Please join me in a moment of silent prayer as we thank God for the bravery and courage of these women. And as we pray for their full and speedy recovery. Please join me in a moment of silent prayer. Part of my job as majority leader is to direct the traffic. Like the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia on Friday afternoon, the legislature has more traffic than we have highway and when there s a wreck I have to turn on my blue light and keep the traffic flowing.
Education is an issue that invites gridlock.
So many people have such strong feelings that it s easy to keep putting the hard choices oft until some other year, forever. There are 900,000 children in Pennsylvania under the age of five. They are my personal priority. I will work with everyone anyone to help those children. Remember that In Pennsylvania, we put the children first.