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June 30, 2009 – Senate Republican news
conference to urge House action on a state budget that cuts spending and
includes no new taxes.
 
June 22, 2009 - Senate Panel to Consider Nomination for DCNR Secretary
June 16, 2009 - White: Committee Approves Measures
to Ensure State Park Services are Not Reduced
June 12, 2009 - Senate Committee to Consider Legislation to Ensure State
Parks Remain Open
June 10, 2009 - Senator White Corrects DEP Misinformation on West Nile Virus
Spraying
June 10, 2009 - Senate Committee Comments on Pollution Control Technology
Grant Guidelines (PDF)
June 9, 2009 - White: Committee Votes to Extend Funding of Recycling Act,
Fund Waste Tire Cleanup
June 3, 2009 - Senate Approves
White Bill Extending Deadline for PA Climate Change Action Plan
May 28, 2009 - Sen. White: Memo Responding to Irresponsible DEP & DCNR Scare
Tactics (PDF)
May 27, 2009 - Sen. White Requests Clarification on DCNR Allegations Over
Service Reductions to Pennsylvania Taxpayers (PDF)
May 20, 2009 - Sen. White Urges Climate Change Advisory Committee to Support
SB 829 (PDF)
May 14, 2009 -
Senator White
Requests Information on Potential DCNR Budget Reductions (PDF)
May 12, 2009 - Senator White Responds to DEP Secretary Attack on PA Senate
Budget
May 5, 2009 - White: Committee Votes to Extend Climate Change Plan
Deadline, Increase Transparency of Gas Well Reporting Requirements
May 1, 2009 - TUESDAY: Climate Change Plan Deadline, Gas Well Reporting
Requirements on Agenda of Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee
April 22, 2009 - During session, Senator White comments on her decision to cast
a negative vote for the confirmation of John Hanger as Secretary of the PA
Department of Environmental Protection.
April 2009 - Senator White's April Television Report is now online
March 27, 2009 - Senate Panel to Consider Nomination for DEP Secretary
March 25, 2009 - Senate Approves Transfer of Funds to Ease Budget Deficit
March 19, 2009 - Committee Approves Transfer of
Funds to Ease Budget Deficit, Six Other Bills
March 18, 2009 - Sen. White Comments on Proposed Oil & Gas Fee Increases
(PDF)
March 5, 2009 - During Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings, Senator
Mary Jo White (R-21) raises concerns about a lack of funding for tourism and
heritage parks across the Commonwealth.
March 4, 2009 - During Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings, Senator
Mary Jo White (R-21) calls on the Administration to consider the placement of
more cell phone towers in rural areas of the state.
March 4, 2009 - During Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings, Senator
Mary Jo White (R-21) questions Transportation Secretary Allen Biehler about the
impact Marcellus Shale exploration could have on rural highways.
March 3, 2009 - During Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearings, Senator
Mary Jo White (R-21) discusses the likelihood of gambling expansion in
Pennsylvania with State Police Commissioner Frank Pawlowski.
March 3, 2009 - Senator Mary Jo White (R-21) calls on the Administration to
avoid forcing the Legislature to "buy back" successful programs in the budget.
March 3, 2009 - Senator
Mary Jo White (R-21) questions the judgment of the Administration’s decision to
eliminate funding for the popular and successful Science in Motion program.
March 2009 - Senator White's March Television Report is now online February 26, 2009 - Senator Mary Jo White questions members of the
Governor's executive offices about the need for expanded cell phone coverage in
rural areas of the Commonwealth.
 
February 25, 2009 - Senator Mary Jo White questions the decision-making
of the Administration with regards to board appointments and involvement of DEP
in electricity rate mitigation.
February 25, 2009 - Senator Mary Jo White addresses problems with the state's Nutrient
Credit Trading Program.
February 24, 2009 - Senator Mary Jo White comments on the need to control the
rising prison population through other rehabilitation techniques to Michael
Kane, Executive Director of the PA Commission on Crime & Delinquency.
February 23, 2009 - Senator Mary Jo White urges Acting Secretary of Labor & Industry Sandi
Vito to work with the Legislature on the prevailing wage issue.
February 23, 2009 - Senator Mary Jo White urges the Administration to continue
leasing out small portions of state park land to natural gas developers in the
Marcellus Shale Natural Gas field.
February 10, 2009 - Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee
Approves Seven Bills, Extends Review of Marcellus Shale Permit Fee Increase
February 4, 2009 - Senator Mary Jo White responds to the Governor's budget
address
February 3, 2009 - Senator White Updates Members on Disapproval of Mercury
Regulation (PDF)
January 9, 2009 - Sen. White Letter to Gov. re: Low Carbon Fuel Standard
(PDF)
November 10, 2008 - White: New Autism Insurance Web site Provides Information
to Families
November 7, 2008 - White: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Now Available
November 2008 - Senator White's November Television Report is now online
October 27, 2008 - White: Guide to Student Aid Now Available Online
October 7, 2008 - Senators White, Musto Request Acting DEP Secretary Hanger
to Release Regulations (PDF)
September 24, 2008 - Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Approves
Three Measures
September 9, 2008 - White: Volunteer Fire Department, EMS Grants Available
September 2, 2008 - Senator White: Letter to Senators Specter, Casey on
Climate Change and Energy Policy (PDF)
August 12, 2008 - Senator White Joins Colleagues in Commenting on Turnpike’s
Application to Toll Interstate 80 (PDF)
July 24, 2008 - White: Misleading Environmental Scorecard gets an "F"
July 2008 - Senator White's July Television Report is now online
July 4, 2008 - White: Senate Approves Final 2008-09 Budget Bill
July 4, 2008 - General Assembly Passes $650 Million Alternative Energy
Investment Act
July 3, 2008 - White Bill to Strengthen Pennsylvania Center for
Environmental Education to Become Law
July 1, 2008 - White Resolution Recognizing August 2008 as "Oil Heritage
Month" Adopted by Senate
June 30, 2008 - Senate Again Passes Comprehensive Mine Safety Bill
June 13, 2008 - White Praises Senate Passage of Infrastructure Funding
Legislation
June 2008 - Senator White's June Television Report is now online
May 16, 2008 - White: Grants Will Pay for Equipment, Renovations at Three
Senior Centers
May 12, 2008 - Senator White Corrects Centre Daily Times on Energy (PDF)
May 8, 2008 - Sen. Mary Jo White, Sen. Tomlinson Respond to Gov. Rendell on
Energy Policy (PDF)
April 29, 2008 - Measures to Resolve Disputes over Coal Bed Methane Wells,
Encourage Brownfield Redevelopment Agreements Approved by Committee
April 29, 2008 - Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Meeting
April 18, 2008 - White: Persian Gulf Vets Can Now Apply
for Bonuses
April 1, 2008 - Informational Briefing by DCNR on State Forest Natural Gas
Leasing Proposal
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