00:08 - >>REPRESENTATIVE

00:09 - MATTHEW DOWLING A SOMERSET

00:11 - COUNTY AS PART OF YOUR

00:12 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT TELL US

00:14 - ABOUT IT A SOMERSET COUNTY IS

00:16 - REALLY A BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN

00:17 - PENNSYLVANIA, IF YOU HAVE.

00:20 - >>YOU'VE NOT BEEN THERE.

00:21 - THE BEST TIME TO GO IN MY

00:23 - OPINION

00:23 - IS DURING THE LATE WINTER EARLY

00:27 - SPRING THAT'S THEIR MAJOR

00:29 - PRODUCTION HAPPENS WITH MAPLE

00:31 - SYRUP AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE

00:33 - LARGEST PRODUCERS, NOT JUST

00:35 - WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH OF

00:36 - MAPLE SYRUP BUT WITHIN THE

00:37 - COUNTRY. THOUSANDS OF

00:40 - GALLONS ACTUALLY TO CANADA

00:43 - WHICH GENERALLY MAKE IT BACK

00:44 - TO US IN THE SYRUP YOU BUY ON

00:47 - THE SHELVES A LOT THE MAPLE

00:49 - PRODUCERS ALSO

00:50 - SHELL CELL DIRECT PEOPLE THAT

00:53 - ARE VISITING

00:54 - THE AREA WERE CARRIED SHELVES

00:57 - AND IN MAYBE

00:57 - FARMERS MARKETS.

01:00 - >>BESIDES MAPLE PRODUCTION WHAT

01:01 - DO YOU SUPPOSE SAID SOMERSET

01:03 - COUNTY PARK FROM OTHER PARTS OF

01:04 - PENNSYLVANIA PARTICULARLY

01:06 - PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T VISITED

01:07 - THE AREA.

01:08 - >>YOU KNOW OF RURAL ACROSS THE

01:11 - ENTIRE COUNTY. A SMALL IN

01:14 - POPULATION SIZE.

01:16 - >>THE PEOPLE THERE THOUGH.

01:20 - >>THE THEY KIND

01:22 - OF A SIMPLER LIFE THEN MAYBE

01:24 - YOU SEE IN SOME OTHER AREAS.

01:26 - OF COURSE THEY DO HAVE SCHOOL

01:27 - DISTRICTS THAT ARE YET STATE

01:29 - STANDARDS AND AND DO GREAT THEY

01:31 - STILL A FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

01:32 - GAMES. BUT YOU KIND OF SEE THAT

01:35 - A HOLDOVER FROM AN AGRARIAN

01:36 - CULTURE HAPPENING IN MOST OF

01:39 - SOMERSET COUNTY OR

01:40 - DEFINITELY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF

01:42 - OF SOMERSET WHICH IS IN

01:43 - MY DISTRICT.

01:44 - >>AND WHAT OF YOUR LEGISLATIVE

01:46 - PRIORITIES BEEN SINCE YOU TOOK

01:48 - OFFICE AND ONE WAS THAT.

01:49 - >>WELL I TOOK BUT THIS IS MY

01:51 - 3RD TERM SO ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO

01:53 - BEING THROUGH HALF OF THIS TERM

01:55 - RIGHT NOW.

01:56 - I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF

01:58 - PRIORITIES THAT.

02:01 - I HAVE BEEN FOR THE ENTIRE

02:04 - AND I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE

02:06 - SECOND AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHT

02:07 - TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS I HAD A

02:09 - PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT

02:10 - PASSED THE HOUSE AND THE

02:11 - SENATE. LAST SESSION DID IT

02:15 - DEALT WITH BEING ABLE TO OPEN

02:17 - CARRY

02:17 - A FIREARM DURING A DISASTER

02:19 - DECLARATION AND LARRY AS YOU

02:21 - WELL KNOW WE'VE BEEN UNDER

02:23 - DISASTER DECLARATION NOW FOR

02:26 - NOT JUST FOR THE PANDEMIC BUT

02:28 - FOR NEARLY 3 YEARS. BECAUSE THE

02:30 - OPIOID CRISIS IN

02:31 - PENNSYLVANIA, SO CURRENT LAW

02:33 - STATED THAT IT IS ILLEGAL TO

02:36 - OPEN CARRY ON THE PUBLIC

02:37 - STREETS. WHICH IS A

02:39 - CONSTITUTIONALLY GRANTED IN

02:42 - MY OPINION AND THAT LEGISLATION

02:45 - WOULD HAVE CHANGED THAT.

