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Rob Bresnahan
Robert Paul Bresnahan Jr. ( ; born April 22, 1990) is an American politician and businessman serving as the United States representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district since 2025. He is a member of the Republican Party. He defeated incumbent Matt Cartwright in the 2024 election. He took office on January 3, 2025. Early life and education Bresnahan was born on April 22, 1990, in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and attended Wyoming Seminary. Bresnahan studied business at the University of Scranton and was on the golf team. Early career At the age of 19, Bresnahan became the chief financial officer of his grandfather's highway electrical business, Kuharchik Construction in Exeter, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the University of Scranton, Bresnahan took over as CEO in 2013. In 2023, Bresnahan partnered Kuharchik Construction with Midwestern Electric near Chicago, Illinois. Bresnahan is the owner of RPB Ventures, a real esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio and the Ohio River to its west, Lake Erie and New York (state), New York to its north, the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie. Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia. Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of William Penn (Royal Navy officer), the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish Empire, Swedish colony. Established as a haven for religious and political tolerance, the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pike County, Pennsylvania
Pike County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 58,535. Its county seat is Milford, Pennsylvania, Milford. The county is part of the Northeastern Pennsylvania, Northeast Pennsylvania region of the state. Pike County is included in the New York metropolitan area. History Pike County was named for General Zebulon Pike. It was organized on March 26, 1814, from part of Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Some English settlement in the area had started during the colonial years. The longtime original inhabitants were the Lenape Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans, known by the English colonists as the Delaware Indians because their territory was along the Delaware River (as named by the colonists), as well as the coastal mid-Atlantic area. In 1694, Governor Benjamin Fletcher of the colony of New York sent Captain Arent Schuyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Small Business Subcommittee On Economic Growth, Tax, And Capital Access
The House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access is one of five subcommittees of the House Small Business Committee and is responsible for evaluating the operation of financial markets in the United States as well as their ability to provide small businesses with the capital they need. The subcommittee also reviews federal programs, but especially those that are being overseen by the Small Business Administration which is aimed at helping assist entrepreneurs in obtaining needed business capital. Since the tax policy also plays an integral role in access to capital, the committee also examines the impact of federal tax policies on small businesses. Jurisdiction From the subcommittee website: :This Subcommittee will evaluate the operation of the financial markets in the United States and their ability to provide needed capital to small businesses. In addition, the Subcommittee will review federal programs, especially those overseen by the SBA, aimed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Committee On Small Business
The United States House Committee on Small Business is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It was established in 1941 as the House Select Committee on Small Business. History On December 4, 1941, the U. S. House of Representatives created the first House Select Committee on Small Business in response to a growing number of small business activists and organizations advocating for more protections and better government policies for America's small businesses. While it had no legislative authority, the select committee became popular with House members and was reauthorized every following Congress until January 5, 1975, when it was made a permanent standing committee. House members then granted the new standing committee with certain areas of legislative jurisdiction and oversight functions, increasing its scope and influence. Specifically, the House Small Business Committee is charged with assessing and investigating the problems of small businesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Transportation Subcommittee On Highways And Transit
The House Transportation Subcommittee on Highways and Transit is a subcommittee within the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Jurisdiction The subcommittee oversees highway, transit, and highway safety programs in the United States, and policies governing how highway and transit projects are planned, approved, and constructed. Agencies within its jurisdiction are the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. It also oversees portions of the Clean Air Act related to vehicle fuel economy, including Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA ) is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on automobile safety regulations. NHTSA is charged with writing and enforcing Feder .... Members, 119th Congress Historical member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Transportation Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management
The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management is a subcommittee within the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Jurisdiction The Subcommittee oversees many federal real estate and economic development programs. The real estate management arm of the Subcommittee, for example, oversees the Public Buildings Service, which is responsible for the infrastructure and use of the Capitol Grounds, the Smithsonian Institution, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Subcommittee also manages the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and certain aspects of the Department of Homeland Security The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior, home, or public security ministries in other countries. Its missions invol .... Members, 119th Congress Historical membership rosters 115th Congress 116t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Transportation Subcommittee On Aviation
The Subcommittee on Aviation is a subcommittee within the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Jurisdiction The Subcommittee on Aviation has jurisdiction over all aspects of civil aviation, including safety, infrastructure, labor, commerce, and international issues. All programs of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) except for research activities, are within the purview of the Subcommittee. The Aviation Subcommittee is also traditionally the lead subcommittee with jurisdiction over the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the federal agency responsible for investigating civil aviation accidents and other transportation accidents. The Essential Air Service program, which ensures commercial air service to smaller communities, the war risk insurance program, which provides insurance coverage for commercial flights to high-risk parts of the world, the National Mediation Board The National Mediation Board (NMB) is an independent agency of the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. History The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure was formerly known as the Committee on Public Works and Transportation from 1975 to 1994, and the United States House Committee on Public Works, Committee on Public Works between 1947 and 1974. Under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 the Committees on United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1946), United States House Committees on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (1883–1946), United States House Committee on Roads, Roads (1913–1946), and the United States House Committee on Flood Control, Flood Control (1916–1946) were combined to form the Committee on Public Works. Its jurisdiction from the beginning of the 80th Congress (1947–1948) through the 90th Congress (1967–1968) remained unchanged. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Agriculture Subcommittee On Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, And Rural Development
The United States House Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development is a subcommittee within the House Agriculture Committee. It was previously known as the subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, but lost jurisdiction over agricultural credit at the 118th Congress. It is currently chaired by Republican Dusty Johnson of South Dakota and its Ranking Member is Democrat Yadira Caraveo of Colorado. Jurisdiction Policies, statutes, and markets relating to commodity exchanges; rural development; energy; rural electrification; and related oversight of such issues. History The subcommittee was formerly known as the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research prior to the 110th Congress when rural development issues and several other of its responsibilities, such as farm security and family farming matters, plant pests and pesticides, and biotechnology were transferred to other subcommittees. Energy was also added to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Agriculture Subcommittee On Conservation, Research, And Biotechnology
The House Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology is a subcommittee within the House Agriculture Committee. It was first created during the 110th Congress as the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture, though horticulture is no longer under its jurisdiction. It is currently chaired by Republican Jim Baird of Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s .... Jurisdiction Policies and statutes related to resource conservation; pest and disease management, including pesticides; bioterrorism; adulteration and quarantine matters; research, education, and extension; biotechnology; and related oversight of such issues. Members, 119th Congress Historical membership rosters 115th Congress 116th Congress 117th Congress 118th Congress Note ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Committee On Agriculture
The United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, or Agriculture Committee is a Standing committees, standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The House Committee on Agriculture has general jurisdiction over federal agriculture policy and oversight of some federal agencies, and it can recommend funding appropriations for various governmental agencies, programs, and activities, as defined by House rules. History of the committee The Agriculture Committee was created on May 3, 1820, after Lewis Williams (politician), Lewis Williams of North Carolina sponsored a resolution (law), resolution to create the committee and give agriculture, agricultural issues equal weight with commerce, commercial and manufacturing interests. The committee originally consisted of seven members, from the states of Maryland, New Hampshire, New York (state), New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. Thomas Forrest (politician), Thomas Forrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medicaid
Medicaid is a government program in the United States that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by U.S. state, state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a significant portion of their funding. States are not required to participate in the program, although all have since 1982. Medicaid was established in 1965, part of the Great Society set of programs during Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Administration, and was significantly expanded by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was passed in 2010. In most states, any member of a household with income up to 138% of the federal Poverty line in the United States#Measures of poverty, poverty line qualifies for Medicaid coverage under the provisions of the ACA. A 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
