Gibson C. Armstrong (born 1967 at

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point or MCAS Cherry Point (*) is a United States Marine Corps airfield located in Havelock, North Carolina, United States, in the eastern part of the state. It was built in 1941, and was commissioned in 1942 and ...

) is an American politician. He represented the 100th district from 2002 to 2006 in the

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Early life and education

He graduated from

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, Pennsylvania. He served in the

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for nine years, leaving as a major (select). While in the Marine Corps, he attended the

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at the

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, Newport, Rhode Island.

Political career

Armstrong was elected to the

in 2002, defeating John Barley. When Barley resigned, he was elected in a special election on July 16, 2002. He was a member of the Appropriations Committee, the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, the Aging and Older Adults Committee, the Transportation Committee and Veterans and Emergency Preparedness Committee. Armstrong helped draft and sponsor the 16-bill Keystone Manufacturing Initiative that cut business taxes and eliminated school property taxes. Armstrong ran the Renewable Energy and Environmental Caucus and drafted a fuel standards bill for the Governor's Penn Secure Fuels Initiative. He was also a member of Penn Future. On the Transportation Committee, Chairman

Richard Geist Richard A. "Rick" Geist (November 21, 1944 – August 29, 2019) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 79th District, first elected in 1978. Career Prior to his election ...

picked Armstrong to run the Aviation Subcommittee and stop the state's $20 million Aviation Trust Fund from losing $1 million annually. He worked with

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to stand up the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority. He served on the authority until 2019. In his second term he wrote a resolution to establish the Select Committee on Higher Education. This gave the General Assembly the authority to hold bipartisan hearings on free speech and academic freedom.

References

External links

Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Gibson C. Armstrong
official PA House website (archived)
Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus - Representative Gibson C. Armstrong
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