Past Hearings - 2026
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January 22: "Overcoming Challenges in Rural Healthcare"
Hosted by Representative Jim Struzzi, Indiana, PA
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Read Lara Luetkehans, PHD, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at IUP Testimony,
Read Stephen Wolfe, Chief Executive Officer of Indiana Regional Medical Center, Testimony
Read Hospital and Healthsystem Association of PA Testimony
January 23: "Expanding Educational Opportunities in PA"
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Read Keisha Jordan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP), Testimony,
Read Steven Bloom, Vice President of the Commonwealth Foundation, Testimony
February 12: "Affordability for Families"
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Read Mikal Sabatine, Director, Families First of Pen Argyl, Testimony,
Read House Bill 1596
March 17: "Built In PA- Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness
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Read Mike Reed, Vice President and General Manager, North American Operations, Manitowoc Cranes,
Read Gustavo Casagrandi, General Manager, Volvo Construction Equipment
Read Mike Ross, President, Franklin County Area Development Corporation
March 19:"Built in Pennsylvania - Workforce Development in the Trades"
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Christopher Schorr, Ph.D., Director, Higher Education Reform Initiative, America First Policy Institute
Anna Barensfeld, VP Strategic Initiatives, ELLWOOD
Julie Michael Smith, Coalition Manager, Lawrence Mercer Manufacturers Coalition
Leonard Rich, Superintendent, Laurel Area School District/Director, Lawrence County Career and Technical Center
Paul Bucciarelli, Workfoce TaskDevelopment
March 27:"Strengthening Rural Pennsylvania"
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Business Development, Vista Testimony
David George Testimony, Joy Cone
Jake Rickert Testimony, Penn-Northwest Development Corporation
Jim Landino Testimony, JCL Development
Jordan Batt Testimony, Baughman Family Community Center/Buhl Community Rec Center
Mike Kotyk Testimony, Mercer County Transit Authority
Rod Wilt Testimony, Penn-Northwest Development Corporation
Tom Roskos Testimony, Buhl Park
March 30: "Making Child Care Affordable"
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Opening Remarks, Vanessa Berger, YWCA Hanover
Dee Stremmel, Family & Consumer Science Educator, South Western High School
Jessica Shetzer, M.Ed., Director, Nature & Nurture Discovery School (Former DHS Inspector)
President Commissioner Julie Wheeler, York County
Laura Walker, Director, Caterpillar Lane Preschool (In-Home Provider)