PRINTER'S NO. 1342
No. 122 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WOJNAROSKI, ROONEY, CAPPABIANCA, BARRAR, BELARDI,
LESCOVITZ, CALTAGIRONE, BEBKO-JONES, LAUGHLIN, HARHAI,
DeWEESE, SOLOBAY, THOMAS, M. COHEN, HERMAN, McCALL,
WASHINGTON, MELIO, SHANER, ORIE, YUDICHAK, FREEMAN, YEWCIC,
TRELLO, READSHAW, LEVDANSKY, WANSACZ, EACHUS, YOUNGBLOOD,
TRAVAGLIO, DeLUCA, ROBERTS, KELLER, CAWLEY, GEORGE, STEELMAN,
STABACK, GRUCELA, PETRARCA, SCRIMENTI, JOSEPHS, WATERS AND
MYERS, MARCH 26, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,
MARCH 26, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging Congress to use any and all means at its disposal to
2 reduce the home heating burden that high gas and electrical
3 costs have placed on Pennsylvania residents during the
4 present fuel price crisis.
5 WHEREAS, The costs of home heating gas and electrical energy
6 have risen disproportionately in the Commonwealth of
7 Pennsylvania compared to many other states and have created a
8 home heating crisis; and
9 WHEREAS, Working families in this Commonwealth should not be
10 forced to choose between heating their homes and life's other
11 basic necessities; and
12 WHEREAS, Hundreds of thousands of homeowners and renters will
13 see additional increases in the cost of heating their homes or
14 apartments unless action is taken to halt the current trend; and
15 WHEREAS, These increases affect not only Pennsylvania's
1 families but Pennsylvania's economy; therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
3 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United
4 States to use any and all resources at its disposal to reduce
5 the burden that high gas and electrical home heating costs have
6 placed on Pennsylvania residents during the present home heating
7 price crisis.
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