Jun. 24, 2019 /
![House Approves Cox Bill to Help Fight Opioid Epidemic]()
HARRISBURG – The state House today approved legislation introduced by Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) that would help health care professionals identify and treat patients who previously overdosed on opioids.
May. 14, 2019 /
![House Committee Approves Cox Bill to Fight Opioid Epidemic]()
HARRISBURG – The state House Health Committee today approved legislation introduced by state Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) that would help health care professionals identify and treat patients who previously overdosed on opioids.
Mar. 18, 2019 /
![House Committees to Hear from Auditor General about Workforce Development Report]()
WHAT: House Labor and Industry Committee Chairman Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) and House Commerce Committee Chairman Mark Keller (R-Perry/Cumberland) will host a joint hearing to receive testimony from Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale regarding a recent performance audit report published by his office pertaining to Pennsylvania’s workforce development system.
Mar. 15, 2019 /
![Cox, House Committee to Consider Bill to Inform Workers of Their Rights and Repeal Unconstitutional Law Related to Public Unions]()
WHAT: House Labor and Industry Committee Chairman Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) will host a committee meeting where members will consider House Bill 785, introduced by Rep. Kate Klunk (York), that would provide non-union workers in public-sector union shops with information about their First Amendment rights and also repeal “fair share fee” provisions of Pennsylvania’s labor laws that were recently deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mar. 04, 2019 /
![Cox, House Committee to Hear about Opioid Prescribing Problems in State Workers’ Compensation System]()
WHAT: House Labor and Industry Committee Chairman Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) will host an informational hearing to identify problems, issues and opportunities for improvement in the state’s workers’ compensation system related to the prescribing of opioid medications and whether it plays a part in the overall opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania.
Feb. 21, 2019 /
![House Approves Cox Bill to Save Taxpayers Money through Pension Reform - Bill would bump future multi-state commission members from state pension system]()
HARRISBURG – The state House today approved legislation introduced by Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) that would save taxpayers money by prohibiting future employees of a multi-state commission from participating in the state’s public pension system.
Feb. 15, 2019 /
![Cox, House Committee to Hear about Worker Training Programs]()
WHAT: House Labor and Industry Committee Chairman Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) will host an informational hearing to identify policies and procedures to better align worker training and preparation programs with the needs of employers in an effort to enhance the success of workers seeking to enter or advance in the workforce.
Feb. 15, 2019 /
![Cox, House Committee to Hear about Worker Training Programs]()
WHAT: House Labor and Industry Committee Chairman Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) will host an informational hearing to identify policies and procedures to better align worker training and preparation programs with the needs of employers in an effort to enhance the success of workers seeking to enter or advance in the workforce.
Feb. 05, 2019 /
![Cox Sees Opportunities for Cooperation on Workforce Development in Governor’s Budget Proposal]()
HARRISBURG – Following Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget address delivered today to a joint session of the state House and Senate, state Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) – who recently began serving as chairman of the House Labor and Industry Committee – issued the following statement:
Feb. 05, 2019 /
![House Committee to Hear about Broader Effects of Minimum Wage Hike]()
WHAT: An informational hearing to identify how a significant state minimum wage hike would affect not only minimum wage workers, but also other workers and consumers in the larger economy.
Jan. 03, 2019 /
![Cox Appointed Chairman of House Labor and Industry Committee]()
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) was appointed this week by the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve as chairman of the House Labor and Industry Committee.
Jul. 17, 2018 /
![Every Role Matters When Protecting Care-Dependent People]()
Most of us were shocked and saddened when we read the series of Reading Eagle articles detailing unconscionable acts of elder abuse. We were angered to read stories about senior citizens and other care-dependent individuals whose caretakers, through willful acts of neglect, allowed them to suffer and perish.