Metcalfe Appointed Republican Chairman of House Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
Pennsylvania’s No. 1 Conservative lawmaker views leadership role as prime opportunity to uphold and defend Constitutional liberties, protect taxpayers and advance traditional family values
State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) has been named Republican chairman of the Pennsylvania House Intergovernmental Affairs Committee.
“At the age of 17 when I enlisted in the U.S. Army I raised my hand and swore an oath to protect our Constitution,” said Metcalfe, whose honorable service record between1980-84 includes defending the West German border during the height of the Cold War.
“Every elected official from local government officials to state legislators to the president of the United States swears a similar oath.
“Now after battling in the political arena for more than a decade, I have encountered far too many lawmakers in the Pennsylvania General Assembly who do not care about the self evident, individual liberties that are affirmed in our state and federal constitutions. Instead they view our constitutions as obstacles between them and their objective to obtain more control of our lives and confiscating more of our incomes. This chairmanship and the work of this committee presents a prime time opportunity to uphold and defend the foundational documents of the American way of life and to affirm, protect and advance our God-given, not government-given personal liberties,” added Metcalfe.
The Intergovernmental Affairs Committee considers legislation that is related to relationships among the various levels of local, state and federal government, including unfunded mandates, flag burning, interstate compacts, state sovereignty, and the repeal of outdated and unnecessary statutes.
During the last completed session of the General Assembly, the committee considered legislation dealing with the implementation of Real ID. The federal act mandates minimum nationwide standards for state driver’s licenses and non-driver identification cards. Currently, committee members have been focused on providing legislative oversight regarding how individual state agencies are distributing federal stimulus funding.
Recognized by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s “No. 1 Conservative,” and a multiple-time, highest-ranking lawmaker on the Pennsylvania Liberty Index, Metcalfe remains a leader on the issues of taxpayer protection, education reform, ending Pennsylvania’s illegal alien invasion, the preservation of Second Amendment freedoms, outlawing teacher strikes and compulsory unionism.
His other legislative initiatives include proposals to completely eliminate property taxes within the Commonwealth and requiring voter referendum for any and all future local tax increases.
“For the past seven years, state government spending during the reform-vetoing, welfare-state-expanding Rendell administration has increased exponentially beyond the rate of inflation like some sort of fiscally insane Groundhog Day,” said Metcalfe. “Just as I have done since I was first sworn into office in 1998, I will not hesitate to use this chairmanship or any other of my committee responsibilities to defend traditional marriage and our free market economy or to speak out against socialized medicine, taxpayer funded benefits for illegal aliens or any other government expenditure that falls outside the crystal clear guidelines of our state and federal constitutions.”
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Rep. Daryl Metcalfe
12th District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
(724) 772-3110
(717) 783-1707
Contact: Ty McCauslin
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