02/11/2010
Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement in response to the governor’s 2010-11 budget address to a joint session of the General Assembly in the state Capitol:
01/28/2010
For the sixth year in a row, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is offering four-year scholarships to two Pennsylvania high school seniors planning to attend a Pennsylvania college, university or career school, says Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler).
01/20/2010
Students seeking state higher education assistance grants for the 2010-11 academic year may now begin submitting applications, Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) said today.
01/15/2010
Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) is encouraging motorists to contact the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to report potholes and other problems with state roads.
12/10/2009
With thousands of students at Pennsylvania’s top universities potentially set to receive a significant tuition increase, Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) today stated that House Democrats have failed, once again, to put the needs of Pennsylvania’s citizens before their own.
10/27/2009
With the potential to infuse more than $14 billion into Pennsylvania’s economy in 2010 and creating more than 98,000 jobs, Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler), co-chairman of the House Oil and Gas Caucus, today touted a study conducted by the Pennsylvania State University that indicates the tremendous financial benefit that natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation will provide to Pennsylvania.
10/15/2009
Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) today announced that Pennsylvania’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) will begin accepting applications for cash grants Nov. 2. Crisis grants will be available on Jan. 4, 2010.
10/09/2009
Citing increased taxes and future uncertainty of the Commonwealth’s fiscal health, Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) today issued the following statement after voting “no” on the 2009-10 state budget which includes nearly $1.5 billion in new revenue:
10/02/2009
HARRISBURG – Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) today voted “no” on legislation that would increase taxes by $1 billion in the 2009-10 state budget, the second largest tax increase in Pennsylvania’s history.
08/13/2009
By Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler)
When the General Assembly sent the governor a budget bill on Aug. 4 to move the process forward and get state workers paid, the governor decided to drag out the budget process by using the line-item veto to eliminate nearly $13 billion in funding for important programs that benefit millions of people in Pennsylvania and cited the need to force House and Senate negotiators back to the table. In essence, the governor has shifted to a significantly larger group of hostages – the people of Pennsylvania.
07/17/2009
Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) today voted against the House Democrats’ unbalanced 2009-10 budget proposal that would spend $29.1 billion, $300 million more than the governor proposed. In addition, this measure provides zero funding for higher education, creates a new tax and sets the stage for a major broad-based tax increase in order to balance the plan.
07/10/2009
As the Commonwealth continues into the new fiscal year without a state budget, Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) and his colleagues in the House Republican Caucus have crafted an alternative budget proposal that calls for no tax increases but funds the core functions of state government, including the health, safety and welfare of Pennsylvania residents.
07/01/2009
As the Commonwealth begins a new fiscal year without a state budget, I call on legislative leaders and the governor to craft a plan that controls spending and requires no increase in taxes. The people of Pennsylvania simply cannot afford to pay more of their hard-earned money to state government.
06/17/2009
Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) today announced he will be introducing legislation that would permit Pennsylvania taxpayers, including businesses, to voluntarily overpay their state taxes in 2009, and to recover the overpayment through a tax credit spread out over the next four years.