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The safety, health and well-being of my district office staff and the community we serve are my top priorities. It is our honor and privilege to serve the residents of the 129th Legislative District. As the situation with COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus, continues to unfold, we are making decisions with the dual goals of serving residents without unnecessarily putting them at risk.

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Meet Rep. Jim Cox

State Rep. Jim Cox represents the 129th Legislative District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, serving parts of Berks and Lancaster Counties.

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The 129th Legislative District consists of part of BERKS County consisting of the TOWNSHIPS of Heidelberg, Lower Heidelberg, North Heidelberg, South Heidelberg and Spring and the BOROUGHS of Adamstown (Berks County Portion), Robesonia, Sinking Spring and Wernersville and part of LANCASTER County consisting of the TOWNSHIP of East Cocalico and the BOROUGH of Adamstown (Lancaster County Portion).

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House Approves Cox Bill to Ensure Displaced Workers Can Continue Participating by Video in Unemployment Hearings

May. 05, 2021 /

HARRISBURG – The COVID-19 pandemic forced Pennsylvania’s unemployment compensation system to adapt by enabling displaced workers and employers to participate by video in unemployment compensation appeal hearings. The state House today approved a bill introduced by Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) to make sure the system remains modernized and doesn’t slip back into its old, inconvenient ways.

House Committee Hearing Wednesday Seeks Unemployment Compensation System Update

Jan. 26, 2021 /

WHAT: With many Pennsylvanians still unable to access Unemployment Compensation benefits they applied for during the global COVID-19 pandemic and after the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry late last year failed to meet its deadline to launch a revamped unemployment compensation benefits system, the House Labor and Industry Committee will convene an informational hearing to learn about the status of the thousands of unresolved claims as well as to receive an update related to the progress toward the launch of the renovated system.

PA Lawmakers: Numbers Don’t Add Up, Certification of Presidential Results Premature and In Error

Dec. 28, 2020 /

HARRISBURG – A group of state lawmakers performing extensive analysis of election data today revealed troubling discrepancies between the numbers of total votes counted and total number of voters who voted in the 2020 General Election, and as a result are questioning how the results of the presidential election could possibly have been certified by Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar and Governor Tom Wolf. These findings are in addition to prior concerns regarding actions by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Secretary, and others impacting the conduct of the election.

Cox Worries Labor and Industry Focus on COVID-19 Enforcement Could Harm Unemployed Workers and Their Families

Dec. 18, 2020 /

HARRISBURG – With thousands of unemployed Pennsylvanians still waiting for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to process their unemployment compensation claims, House Labor and Industry Committee Chairman Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) this week was dismayed to learn some department staff are focused on enforcing COVID-19 restrictions on employers rather than helping unemployed workers.

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