02:46 - WE PASSED THAT IT WAS VETOED

02:48 - UNFORTUNATELY BY

02:49 - THE GOVERNOR. THIS YEAR, I'M

02:50 - WORKING ON PREEMPTION LAWS

02:52 - WHERE INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES

02:54 - MAY CHANGE GUN LAWS. YOU KNOW

02:56 - IT'S IT'S REALLY

02:58 - WE HAVE OVER 2000

02:59 - MUNICIPALITIES IN THE

03:01 - COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

03:03 - AND YOU DON'T WANT 2000 SETS A

03:04 - LOSS, IT'S VERY

03:06 - DIFFICULT TO. NO WHEN YOU'RE

03:08 - TRAVELING IN AND OUT OF A

03:10 - DIFFERENT MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY

03:12 - AND WE WANT LAW ABIDING

03:13 - CITIZENS TO CARRY

03:14 - A FIREARM DO NOT VIOLATE A LAW

03:18 - THAT THEY DON'T HAPPEN TO KNOW

03:18 - ABOUT SO WE WANT TO WE DON'T

03:21 - WANT ANY LAWS THAT PREEMPT THE

03:22 - STATES LAWS IT'S ALWAYS KIND

03:24 - OF BEEN. WITHIN OUR REALM

03:26 - AS THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO

03:28 - CONTROL FIREARM LAWS AND THAT'S

03:29 - THE WAY WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT.

03:31 - SO WHEN YOU CROSS A BOUNDARY

03:32 - CURRENTLY WITH A FIREARM IN

03:33 - YOUR POSSESSION YOU WANT TO

03:34 - MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE

03:35 - WITH THE

03:36 - LAW ABSOLUTELY.

03:37 - >>AND RIGHT NOW THE WAY THAT IS

03:39 - MUNICIPALITIES ARE STARTING TO

03:41 - PASS THEIR OWN LAWS WE SEE THAT

03:42 - PRIMARILY AND IN THE URBAN

03:44 - AREAS LIKE PHILADELPHIA.

03:46 - >>ALLEGHENY COUNTY BUT

03:47 - THERE ARE SMALLER

03:48 - MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE TWINNED

03:50 - WITH THAT IDEA AS WELL AND THE

03:52 - LEGISLATION WOULD ALLOW.

03:56 - INDIVIDUAL GROUPS OR

03:57 - INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES TO BRING

04:00 - LAWSUITS AGAINST THE

04:01 - MUNICIPALITIES THAT PUT THOSE

04:03 - LAWS IN PLACE AND IT'S ALSO

04:04 - IMPORTANT

04:05 - TO NOTE THAT WE WANT TO GIVE

04:06 - THOSE MUNICIPALITIES ENOUGH

04:08 - TIME BEFORE THE LAW WOULD GO

04:09 - INTO EFFECT SHOULD IT BE SIGNED

04:11 - BY THE GOVERNOR TO ITS PAST OUT

04:13 - OF THE HOUSE AND THE

04:14 - SENATE NOW TO REPEAL AND THOSE

04:16 - LAWS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THIS

04:17 - COSTLY LAWSUITS HAPPENING TO

04:19 - MUNICIPALITIES IF THEY CAN

04:21 - AVOID THEM.

