As a small business owner, Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) has learned over the course of his career that forecasting is very important. He asked the Governor’s Budget Office about proposed budgets down the road, the future of the Rainy Day Fund, and projected revenue growth versus the proposed budget for 2025-26.
In 2022, the Office of Auditor General announced that school audits would be transferred to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) asked Auditor General Timothy DeFoor about the savings his office has seen, as well as how long school audits took before 2022.
Several years ago, there was a destructive trend in banking where investors and bankers were encouraging people and themselves to divest from the energy industry. Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) asked Treasurer Stacy Garrity about that mindset, what can be done to help constituents more with unclaimed property, and how well investments in Israel are doing for the Commonwealth.
There’s been a lot of discussion in the news lately regarding waste, fraud and abuse. There are real measures going on nationwide at the state level regarding benefit integrity. Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) asked the Department of Human Services what legislators need to do to ensure benefits are going to the right places.
“We are the energy state. We produce energy here. Yet, at the same time, we’re having conversations about potentially lights not turning on. It's political malpractice.” Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) asked the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission about harmful energy policies, such as RGGI and PACER, and the dangers they pose to Pennsylvanians.
Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) expressed concern to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) about huge decisions surrounding petitions that could eliminate entire industries in the Commonwealth if they were to be implemented.
Judges and justices play a significant role in ensuring laws are correctly applied. Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) asked Justices of the Supreme Court for their opinion on merit-based selection and other budget matters.
Law and order are the foundations that serves a great purpose for a functioning society. Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) asked Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday about his approach as chief prosecutor and top priorities for citizens related to law enforcement.
Bad actors cannot be allowed to suppress our workers' wages by taking advantage of illegal immigrant workforces. Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) asked Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Secretary Nancy Walker about how legislators can ensure that these bad actors do not have the ability to operate illegally and suppress Pennsylvania’s workers’ wages.
Rep. Joshua D. Kail (R-Beaver/Washington) asked the Pennsylvania Department of Education panel if there’s a bigger benefit to the state managing federal funding for Pennsylvania compared to Washington, as well as how they come up with funding formulas.
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