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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Curt [email protected] Liability Protections Necessary for Smart RestartBusiness and Health Care Organizations Say Legislature Must Take Action to Ensure Full Recovery (Harrisburg, PA – May 28, 2020) Health care providers should be able to deliver care and Pennsylvanians should be able to reopen the economy without fear of getting sued. Today, ...

TO: Keith J. Salador, Esq., Executive Director, Citizens Advisory CouncilFROM: Carl A. Marrara, Vice President of Government AffairsRE: Comments in Opposition of RGGI Proposal It is the position of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association that the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a flawed proposal and is not sound public policy for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ...

The following quote can be attributed to David N. Taylor, President & CEO: “Senator Toomey’s ‘PA Starts Up Safely’ plan provides the immediate structure, support, and guidance necessary to allow our commonwealth to get back to business. There’s no need to arbitrarily wait until May 8, as more than half of the commonwealth’s counties show ...

The Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association (PMA) is the nonprofit, statewide trade organization representing the manufacturing sector, 570,000 employees on plant floors, millions of additional jobs in supporting industries, and more than $93 billion in gross state product in Pennsylvania’s public policy process. We appreciate the opportunity to provide comments to the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) as ...

The following can be attributed to David N. Taylor, President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association in response to Governor Wolf’s executive order, dated April 8, 2020, allowing for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with Commonwealth agencies to “commandeer… personal protective equipment, pharmaceuticals, and other medical resources located within the Commonwealth of ...

Harrisburg, PA – On April 4 Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Dennis Davin announced the creation of the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Call to Action Portal, which will mobilize manufacturers that are producing COVID-19-related products and supplies or can pivot to producing COVID-19-related supplies. “As we work to protect public health and safety and ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 27, 2020   Mr. David N. [email protected] The following can be attributed to David N. Taylor, President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association. “Today, Governor Wolf killed off a billion dollars in upfront capital investment, hundreds of millions of dollars in wages to construct and staff the new plants, and more ...

The Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association released an economic impact study, analyzing the prospect of two natural gas synthesis plants located in northeast Pennsylvania. “Based on the results, it’s clear that these projects would be transformative to northeast Pennsylvania, and the commonwealth as a whole,” said David N. Taylor, President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association. ...

Background and Executive Summary Pennsylvania’s energy opportunity continues to drive innovation and revitalize economies in the areas of the commonwealth that often need it the most. In Beaver County, Pennsylvania, the largest construction site in North America is underway, supporting 6,500 construction jobs and the manufacturing plant being built will sustain more than 600 manufacturing ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Overly-broad and imprecise business closure order will scramble supply chains, thwart production of life-saving goods, prevent those goods from reaching end users, and unnecessarily inflict lasting economic damage. March 19, 2020 (Harrisburg, PA) – In response to the executive order issued by Governor Tom Wolf earlier today, Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association President & ...