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Senator Street Remarks on Senate Bill 959
Senator Street Marches with Health Heroes on May Day, Calls for $200 Million Boost to Nursing Homes in PA CARES Act
Philadelphia, PA − May 1, 2020 – Today Senator Street joined Temple Nurses and Allied Health Professionals in their call for COVID-19 hazard pay, testing, quarantine, and PPE for all. Nurses nationwide held May Day protests underlined by a demand for adequate Personal...
Senator Street Floor Remarks S.B. 1110
Senator Street speaks against anti-choice amendment, says no to SB 857
Senator Street and Senate Democrats Applaud PA Supreme Court Decision to Halt Evictions/Foreclosures Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
HARRSIBURG, March 18, 2020 – Today Senator Street joined colleagues in the Senate Democratic Caucus in Harrisburg to formally enact rules to allow the Senate to convene remotely and submit a request the Pennsylvania Supreme Court halt all eviction and foreclosure...
Coronavirus Testing & Treatment in PA to be Covered by All Major Insurance Companies
Philadelphia, March 13, 2020 –Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia), PA Senate Democratic Chair of the Banking and Insurance Committee, announced today that all major Insurance companies in Pennsylvania will provide comprehensive medical coverage in the commonwealth...
Preparing Students for a Tech Driven Future
How We Get To Carbon Neutral
Senator Street Discusses PA Preferred With Secretary Of Agriculture.
Senator Street And Secretary of Agriculture Discuss Dairy and Chocolate Economy and Urban Agriculture
Safe Injection Sites: Saving Lives & Keeping Communities Safe
Philadelphia, PA – February 27, 2020 – Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) today sent the following letter expressing support for efforts to create a process to give local governments control over the siting of supervised injection sites within...
Diversity in Service Providers Should be Protected
Senator Street and Other Legislators Join Recovery Community to Protect Drug-Free Addiction Recovery Program Funding
Philadelphia, February 21, 2020 – Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia) today led a group of legislators and addiction recovery professionals to respond to proposed recovery house regulations promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol...
Senate Democratic Policy Committee: Combating and Treating Overdose Part II
Drug Free Recovery Programs Press Conference
Drug Free Recovery Programs at Risk
Drug Free Recovery Programs at Risk
Budget Hearings: Drug Free Recovery Must Remain an Option
Senator Street and Secretary Wetzel DOC
Dept of Corrections/Board of Probation and Parole
Senator Street Questions Independent Fiscal Office – “Toxic Schools Restricting PA’s Growth”
Senator Street – Nuisance Establishment Task Force Meeting
2020 Black History Month & The Vote
Senator Street Pleased by Budget that Funds Education and Gun Violence Reduction
Harrisburg PA, February 4, 2020 – Today Senator Street offered support for Governor Wolf’s sixth budget address which included significant education funding, raising the minimum wage, major gun violence reforms and additional funding to reduce gun violence. On Monday...
We are all survivors of gun violence
Survivor of Gun Violence speaks at Mom’s Demand Action Press Conference
Senator Street Remarks at the Moms Demand Action & Members on Gun Violence Survivors Week
Senator Street Encourages A No Vote On SB 773
Sen. Street Export Assistance for Pennsylvania Businesses
DEP Reminds Pennsylvanians to Take a Commonsense Approach to Home Heating Oil and Propane Supply for a Safe Winter
Harrisburg, PA – The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) reminds the more than 2.5 million Pennsylvania households that heat with oil or propane to take a commonsense approach to maintaining their fuel supply for a safe winter. “Many people don’t realize the...