PhilEnglish.org
Title
English : On the Job for Pennsylvania
Description
U.S. Rep. Phil English was re-elected in 2002 to his fifth term to serve northwestern Pennsylvania's, newly created 3rd District, which includes Erie County and parts of Armstrong, Butler, Crawford, Mercer, Venango and Warren counties. In his first term, English was appointed to the Ways and Means Committee, which handles legislation affecting taxes, trade, health, Medicare, Social Security and welfare. He is a member of the committee's Health, Trade and Human Resources subcommittees. He was the first freshman Republican in 30 years to be named to the committee. In 2001, English was appointed to the Joint Economic Committee, which is a combined House and Senate committee that serves as the economic policy arm of Congress and was named the chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus, which is a bipartisan group of House members who represent districts with steel manufacturers.
Job growth is one of English's top priorities. He strives for fair trade and is working to update American trade laws to prevent unfair dumping by foreign countries. English also supports fundamental tax reform and has authored a bill to replace the tax code with one that promotes savings, stimulates the economy and levels the playing field for American companies and their workers.
English advocates fiscal responsibility including eliminating the automatic pay raises for members of Congress. He has introduced a bill to stop the automatic pay increases and has never accepted a congressional pay raise by donating all of the money to local charities instead. He also has introduced a constitutional amendment for a line item veto that would allow the President to surgically remove unnecessary spending from spending bills.
Contact
- NEWCOM Strategy
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- Washington DC
- United States 20002
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- +1.81445674