04:22 - >>NOW TELL US MORE ABOUT THE

04:24 - CAUCUS THAT YOU'RE A MEMBER OF

04:25 - WILLIAM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

04:27 - SECOND AMENDMENT CAUCUS ON IT I

04:28 - AM YES AND THE SECOND

04:30 - AMENDMENT CAUCUS. HAS A GOOD

04:33 - MAN MANY MEMBERS I BELIEVE WORK

04:36 - OVER 70 RIGHT NOW. AND

04:40 - WE MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS TO

04:42 - DISCUSS GUN LAWS THAT ARE

04:44 - EITHER POSITIVE OR THAT WE MAY

04:47 - SEE NEGATIVE.

04:49 - AND THAT EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT

04:51 - FOR OUR MEMBERS

04:52 - I ALSO KIND OF SERVE AS A

04:54 - LIAISON DIFFERENT GANG GROUPS

04:56 - WHETHER

04:57 - THEY BE GROUPS THAT ARE DEALING

05:00 - WITH GUN IN ARE LOOKING MAYBE

05:02 - FIRST HARSHER PENALTIES.

05:05 - FOR CRIMES THAT ARE COMMITTED

05:06 - WITH FIREARMS. ALSO GROUPS OF

05:09 - COURSE

05:09 - THE NRA GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA

05:12 - AND SO ACT

05:13 - WHICH IS A GROUP OUT OF

05:15 - ALLEGHENY COUNTY THAT'S BEEN

05:16 - VERY INSTRUMENTAL

05:19 - IN A LOT OF THE LEGISLATION

05:20 - THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST

05:21 - DECADE DEALING WITH FIREARMS.

05:24 - THAT'S FIREARM OWNERS

05:25 - AGAINST CRIME. WHY DID YOU FEEL

05:27 - IT WAS NECESSARY TO FORM THE

05:29 - SECOND AMENDMENT CAR SO I DID

05:31 - NOT FORM THE CAUCUS, MYSELF HAS

05:34 - HAD PREVIOUS MOST PREVIOUSLY

05:37 - WAS IT DEAR FRIEND OF MINE AT

05:40 - REPRESENTIVE JEFF PYLE WHO HAS

05:43 - YOU KNOW TAKE A AND RESIGNED

05:46 - EARLIER THIS SESSION YEAR.

05:49 - BEFORE HE RESIGNED FROM HIS

05:51 - POSITION IN THE HOUSE HE

05:52 - ASKED IF AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF

05:54 - PHI WOULD BE WILLING CONSIDER

05:56 - TAKING ON

05:57 - THAT CAUCUS AND THEN WE WE WENT

05:59 - THROUGH LEADERSHIP WITH THAT

06:00 - PROCESS AS WELL

06:02 - SO I INHERITED IT FROM A

06:04 - REPRESENTATIVE PYLE WHO DID

06:06 - GREAT THINGS FOR THAT CAUCUS IN

06:07 - THE TIME THAT HE

06:08 - CHAIRED IT WHICH OF YOUR

06:10 - LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

06:11 - HAVE BENEFITED THE PEOPLE OF

06:13 - SOMERSET COUNTY THE MOST.

06:16 - YOU KNOW I ATE

06:17 - I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE

06:18 - PIECE THAT YOU KNOW HAS

06:20 - BENEFITED THEM OR THAT THEY'VE

06:22 - BEEN MY PIECE OF LEGISLATION

06:23 - BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT

06:25 - IS THAT LEGISLATORS NO ONE VOTE

06:28 - THEIR DISTRICTS. I'VE BEEN ON

06:30 - THE CALL IN SHOW BEFORE OF

06:31 - COURSE WE HAVE A DEMOCRAT IN A

06:33 - REPUBLICAN. AND THE SENATOR I

06:35 - WAS ON WITH A WAS FROM

06:37 - PHILADELPHIA AND THE DEMOCRAT

06:39 - AND WHAT

06:41 - WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS WE

06:43 - ACTUALLY SAW EYE TO EYE ON A

06:44 - LOT OF

06:46 - BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO

06:48 - CONSIDERATION, WHAT THE MAKEUP

06:50 - OF OUR

06:50 - DISTRICT IS AND SO AS A

06:52 - LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

06:53 - I THINK JUST HAVING A VOICE

06:56 - IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IS

06:58 - VERY IMPORTANT FOR EACH

06:59 - DISTRICT BECAUSE OUR DISTRICTS

07:01 - DO CHANGE.

