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Health and Human Services – March 19, 2018 – Room 8E-B, East Wing  

Senator Lisa Baker questions Secretary Teresa Osborne during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Department of Aging.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions Secretary Pedro Rivera during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Department of Education.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions Secretary Dennis Davin during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Department of Community & Economic Development.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions Secretary C. Daniel Hassell during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Department of Revenue / Lottery.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions Secretary Patrick McDonnell during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Department of Environmental Protection.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions LCB officials during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel and Chairman Leo Dunn during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Department of Corrections and the Board of Probation & Parole.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions PSP Commissioner COL Tyree Blocker during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Pennsylvania State Police / Office of Homeland Security.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions officials during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the State System of Higher Education.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions Attorney General Josh Shapiro during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Office of Attorney General.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions Auditor General Eugene DePasquale during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Office of Auditor General.  

Senator Lisa Baker questions Acting Secretary Robert Torres during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Department of State.  

Senator Baker questions Executive Director Matt Knittel during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Independent Fiscal Office.  

Senator Baker questions State Treasurer Joseph Torsella during the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing for the Treasury Department.  

Senator Lisa Baker (R-20) and Senator John Yudichak (D-14), joined by members of the Senate Lead Task Force, hosted a roundtable on lead exposure, lead testing, and lead abatement policies in Pennsylvania.  

Senator Baker offers a resolution recognizing March 1, 2018, as “St. David’s Day” in Pennsylvania to honor the patron saint of Wales. Listen  

Senator Lisa Baker, R-20th District, offered the following comments on the governor’s 2018-19 budget plan:  

Senator Baker offers a resolution recognizing Friday, February 2, 2018, as “National Wear Red Day” in Pennsylvania to raise awareness about heart disease and strokes for women.  

Sen. Baker urges her Senate colleagues to vote in favor of SB 978, legislation that would give home hospice nurses the authority to properly destroy unused drugs following a patient’s death.   Listen

Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20th, recently had the chance to take our views and concerns to the White House after being invited to a policy forum involving top women serving in the Trump administration.

As Pennsylvania continues fighting a severe opioid crisis, the potential for abuse of hospice drugs prompted the Senate Health and Human Services Committee to approve a remedy today, according to chairwoman Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20th).

Senator Baker introduces the Dallas High School baseball team. The Mountainers captured the 2017 PIAA 4A state championship. Listen  

The PA House Republican Policy Committee held a public hearing on Oct. 31 at Salvation Army Camp Ladore in Wayne County on the potential impact of a permanent natural gas drilling ban being proposed by the Delaware River Basin Commission.