Jan. 11, 2022 /
![Metcalfe Employee Stock Ownership Plan Legislation Critical for Surviving Biden’s Tsunami Economy]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation sponsored by Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) to further enhance the many benefits and advantages that Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) have for Commonwealth family-owned businesses, employees, communities and the economy was reported out of the House Finance Committee on Tuesday.
Jan. 07, 2022 /
![House ERE Committee to Weigh Benefits, Challenges and Economics of Extracting PA’s Rare Earth Minerals]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing to receive testimony on the benefits, challenges and economics of rare earth mineral extraction.
Jan. 04, 2022 /
![Metcalfe Announces Legislative Retirement]()
HARRISBURG – On Jan. 1, 2022, after the clock struck midnight and the New Year rang in, State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-12) announced to his family that he does not plan to seek re-election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2022.
Dec. 14, 2021 /
![House ERE Committee to Examine Long-Term Decommissioning Options for Solar Panels and Wind Turbines]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing to receive testimony on legislation to assure the proper decommissioning, recycling and reclamation of solar panels and wind turbines (House Bill 2104).
Dec. 06, 2021 /
![Metcalfe Slams Two-Faced Attorney General/Gubernatorial Candidate Shapiro for Deceitful Approval of Wolf’s Job-Killing RGGI Scheme]()
HARRISBURG – House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) issued the following statement today in response to Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s approval of the governor’s rogue Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) scheme for form and legality:
Nov. 03, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee Set to Advance Senate Resolution Rejecting Wolf’s Carbon Tax-Imposing RGGI Scheme]()
HARRISBURG — House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee (ERE) Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a voting meeting to advance Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution No. 1 to disapprove and reject Gov. Tom Wolf’s rogue executive actions to enter Pennsylvania into the multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Oct. 22, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee to Review DEP’s Economically Hazardous Biosolids Permitting Restrictions]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing to receive expert testimony on the potentially negative economic impacts of the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) proposed biosolids management permitting revisions.
Sep. 24, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee to Examine Proposed Price Rule’s Potential to Sustain Competitive and Reliable Energy Markets]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting to determine if PJM Interconnection’s, America’s largest power grid operator, proposed Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) would adequately maintain competitive and reliable energy markets.
Sep. 01, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee Stand Ready to Reject Wolf’s Job-Killing RGGI Scheme, Following ‘Independent’ Commission’s Rubberstamping]()
HARRISBURG — House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee (ERE) Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) has confirmed that he is moving forward with Thursday’s previously scheduled voting meeting to advance a concurrent resolution to once again disapprove and reject Gov. Tom Wolf’s rogue executive actions to enter Pennsylvania into the multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Aug. 16, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee Primed for Expert Testimony on Environmental and Economic Benefits of Pipelines]()
WHAT: Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing focusing on the environmental and economic benefits of pipelines.
Jul. 28, 2021 /
![Chairman Metcalfe, ERE Committee Vote to Reject Wolf’s Unlawful RGGI Scheme]()
HARRISBURG — House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) today concluded a voting meeting, which he convened yesterday, to adopt the following letter to the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) rejecting Gov. Tom Wolf’s rogue executive actions to enter Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI, (Environmental Quality Board Regulation 7-559):
Jul. 15, 2021 /
![ERE Majority Chairman Metcalfe Names Wolf’s Minion EQB Members for Rubberstamping Job-Killing, Carbon Tax Imposing RGGI Scheme]()
HARRISBURG — On Tuesday, the Environmental Quality Board (EQB), which is tasked with adopting all Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulations, rubberstamped (by a vote of 15-4) Gov. Tom Wolf’s rogue executive actions to enter Pennsylvania into the job-killing, carbon-emissions-tax-imposing Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Jul. 06, 2021 /
![ERE Chairman Metcalfe Challenges DEP Secretary to Fully Engage with Public Regarding Unlawful, Unconstitutional RGGI Scheme]()
HARRISBURG – House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) sent the following letter to PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell urging the postponement of the upcoming July 13 Environmental Quality Board (EQB) voting meeting to further advance the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Jun. 21, 2021 /
![ERE Chairman Metcalfe, Scientists, Climate Experts to Expose Flawed Science of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative]()
WHAT: A news conference featuring House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), scientists and climate experts will be held to expose the many flaws and glaring errors in Gov. Tom Wolf’s justification of his proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Jun. 07, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee Set to Advance Legislation to Save Citizens, Energy Jobs from Wolf’s Fake Science-Driven, Carbon Tax-Imposing RGGI Scheme]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a voting meeting to advance House Bill 637, which would require legislative authorization before Pennsylvania could join any cap-and-trade, carbon tax-imposing emissions program such as the governor’s job-killing, fake science-driven Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Jun. 03, 2021 /
![Metcalfe Announces ‘Locked and Loaded’ Legislation and ‘Top Gun’ Speakers Lineup for 2021 Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally]()
HARRISBURG — State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) and many other pro-Second Amendment state lawmakers will join together with law-abiding firearm owners from across the Commonwealth for the 2021 Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally, which will take place this coming Monday June 7, beginning at 10 a.m., front Capitol steps, Capitol Complex, Harrisburg (rain or shine).
May. 05, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee Members Vote to Send Warning Letter to RGGI Board Confirming Rogue Gov. Wolf’s Lack of Authority]()
HARRISBURG — House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) convened a voting meeting on Tuesday to adopt the following letter to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Inc., officially confirming Gov. Tom Wolf’s lack of authority to enter Pennsylvania into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) without legislative approval:
Apr. 26, 2021 /
![PA House and Senate ERE Committees to Convene Public Hearing on Alternate Septic Systems—Act 34 Implementation]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) and Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee Chairman Gene Yaw (R-23) will convene a joint public hearing focusing on Alternate Septic Systems—Act 34 of 2020 Implementation.
Apr. 19, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee Set to Advance High Priority Regulatory Reform Legislation]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a voting meeting to advance several pieces of legislation to rein in regulatory overreach across the Commonwealth.
Apr. 16, 2021 /
![Metcalfe, ERE Committee to Examine Environmental Benefits of PA’s Conventional Oil and Natural Gas Industry]()
WHAT: PA House Environmental Resources and Energy (ERE) Committee Majority Chairman Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene an informational meeting focusing on the environmental benefits of Pennsylvania’s conventional oil and natural gas industry.