Press Releases

Gleim to Host 2024 Veterans Appreciation Breakfast

October 31, 2024

WHAT: Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) is hosting her annual Veterans Appreciation Breakfast to honor those who have or are currently serving in our military. The keynote speaker will be retired Col. Frank Hancock, and there will also be state information relevant to veterans. This year’s Quilt of Valor recipient is World War II veteran Col. Lee Burcham of Carlisle.

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Gleim to Host Fall Fair Oct. 18 in Newville

October 15, 2024

WHAT: Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) is hosting a Fall Fair informational event for individuals and families to learn more about programs and services available to them. More than 65 federal, state and local exhibitors; presentations from Gleim, the PA Army National Guard, Firearm Owners Against Crime, and Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry Counties; voter and mail-in ballot education; and free health screenings will be offered. Children will also be able to trick or treat during the event.

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Gleim, Scialabba, D’Orsie Prevent Harmful Academic Standard Additions

October 8, 2024

Harrisburg, PA – The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) has approved six important edits to its education standards, thanks to a joint letter from Reps. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland), Stephenie Scialabba (R-Butler), and Joe D’Orsie (R-Manchester) that pointed out deficiencies, miscalculations and falsehoods in K-12 education curricula.

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Dedication of SFC Randall Shughart Memorial Bridge in Newville

May 29, 2024

WHAT: Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) is hosting a dedication ceremony for the SFC Randall Shughart Memorial Bridge. The bridge carrying PA Route 641 over Big Spring Creek on the border of Newville Borough and West Pennsboro Township will be dedicated in his honor under Act 17 of 2023. Shughart died during a rescue operation in service to his country on Oct. 3, 1993, during the battle of Mogadishu, Somalia. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

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Gleim Spearheads Greater Regulatory Oversight of FPR

March 1, 2024

HARRISBURG - State Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland), a lawmaker and farmer, has been at the forefront of the issues surrounding food processing residual (FPR) waste for months, with many constituents in her district complaining about the odor and lack of regulations regarding FPR.

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Gleim Announces Local Fire, Ambulance Grants

February 13, 2024

HARRISBURG – Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) announced today that fire and emergency response organizations in the 199th Legislative District in Cumberland County are set to receive grants from the Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant Program.

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Executive Decision Subverts Input of PA Citizens

September 21, 2023

Gov. Josh Shapiro announced his administration will be implementing an automatic voter registration system in Pennsylvania just eight weeks before a general election, circumventing the legislative process. The constitutionality of this unilateral decision is in question and the timing again sows distrust among the people.

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