07:03 - DRASTICALLY ACROSS THE IN YOU

07:05 - KNOW REGARDLESS

07:06 - OF PARTY. WE HAVE A MORE

07:08 - PROGRESSIVE EASTERN SIDE OF THE

07:10 - STATE GENERALLY

07:12 - WE'RE BECOMING MORE AND MORE.

07:15 - CONSERVATIVE OUT IN THE WESTERN

07:17 - PART OF THE STATE. BUT EVEN

07:19 - WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS WE AREAS

07:22 - THAT MAY BE VERY DIVERSE.

07:25 - I HAVE IT AS A SMALL

07:27 - URBAN POPULATION IN UNIONTOWN

07:30 - WHICH IS IN FAYETTE COUNTY AND

07:31 - THEN WHEN I COME UP TO

07:32 - SOMERSET COUNTY. WE SEE A VERY

07:35 - DIFFERENT AS I SAID KIND OF.

07:37 - AGRARIAN YOU KNOW NOT EVEN

07:39 - SUBURBAN BUT AN AGRARIAN KIND

07:41 - OF CULTURE

07:42 - IN SO I IMAGINE THAT THAT'S GOT

07:44 - TO KEEP YOU BUSY BECAUSE YOU

07:45 - HAVE TO ALMOST CHANGE HATS

07:47 - CONSIDERING ON WHICH PART OF

07:48 - THE DISTRICT YOU'RE GOING TO

07:49 - KUZ.

07:49 - >>THE CONCERNS ARE GOING TO

07:50 - CHANGE HAVING DISTRICTS

07:53 - ABSOLUTELY SO I MEAN

07:54 - WE HAVE.

07:55 - >>WE HAVE PROBLEMS YOU

07:58 - KNOW WHAT HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT

08:00 - THE UNIONTOWN AREA AND

08:02 - PROVIDING THE RIGHT TYPES OF

08:03 - SERVICES AND CARE

08:04 - FOR THEM. WE ALSO IN SOME OF

08:07 - THE RURAL AREAS THAT I

08:08 - REPRESENT WE HAVE EXTREMELY

08:11 - IMPOVERISHED

08:13 - THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE AND YOU

08:17 - KNOW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO TO

08:18 - FARM THEY'RE PROVIDING US WITH

08:20 - THE FOOD AND AND WHAT THEY HAVE

08:23 - TO OFFER. BUT SOMETIMES THAT

08:25 - CAN BE A VERY DIFFICULT LIFE

08:26 - STUFF SO THEY SEE BOTH SIDES OF

08:28 - THAT WITHIN MY LEGISLATIVE

08:29 - DISTRICT. WE HAVE TO ADDRESS

08:31 - ALL THOSE PROBLEMS

08:32 - YOU KNOW, BUT WE ALSO UNIVERSAL

08:34 - ISSUES LIKE IF HE IS THE

08:35 - SMALLEST TOWN WE HAVE

08:37 - HAS BLIGHT ISSUES AND THE

08:39 - LARGEST CITIES WE AS

08:41 - I'VE TOWARD AS A MEMBER OF THE

08:42 - URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

08:43 - PHILADELPHIA OF COURSE THEY

08:44 - HAVE BLIGHT ISSUES THAT THEY'RE

08:46 - TRYING TO ADDRESS. SO

08:48 - THOSE ARE

08:51 - A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS IN IN NO

08:53 - MATTER WHAT TYPE CITY TOWN OR

08:55 - COUNTY THAT YOU'RE IN

08:57 - WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS CONTACT

08:58 - YOUR OFFICE WHAT DOMINATES

09:00 - THEIR CONCERNS.

