(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) voted to pass H.R. 2471, bipartisan legislation that provides $1.5 trillion in discretionary funding across the government to help lower expenses for working families, create American jobs, strengthen national security and support Ukraine.

“This legislation invests in our infrastructure, helps working families facing rising costs, protects our national security and supports Ukraine in their fight against Putin’s unlawful attack,” said Lamb.

 In addition to the FY 2022 appropriations bills, the legislation contains a supplemental funding package which provides $13.6 billion to support Ukrainian security and humanitarian needs.  Lamb also voted today to pass H.R. 6968, bipartisan legislation to ban the import of Russian oil and energy products into the United States.  This will cut off a major source of revenue for Putin and the Russian economy.  The bill also reauthorizes and strengthens the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to impose further sanctions on Russia.

The FY 2022 Appropriations bill also includes $4,258,262 for nine Community Project Funding requests that Lamb secured for PA-17.  These include:

• $550,000 for Body-Worn Camera and Technology Project (Allegheny Police Chiefs, Inc.)
• $224,000 for Communication System Improvement Project (South Beaver Township Police Department)
• $894,941 for RiverWise Franklin Avenue Park (Beaver County Regional Council of Governments)
• $375,000 for Coraopolis Train Station Project (Coraopolis Community Development Corporation)
• $584,322 for Millvale Ecodistrict Clean Energy Initiative (The New Sun Rising)
• $150,000 for The Cornerstone of Beaver County Men’s Shelter Rehabilitation (The Cornerstone of Beaver County)
• $80,000 for Water Treatment Plant Improvements (Municipal Authority Borough of Midland)
• $999,999 for Center Grange Road Waterline Replacement (Center Township Water Authority)
• $400,000 for Filter Media Material Upgrades (Creswell Heights Joint Authority)

H.R. 2471 moves to the Senate for consideration before it will be signed into law by President Biden.  A detailed summary of the bill is available here.

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Story by Frank Sparks, News/Program Director
(Glasgow Borough, Beaver County, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they were dispatched to the Ohio River near Glasgow Borough yesterday afternoon around 3:45 PM for a male subject that was found in the Ohio River near the Pennsylvania/Ohio State Line.
Troopers said via release that the white male appears to be in his 20’s or 30’s and is described as having a medium build with black hair. He was also wearing jeans with a black belt, no shirt, Tommy Hilfiger shoes, black socks, and a silver diamond tennis necklace.
Troopers said that preliminary indications are that he may have been in the water for a substantial amount of time, however the investigation is currently on-going.
Troopers are encouraging anyone with information to contact the Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver at 724-773-7400

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent
(Ambridge, Pa.) Ambridge Borough Council  voted Tuesday night, March 8, 2022, to select  SGA as the streetscape consultant for the 8th to 12th  Street program . Borough Manager Mario Leone, Jr. said the estimated cost for consulting is $287,000.00. In other business Council authorized  Mr. Leone and the borough engineer to advertise for bids for  the 2022  road program. The Henning Street Park and Playground Project   will receive a total of $917,000 for the project.
The borough and Laughlin Memorial Library received letters that  a 2021 Keystone Recreation Park and Conservation Fund grant proposal for $227,336.14  was awarded to the library.

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Story by Frank Sparks, News/Program Director, Beaver County Radio 
(Harrisburg, Pa.) Pa State Rep. Josh Kail (15th) joined other legislators at a press conference yesterday morning in Harrisburg to discuss legislation and policy initiatives that will have Pennsylvania divest from Russia and invest in freedom by empowering Pennsylvania energy production.

Kail said we should not have any foreign interference when it comes to our policies, and he will soon be proposing a bill to ensure that in our energy sector.

You can see Kail’s speech below from yesterday’s Divesting from Russia and Investing in Freedom Press Conference:

(Video used with permission of Rep. Kail)

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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Pittsburgh councilman Ricky Burgess is sponsoring a bill that would impose a 1% tax on people seeking higher education and those receiving medical care in the City Of Pittsburgh. The reason for the bill would be to have the money from the tax go toward a new fund to repair roads and bridges in the city.
the tax is estimated to bring in more than $50 million each year for the city.
Any students attending colleges, universities and advanced technical schools in the city would be required to pay. Additionally, people receiving services at hospitals, clinics, rehab facilities and “any other facility furnishing medical, therapeutic, psychological or vocational care” would face the extra cost. It would be applied to the full tuition amount at colleges and universities, and the full amount of medical bills.

(Pittsburgh, Pa.) 30-year-old Dejuan Hill, of Aliquippa appeared in federal court on Monday and he was sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute a half-kilogram or more of cocaine. He was also found guilty of a weapons violation due to a prior drug trafficking conviction in which he is no longer able to possess a firearm.
Prosecutors said that 49-year-old Cadee Akins of Monaca, who also appeared in Federal Court on Monday to plead guilty to drug charges, supplied Hill with cocaine between 2018 and 2020. During the course of the investigation, law enforcement conducted three controlled buys of cocaine from Hill at his home on Ann Street in Aliquippa.
A federal search warrant, issued after the drug buys also turned up a loaded handgun with an extended magazine containing 23 rounds of .45 caliber ammunition.

(Pittsburgh, Pa.) 49-year-old Cadee Akins Sr. of Monaca, plead guilty on Monday in Federal Court to a charge of cocaine possession with intent to distribute. Akins was accused of distributing five or more kilograms of cocaine between November 2017 and September 2020 to multiple people, who in distributed it to lower-level drug dealers.
Investigators said they recovered an “owe sheet” from a residence Akins used, identifying other conspirators and money they owed him.
Two separate traffic stops on Akins also yielded two kilograms of cocaine and more than $50,000.
Judge Cathy Bissoon schedule Akins’ sentencing for July 13 at 10 a.m