03/08/2010
While President Barack Obama visited Philadelphia today to promote his health care proposal, Pennsylvania House Republicans continue to offer solutions emphasizing the need to control escalating health care costs and preserve the doctor-patient relationship, which could be used as a national model. Unfortunately, our proposals have been shoved aside by the Obama administration, causing the House GOP to step up its legislative fight to reject ObamaCare if it is passed on the national level.
02/24/2010
Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga), Republican chairman of the House Health and Human Services Committee, today was among more than 40 legislators across the country who signed a letter sent to President Barack Obama requesting him to consider input by state lawmakers in the national health care debate.
02/16/2010
Nearly $650,000 in state recycling funds will be directed toward programs in Bradford County and Sayre Borough, Reps. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) announced today.
02/12/2010
Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) would like to let residents know that forms for the state’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate program for 2009 are now available.
02/01/2010
Dominating the news in recent months is President Barack Obama’s proposed government-run health care system. Apparently, as more information is made public about the plan, more and more citizens are becoming outraged. In fact, in Massachusetts (an overwhelmingly Democratic state) the citizenry elected a Republican senator for the first time in more than three decades because he campaigned on strong opposition to the Obama health care plan.
02/01/2010
State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) today congratulated the Tioga County Conservation District upon receiving a $45,000 grant from the Department of Environmental Protection.
01/27/2010
Joining 31 other states, the House Republican Caucus, led by Reps. Stan Saylor (R-York), Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) and Curt Schroder (R-Chester County) hosted a rally today to announce two pieces of legislation preserving 10th amendment rights and protect Pennsylvanians from ObamaCare, a massive federal government intrusion.
01/07/2010
Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is now open until April 2, Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) announced today.
12/11/2009
State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) today announced the awarding of a grant for $176,575 to the Wellsboro & Corning Railroad Company in Tioga County for the installation of new track.
11/20/2009
Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) announced $4,427 in funding for two local arts programs in Tioga County from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
11/19/2009
State Rep. Matt Baker (Bradford/Tioga) today announced a Sewage Facilities Planning Grant for North Central Sewage Agency in Tioga County.
11/17/2009
State Rep. Matthew Baker (R-Tioga/Bradford), Republican chairman of the House Health and Human Services Committee, was recently appointed to the Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) Act Review Committee.
11/16/2009
The Bradford County Sanitation Committee will be reimbursed nearly $95,000 in state grant funds from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for its efforts to properly plan the county’s sewage treatment and disposal, Reps. Tina Pickett (R-Bradford/Sullivan/Susquehanna) and Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) announced today.
11/13/2009
State Rep. Matt Baker (R-Bradford/Tioga) today applauded Canton Elementary School as the recipient of a $1,450 grant under the Department of Agriculture’s Healthy Farms and Healthy School Grant Program.
10/09/2009
HARRISBURG – After approximately 100 days without a state budget, Rep. Matthew Baker (R-Tioga/Bradford) was forced to cast a no vote on the budget which continues to spend more than the state can support and drains Pennsylvania’s emergency funds.