09:02 - >>YOU

09:03 - >>IT'S CHANGED OVER THE YEARS

09:05 - THAT I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE OF

09:06 - COURSE WE DEAL

09:07 - WITH A LOT OF SENIOR

09:10 - ISSUES. I I'M IN AN AREA THAT

09:13 - HAS AN AGING POPULATION AND SO

09:16 - WE GET

09:17 - DEFINITELY PROBABLY FIRST AND

09:19 - FOREMOST ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX

09:21 - RENT REBATE PROGRAM THAT

09:22 - HAPPENS AND WE HAPPILY FILL

09:24 - THOSE OUT. SEND THOSE IN AND.

09:27 - >>AND

09:30 - IT ALLOWS US TO TRACK THEM AS

09:31 - THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE

09:32 - PROCESS AND THEN PEOPLE CAN

09:33 - FOLLOW UP

09:34 - WITH US. WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS

09:36 - ABOUT AGING IN YOU KNOW THE

09:38 - SERVICES THAT MAY BE THE

09:40 - COMMONWEALTH DOESN'T EVEN OFFER

09:41 - BUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR LOCAL

09:43 - AGENCIES DOING SO WE HAVE A

09:45 - GREAT PARTNER WITH OUR 2 AREA

09:47 - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR AREA.

09:49 - AGENCIES ON AGING.

09:53 - YOU KNOW SOME OF THOSE ARE

09:53 - QUESTIONS NOW. I WILL SAY SINCE

09:55 - THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC

09:57 - AND THIS IS PROBABLY UNIVERSAL

09:58 - WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IN

09:59 - THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE

10:01 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION HAS

10:02 - BEEN OUR NUMBER ONE

10:04 - TELEPHONE CALL. YOU KNOW WE

10:06 - HAVE SEEN PEOPLE THAT

10:08 - HAVE APPLIED FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS

10:10 - AND THEY GET PAID FOR 50% OF OH

10:12 - MAN YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK

10:13 - BECAUSE THAT MAN FILING

10:15 - DEADLINE HAS PASSED BUT THEY

10:16 - HAVE PROOF THAT THEY FILED IN

10:18 - WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF

10:19 - LABOR TO RECTIFY THOSE ISSUES.

10:23 - WE

10:23 - HAVE HAD LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF

10:25 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CASES

10:27 - THAT WE'VE TRACKED THROUGH OUR

10:28 - OFFICE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS

10:31 - AND I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE

10:32 - OVER 250 OPEN CASES THAT WE'RE

10:35 - DEALING

10:35 - WITH IT.

10:35 - >>I REPRESENT DOWLING WE JUST

10:37 - HAVE A FEW MINUTES LEFT SO

10:38 - LET'S TRY TO LOOK AHEAD TO THE

10:39 - LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT'S

10:41 - GOING START IN SEPTEMBER NOT

10:43 - I UNDERSTAND ONE OF THE ISSUES

10:44 - YOU MAY BE DEALING WITH AT THAT

10:46 - TIME WILL HAVE TO BE ILL HAVE

10:47 - TO DO WITH REDRAWING THOSE

10:49 - LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT MAPS

10:51 - FOR CONGRESS.

10:52 - >>ABSOLUTELY YOU KNOW WHEN WE

10:54 - TALK ABOUT REDISTRICTING.

10:57 - >>I ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE

10:58 - THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT'S

10:59 - FOR THE U.S. CONGRESS

11:01 - REAPPORTIONMENT ALSO HAPPENS

11:02 - FOR THE DISTRICTS THAT I SERVED

11:05 - FOR THE STATE REPS FOR STATE

11:06 - SENATE SERVE. BUT THIS IS A

11:08 - DIFFERENT PROCESS. THIS IS

11:09 - CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING.

