The House Health Committee approved legislation Rep. Cox introduced that would prevent criminals convicted of distributing drugs from receiving welfare benefits. Cox spoke in support of his bill when it was being debated during the committee meeting. His legislation now heads to the full House of Representatives for consideration. You can read the bill by clicking here.

Rep. Cox participated in a House Judiciary Committee hearing at the Reading Regional Airport about the alarming number of deaths associated with local halfway houses that are supposed to help parolees addicted to illegal drugs transition to life outside of the correction system. The committee called the hearing following recent deaths and other incidents at Alcohol & Drug Addiction Parole & Probation Treatment (ADAPPT) in Reading and Wernersville Community Corrections Center (WCCC), two halfway houses supported with public dollars.