Sites Coming to Counties]()
HARRUSBURG— The Southeast Pennsylvania Republican House and Senate delegation today applauded the Pennsylvania Health Department for taking steps to bring more vaccines to Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware and Chester counties by setting up new vaccination sites through their county governments or local health departments, and streamlining the appointment system.
Mar. 08, 2021 /
![Southeast House Republican Delegation Demands National Guard Take Over Distribution, Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine]()
HARRISBURG—The Republican Southeast House delegation today demanded the administration give the responsibility and authority for allocating and distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Mar. 04, 2021 /
![Bucks Delegation to Introduce Legislation to Require COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution by Population]()
HARRISURG—Republican legislators from Bucks County have introduced legislation to require COVID-19 vaccines be distributed to counties based on population.
Jan. 28, 2021 /
![Bucks Republicans Announce Health Hearing on Vaccine Rollout]()
HARRISBURG - The Bucks County House Republican Caucus today announced that the House Health Committee will hold a hearing into COVID-19 vaccination distribution in Pennsylvania.
Jan. 08, 2021 /
![Farry Takes Oath of Office, Named Chairman of Human Services Committee]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Frank Farry (R-Bucks) has been appointed to serve as majority chairman of the House Human Services Committee for the 2021-22 Legislative Session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The announcement was made by Speaker of the House Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) following the swearing-in ceremony.
Jan. 07, 2021 /
![Farry, O’Mara Announce Grant to Support Sound the Alarm. Save a Life. Initiative]()
HARRISBURG – Reps. Frank Farry (R-Bucks) and Jennifer O’Mara (D-Delaware) today announced a $60,000 grant to the American Red Cross in support of The Home Fire Campaign, specifically to provide smoke alarms for “Sound the Alarm. Save a Life.” initiative.
Dec. 18, 2020 /
![Bucks Delegation Backs Legislation to Restore Hospitality Industry]()
HARRISBURG—The Bucks County Republican House Delegation has co-sponsored legislation crafted by Rep. Todd Polinchock (R-Chalfont) to create a new grant program to relieve Pennsylvania’s hospitality industry of the burdens precipitated by the governor’s latest restrictions.
Oct. 21, 2020 /
![Farry Bill Aimed to Advance First Responder Programs Across the Commonwealth Heads to Governor’s Desk]()
HARRISBURG-- Legislation sponsored by Rep. Frank Farry (R-Bucks) designed to support emergency responders and improve the delivery of state resources to the fire and EMS systems in Pennsylvania heads to the governor’s desk to be signed into law.
Sep. 10, 2020 /
![House Committee Finds COVID-19 Hospitalizations are Down in Bucks, But Impact on Business is Still Severe]()
BENSALEM— During a hearing of the House Majority Policy Committee hosted by Rep. K.C. Tomlinson (R-Bensalem), Dr. David Damsker,?director for the?Bucks County Health Department, announced that while the number of new COVID-19 infections have increased slightly increased, hospitalizations are down.
Aug. 18, 2020 /
![Farry, Tomlinson Secure Infrastructure Grants for Bucks County Municipalities]()
LANGHORNE – Rep. Frank Farry (R-Bucks) announced two state grants have been awarded to Bucks County from the Commonwealth Financing Authority to support water, sewer, flood control and stormwater projects.
Jul. 10, 2020 /
![Bucks House Delegation Demands Investigation into Failures of the Unemployment Compensation System]()
HARRISBURG- Republican House Members from Bucks County today issued a letter to House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) requesting the House Government Oversight Committee conduct an investigation into the failure of the Unemployment Compensation program.
Jun. 05, 2020 /
![Farry to Hold Bipartisan Press Conference with Area Salon Owners on Reopening in ‘Yellow’ Phase]()
WHAT: Rep. Frank Farry will join Rep. Wendi Thomas (R-Bucks), Sen. Steven J. Santarsiero (D-Bucks) and Dr. David Damsker, Director of the Bucks County Department of Health at a press conference with local salon owners to discuss how they can reopen during the ‘yellow’ phase of the state’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order.
Jun. 04, 2020 /
![Southeast Republican Legislators Urge Wolf to Allow Youth Sports to Resume]()
HARRISBURG - As Southeastern counties are now expected to be moving into the yellow phase, a bicameral group of Southeast legislators sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf urging the reopening of youth sports which are able to follow social distancing and safety guidelines.
May. 29, 2020 /
![Farry COVID-19 Bills Advance]()
HARRISBURG – Two pieces of legislation introduced by Rep. Frank Farry (R-Langhorne) in response to the COVID-19 crisis have advanced in the legislative process.
May. 20, 2020 /
![Bucks County House Republicans Introduce Legislation to Give Counties Power to Safely Reopen]()
HARRISBURG—Rep. Frank Farry (R-Langhorne) has introduced House Bill 2541 to allow local county commissioners, in consultation with local health officials, to reopen businesses in counties during a health emergency if certain criteria are met.
May. 20, 2020 /
![Southeast House Republican Delegation Members Call on Wolf to Allow Curbside Pickup for All Retailers]()
HARRISBURG – After weeks of working to safely and responsibly reopen businesses across the southeast and allow employees to once again start earning a paycheck, members of the Southeast House Republican Delegation are asking the governor to allow retail operators to offer curbside pickup for their customers.