11:11 - ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE

11:14 - A MONTH AND FOR THE MONTH

11:16 - COMING UP. WE HAVE

11:17 - 10 HEARINGS OF THE STATE

11:19 - GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE THAT'S

11:20 - CHAIRED BY A REPRESENTATIVE

11:22 - SETH GROVE, ONE OF THOSE

11:24 - HEARINGS TOOK PLACE IN THE

11:26 - FAYETTE COUNTY PART OF MY

11:27 - DISTRICT AND WE HOSTED THAT.

11:30 - OUR GOAL IS TO GET AS MUCH

11:31 - INPUT FROM ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS

11:33 - ARE RESIDENTS

11:34 - OF PENNSYLVANIA AS TO WHAT

11:36 - MAKES THEIR AREA SIGNIFICANTLY

11:38 - DIFFERENT OR VERY MUCH LIKE

11:40 - ANOTHER AREA AND WHY THEY FEEL

11:42 - THE CONGRESSIONAL LINE SHOULD

11:43 - BE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE

11:46 - THAT WILL GO BACK THIS FALL AS

11:47 - WE WE COME BACK TO THE TABLE

11:49 - AND COME BACK TO SESSION.

11:50 - WE WILL NEGOTIATE THOSE LINES

11:52 - IN THE MAPS BOTH THOSE OUT OF

11:55 - THE HOUSE. BEFORE THE END OF

11:57 - THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

11:58 - >>AND IF YOU AND REPRESENT A

11:59 - VERY QUICKLY JUST REVIEW THE

12:01 - IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING

12:02 - WHY VOTERS SHOULD CARE ABOUT

12:04 - IT. WELL, YOU KNOW

12:05 - THERE ARE A NUMBER REASONS WHY

12:07 - VOTERS SHOULD SHOULD IT'S IT'S

12:09 - WHO'S REPRESENTING YOU.

12:11 - >>ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

12:13 - AND DEPENDING ON HOW

12:15 - LAWS LINES ARE IT COULD CHANGE

12:18 - THE REPRESENTATION THAT COULD

12:19 - CHANGE THE PARTY OF YOUR

12:20 - REPRESENTATION. YOU KNOW OUR

12:23 - GOAL IS TO HAVE VERY SUSTAIN

12:25 - SINK DISTRICTS THAT

12:27 - DON'T LOOK TO BE GERRYMANDERED

12:29 - WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST

12:31 - DECADE. DISTRICTS THAT HAVE

12:34 - BEEN OVERRULED BY THE COURTS

12:35 - AND

12:36 - OUR GOAL. IN THIS PROCESS, I

12:38 - KNOW REPRESENTATIVE GROVE AND

12:39 - MYSELF SHARE

12:40 - THIS SENTIMENT. IT IS WE DON'T

12:42 - WANT THE COURTS TO HAVE TO COME

12:44 - IN AND TELL US WE DIDN'T DO OUR

12:46 - JOB RIGHT WE WANT ENOUGH PUBLIC

12:47 - INPUT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE

12:50 - THAT WE DON'T HAVE

12:50 - GERRYMANDERING SITUATIONS.

12:53 - SO THAT THE LINES THAT WE DRAW

12:54 - THE LINES THAT WILL BE KEPT AND

12:56 - WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER

12:57 - COURT BATTLE LIKE WE OVER THE

12:59 - LAST SET

12:59 - OF MAPS. BUT THIS IS YOUR

13:01 - REPRESENTATION AT THE FEDERAL

13:03 - GOVERNMENT AND THAT'S WHY IT'S

13:04 - SO IMPORTANT TO HIM. A LOT OF

13:06 - PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEIR COUNTY

13:07 - SPLIT OR FOR WHATEVER REASON

13:09 - DON'T

13:11 - MISS POWER THE SPLIT, BUT IT'S

13:13 - IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER

13:15 - THAT THIS SIZE OF THOSE

13:16 - DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE

13:18 - VERY SIMILAR AND THE DEVIATION

13:21 - FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT IS

13:22 - NOT ALLOWED TO BE

13:23 - THAT LARGE. SO GETTING

13:25 - POPULATION SIZE IN THERE.

