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Daily Local Guest Column: Honoring Our Veterans
Nov 11, 2010
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By JIM GERLACH, Guest Column
Honoring those who served in a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day in 1985, President Ronald Reagan acknowledged that we could never repay the debt of gratitude owed to our country's veterans and that "all we can do is remember them and what they did a...
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Pennsylvania Bio Watch: Keeping our nation healthy and our economy strong
Jul 6, 2010
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The following is a guest column that was published in the Pennsylvania Bio Watch newsletter:
Congressman Jim Gerlach
6th District of Pennsylvania
In March, President Obama signed into a law a sweeping overhaul of our nation’s health care system, which is likely to give the federal government un...
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Daily Local News Op-ed: More action and less bureaucracy
Jul 6, 2010
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The following guest column was published in the Daily Local News:
By JIM GERLACH, Guest Columnist
The British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon spill has demonstrated that not only does oil and water not mix, but throw in bureaucracy, and you have a combination that can devastate the environment, idle e...
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Pottstown Mercury Op-Ed: Health bill slashes Medicare, raises taxes
Mar 28, 2010
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By Rep. Jim Gerlach, guest columnist
Supporters of the health care overhaul that Speaker Nancy Pelosi muscled through the U.S. House of Representatives argue this will be the greatest accomplishment since Social Security and Medicare.
What supporters of the $2.4 trillion scheme brush under the...
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Pottstown Mercury Op-Ed: Americans Don't Want Bigger Government
Sep 11, 2009
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By Rep. Jim Gerlach, guest columnist
This summer's simmering debate over health care reform has revealed that Americans clearly want better care and insurance coverage, not just bigger and more costly government programs.
Many fear the quality of health care will get worse with more government...
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Op-Ed on Healthcare Reform in Daily Local News
Jun 18, 2009
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Daily Local News
Partisanship won't cure health woes
Thursday, June 18, 2009
By JIM GERLACH, Guest Columnist
Medical care is one area where politics and partisanship should not matter.
Patients choose their doctors based on the quality of care and expertise of the provider, not party affi...
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Gas woes spur need for energy plan
Jun 9, 2008
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The only thing rising faster than gas prices these days is the blood pressure of American motorists. Understandably, folks are frustrated with pumping more of their paychecks into their gas tanks. Many are looking to Congress for answers.
So far, the response from some in Congress has been to hold ...
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Gerlach Statement on President Bush’s Economic Stimulus Proposal
Jan 18, 2008
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Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-06) made the following statement today following President Bush’s proposal on how to stimulate the economy and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s comments to work in a bipartisan manner:
"I commend the President and Speaker of the House for recognizing that our leader...
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House Approves Legislation to Improve Nation’s Public Housing
Jan 17, 2008
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The House of Representatives agreed to extend a federal program that provides grants to public housing authorities to revitalize or demolish existing severely distressed public housing and replace it with mixed-income housing.
"Studies of the HOPE VI program show that neighborhoods receiving this...
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Gerlach Applauds Bush Decision to Release Additional LIHEAP Funding
Jan 17, 2008
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Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-6) applauded President Bush’s decision to release $450 million in emergency Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding. Concerned with the record high prices of home heating oil, Congressman Gerlach recently urged President Bush to release the remaining $2...
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