PASSHE Reforms Lauded at Budget Hearing
Mar. 22, 2023 / Embed
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) has done a remarkable job of getting its spending under control while holding tuition in check. At the PASSHE budget hearing, I asked Chancellor Daniel Greenstein about the impact his reforms have had on the state system schools.
Lawrence Requests Details of Community College Contracts
Mar. 21, 2023 / Embed
I asked Dr. Elizabeth Bolden, president and CEO of the PA Commission for Community Colleges, to provide the Appropriations Committee with detailed information not included in two community college construction projects.
Lawrence Questions PSU Big 10 Conference Move
Mar. 21, 2023 / Embed
During Appropriations Committee budget hearings with officials of Pennsylvania's state-related universities, I questioned Penn State University president, Dr. Neeli Bendapudi, about the recent decision to expand the Big 10 conference to include USC and UCLA.
Lawrence Budget Hearing Questions
Mar. 20, 2023 / Embed
State budget hearings began March 20 with the Pennsylvania Department of Education. As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, I questioned Acting Secretary of Education Khalid Mumin, about the Keystone exams.
Rep. Lawrence's 2023 PA Farm Show Celebrity Cow Milking Contest
Jan. 18, 2023 / Embed
State Rep. John Lawrence competes in the cow-milking contest.
CWA Update
Nov. 16, 2022 / Embed
Floor remarks concerning update on CWA.
PA House Select Committee on Restoring Law & Order Meeting
Oct. 24, 2022 / Embed
House Resolution 216 is discussed along with any other business before the committee.
PA House Select Committee Hearing: Restoring Law & Order
Sep. 30, 2022 / Embed
Testimony Relating to HR 216.
PA House Select Committee on Restoring Law & Order, Public Hearing
Sep. 29, 2022 / Embed
Entire Hearing - Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order - Public Hearing on Testimony related to HR 216.
The First Step in Further Accountability
Sep. 13, 2022 / Embed
Rep. John Lawrence, chair of the House Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order, opens debate on a resolution to hold Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner in contempt for his willful refusal to comply with a duly issued subpoena