13:27 - SOMETIMES REQUIRES US TO SPLIT

13:29 - BIG COUNTIES LIKE A

13:31 - LIKE WESTMORELAND COUNTY OR

13:33 - ALLEGHENY AND PHILADELPHIA ALL

13:35 - THAT HAVE A LARGE POPULATION

13:37 - SIZES.

13:39 - AND OF COURSE REMEMBER THAT

13:41 - THAT POPULATION COUNT CAME FROM

13:42 - THE U.S. CENSUS AND THAT'S WHY

13:43 - IT'S

13:44 - SO IMPORTANT TURNING YOUR

13:46 - CENSUS, WHENEVER YOU YOU

13:48 - RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION.

13:49 - >>WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 2 MINUTES

13:51 - LEFT REPRESENTATIVE I'D LIKE TO

13:52 - CONSIDER ONE OTHER TOPIC THAT

13:53 - IS BOUND TO COME UP IN YOUR

13:54 - FALL LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS YOU

13:56 - KNOW GOVERNOR WOLF IS

13:57 - RECONSIDERING HIS USE.

13:59 - >>ON VOTER ID. TELL US

14:01 - ABOUT THAT.

14:01 - >>WELL YOU KNOW I WE'RE SEEING

14:03 - THAT A NATIONAL LEVEL THAT THE

14:06 - CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS

14:08 - TALKING ABOUT VOTER ID.

14:10 - FOR A WHILE THAT WAS A

14:11 - NONSTARTER

14:12 - BETWEEN PARTIES. WE HAD HOUSE

14:14 - BILL DID DID

14:17 - A COMPREHENSIVE A BIT OF

14:19 - ELECTION REFORM IT WAS A

14:20 - PACKAGE OF ELECTION INTEGRITY

14:22 - BILLS. AND WE HAD 10 HEARINGS

14:25 - WITH THE STATE GOVERNMENT

14:26 - COMMITTEE LEADING UP TO THIS

14:28 - THROUGH THE

14:29 - SPRING TIME WHERE WE

14:30 - INTERVIEWED STAKEHOLDERS IN THE

14:32 - ELECTION PROCESS ELECTION

14:33 - DIRECTORS. AS WELL AS EXPERTS

14:35 - FROM DIFFERENT COLLEGES.

14:37 - THE MANUFACTURES OF ELECTION

14:39 - MACHINES AND WE FOUND THAT 67

14:42 - COUNTIES HAD 67 DIFFERENT

14:44 - ELECTIONS THAT WERE RUN

14:45 - VERY DIFFERENTLY. YOU KNOW WE

14:48 - WANT TO MAKE THAT UNIFORM.

14:49 - EVERY VOTER IN PENNSYLVANIA,

14:51 - YOUR VOTE SHOULD COUNT THE SAME

14:52 - AS IS THE NEXT IT SHOULD MATTER

14:54 - IF I LIVE IN

14:54 - FAYETTE COUNTY WHERE I LIVE IN

14:57 - MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THE WAY WE

15:01 - THE WAY WE RUN OUR ELECTION

15:02 - SHOULD

15:03 - BE UNIFORM. THERE WAS A VOTER

15:05 - ID AND THAT ENOUGH

15:06 - UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHERE THE

15:07 - GOVERNOR VETOED

15:09 - THE BILL. BUT WILL BE LOOKING

15:11 - AT ADDRESSING SOME OF THE OTHER

15:12 - ISSUES THAT WERE IN THAT BILL

15:13 - AND THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID HE'S

15:14 - READY

15:15 - TO NEGOTIATE.

15:16 - >>ALL RIGHT REPRESENTATIVE

15:17 - MATTHEW DOWLING THANK YOU VERY

15:19 - MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU.