Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives

Scope and Contents In addition to addressing all normal sorts of committee business, during the 1977-1978 Session, the Federal State Relations Committee dealt with several specific issues. House Bills 2678 and Senate Resolution 1596 address the pros and cons of the District of Columbia obtaining representation in the United State Congress. Funding for Energy Development, particularly Nuclear Feeder Reactors was address by House Resolution 54. House Resolutions 117 and 188 deal with a proposed Inland Waterways...

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The 1979-1980 Federal State Relations Committee was chaired by David S. Hayes (R). The Vice Chair was Jeffrey E. Piccola (R). The Secretary was Fred Belardi (R). Some topics discussed were the ratification of the amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide representation for the District of Columbia, voting machines, and Federal Assistance programs.

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The 1981-1982 Federal State Committee was chaired by George C. Hasay (R). The Vice Chair was Fred Belardi (R). The Secretary was Paul I. Clymer (R).

Some of the major topics discussed during the 1981- 1982 Session were House Resolutions 182, which proposed the adoption of "Pennsylvania Garden State Week," and 195, which proposed the General Assembly memorialize President and Congress help facilitate reduction of nuclear weapons in Soviet Union and United States.

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The records of the Federal State Relations Committee of 1983-1984, the Democrats in the majority. Kenneth Cole (D) served as Majority Chairman. John S. Davies (R) served as Minority Chairman. Eugene G. Saloom (D) served as Majority Vice Chairman, while Fred Belardi (R) served as Minority Vice Chairman. Ronald R. Cowell (D) served as Secretary. Some issues discussed by the committee were ground water contamination and emissions.

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The 1985-1986 session of the Federal State Relations Committee was Chaired by Kenneth Cole (Majority). Edward Lucyk (Majority) served as Vice Chair and Joseph Markosek (Majority) served as Secretary. John Davies served as Minority Chairman, while George W. Jackson served as Minority Vice Chair. There was no Minority Secretary.

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The 1987-1988 session of the Federal State Relations Committee was Chaired by Democrat Kenneth Joseph Cole (Majority). Peter J. Daley, II (Majority) served as Vice Chair and Frank W. Yandrisevits (Majority) served as Secretary. James M. Burd served as Minority Chairman, while George W. Jackson served as Minority Vice Chair. There was no Minority Secretary.

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The 1989-1990 session of the Federal State Relations Committee was Chaired by Democrat Kenneth Joseph Cole (Majority). Paul McHale (Majority) served as Vice Chair and Karen Ritter (Majority) served as Secretary. Elinor Zimmerman Taylor served as Minority Chairman, while George W. Jackson served as Minority Vice Chair. There was no Minority Secretary.

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The 1991-1992 session of the Federal State Relations Committee was Chaired by Italo Cappabianca (Majority). Curtis Bowley (Majority) served as Vice Chair and Leo Trich (Majority) served as Secretary. Frank Serafini served as Minority Chairman, while Samuel Smith served as Minority Vice Chair. There was no Minority Secretary.

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The records of the Federal State Relations Committee from the 1993-1994 session, the Democrats in majority. The Chairs were Italo S. Cappabianca (Majority) and George E. Saurman (Minority). The Vice Chairs were Robert W. O'Donnell (Majority) and Ronald S. Marsico (Minority). The Secretary was P. Michael Sturla (Majority).