01:19 - WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS

01:20 - CONTACT YOUR OFFICE, WHAT

01:21 - DOMINATES THEIR CONCERNS.

01:25 - RIGHT NOW MANY OF

01:26 - THE CONSTITUENTS ARE CONCERNED

01:28 - ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE

01:30 - ENERGY INDUSTRY IN SOMERSET

01:32 - COUNTY. IT'S ESSENTIAL IN

01:34 - PENNSYLVANIA THAT WE CONTINUE

01:36 - TO SUPPORT HARD WORKING

01:38 - INDIVIDUALS IN THE ENERGY

01:40 - INDUSTRY. THIS PAST WEEK I

01:43 - VISITED HERITAGE COLE.

01:45 - I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE

01:46 - FANTASTIC WORK THAT THEY'RE

01:47 - DOING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF

01:50 - OUR ENVIRONMENT WHILE PRODUCING

01:51 - COAL

01:52 - THERMAL COAL METALLURGICAL COAL

01:55 - THAT USED TO POWER OUR HOMES.

01:57 - COLE, THE SHOES TO CREATE STEEL

01:59 - THAT IS TRANSPORTED ACROSS THE

02:01 - GLOBE.

02:02 - ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I'M

02:04 - HEARING ALSO FROM THE DISTRICT

02:05 - IN SOMERSET COUNTY.

02:07 - ARE THE WHAT THE INDIVIDUALS

02:09 - WHAT THE CONSTITUENTS ARE

02:10 - FACING DUE TO THE DRUG

02:12 - EPIDEMIC. JOINING THIS PANDEMIC

02:15 - WE SEEN A RISE IN THE INCREASE

02:17 - IN THE OVERDOSE DEATH RATES

02:19 - FROM THE DRUG CRISIS. I MET

02:21 - WITH POLICE OFFICERS WITH

02:23 - DOCTORS WITH NURSES WITH EMTS

02:26 - AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO ARE

02:27 - WORKING ON THE GROUND TO FIGHT

02:30 - THIS ADDICTION CRISIS. AND MY

02:32 - FIRST TERM I WAS A MEMBER OF A

02:34 - WORKING GROUP

02:35 - ON ADDICTION AND I'VE CONTINUED

02:37 - TO IN INTRODUCE

02:38 - AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT

02:40 - ADDRESSES THESE ISSUES

02:42 - THE ISSUES THAT ARE WORKING

02:43 - FORWARD TO DRUG-FREE COMMUNITY

02:45 - PROGRAMS THAT WILL REDUCE YOUTH

02:48 - SUBSTANCE USE.

02:50 - ANOTHER CUT TOP CONCERN THAT WE

02:52 - HEAR THROUGH OUT SOMERSET

02:53 - COUNTY. AND I'VE HEARD THIS FOR

02:55 - YEARS IS FINISHING THE

02:57 - CONSTRUCTION OF US TO 19.

03:00 - EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN SOMERSET

03:02 - COUNTY KNOWS THAT THIS ROAD

03:04 - WILL BE A PIPELINE

03:05 - TO BRING JOBS AND INNOVATION TO

03:07 - THE REGION. THE SAME

03:09 - INDIVIDUALS KNOW HOW IMPORTANT

03:10 - IT IS THAT WE SAFELY COMPLETE

03:13 - TO 19 THAT LAST 5 AND A

03:15 - HALF MILES. THEY'RE SO

03:17 - IMPORTANT TO BRINGING JOBS,

03:19 - COMMERCE AND SAFETY TO TO 19.

03:23 - BUT IN WASHINGTON, I'M A COAT.

03:25 - IN WASHINGTON, A CO SPONSOR.

03:27 - FINISHING THE APPALACHIAN

03:28 - DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM

03:30 - THAT WOULD DELIVER ONE 0.75

03:33 - BILLION DOLLARS TO FULLY FUND

03:35 - THE COMPLETION OF JUNE 19

03:38 - AND ULTIMATELY SUPPORT EVERY

03:40 - INDIVIDUAL IN THE COUNTY.

03:42 - I'VE BEEN WORKING ALSO IN

03:43 - WASHINGTON TO ENSURE THAT OUR

03:45 - CHILDREN ARE IMMUNIZED AGAINST

03:47 - PREVENTABLE ILLNESSES.

03:50 - A CONGRESSMAN LET'S EXPLORE

03:51 - YOUR BACKGROUND A LITTLE BIT

03:53 - WHAT ARE YOU DOING IMMEDIATELY

03:54 - BEFORE YOU TOOK OFFICE IN 2019.

03:58 - I WAS

03:58 - PRACTICING MEDICINE.

04:00 - I PRACTICED MEDICINE FOR OVER

04:01 - 25 YEARS IN BLAIR COUNTY.

04:03 - BUT ALSO TOOK CARE OF PATIENTS

04:05 - FROM SOMERSET COUNTY.

04:07 - AND WHY MAKE THE MOVE FROM

04:09 - MEDICINE TO POLITICS.

04:13 - IMPORTANT ISSUE THEN, AND STILL

04:15 - IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE

04:17 - I'VE BEEN ABLE IN WASHINGTON TO

04:18 - WORK ACROSS THE AISLE TO

04:20 - INTRODUCE LEGISLATION THAT

04:22 - WOULD STRENGTHEN THE VACCINES.

04:24 - THE CHILDREN HAVE MISSED JOINED

04:25 - THE PANDEMIC THESE

04:27 - VACCINES AGAINST COMMON

04:29 - DISEASES LIKE CHICKENPOX AND

04:31 - MUMPS AND MEASLES AND RUBELLA

04:33 - ARE SO NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR

04:35 - KIDS SAFE.

04:39 - I WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR

04:39 - CHILDREN ARE HEALTHY AS ONE OF

04:41 - MY TOP PRIORITIES IN CONGRESS

04:43 - AND I'M PROUD TO BE WORKING TO

04:45 - PASS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD

04:47 - HELP THE KIDS IN

04:48 - SOMERSET COUNTY.

04:50 - I WANT OTHER LEGISLATIVE

04:51 - PRIORITIES ARE YOU WORKING ON

04:52 - THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE

04:54 - ANYTHING TO DO WITH HEALTH OR

04:55 - MEDICINE.

04:57 - I THINK WORKFORCE ISSUES ARE

04:59 - SO IMPORTANT EVERYWHERE

05:01 - I GO WHEN I TRAVEL IN SOMERSET

05:03 - COUNTY. I HEAR ABOUT BUSINESSES

05:05 - WHO CAN'T FIND ENOUGH WORKERS

05:07 - TO FULLY OPERATE AT FULL

05:09 - CAPACITY. LAST WEEK I WAS IN

05:11 - MEYERSDALE WHEN I MET WITH THE

05:12 - HOOVER CONVEYOR IN FABRICATION

05:14 - CORPORATION AND THEY TOLD ME

05:16 - THEY WOULD HIRE 5 NEW WELDERS

05:18 - THAT DAY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO

05:20 - FIND THE PEOPLE WHO CAN FILL

05:21 - THOSE JOBS. ONE OF THE THINGS

05:23 - THAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED

05:24 - TO STOP PAYING PEOPLE TO STAY

05:26 - AT HOME. I WILL CONTINUE IN

05:28 - WASHINGTON TO PUSH THE AMERICAN

05:30 - PEOPLE GET BACK TO WORK.

05:32 - I ALSO WANT TO INCREASE IN

05:34 - WASHINGTON ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED

05:36 - INTERNET. IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE

05:38 - NEED TO ADDRESS

05:39 - IT IS THE FIRST PIECE OF

05:41 - LEGISLATION THAT I INTRODUCED

05:43 - IN

05:43 - THIS CONGRESS WAS TO CUT THE

05:45 - BURGESS AND WITH THE BURDENSOME

05:46 - REGULATION THAT INTERFERES WITH

05:48 - BRINGING BROADBAND INTERNET TO

05:51 - OUR COMMUNITIES TO THE PEOPLE

05:52 - IN SOMERSET WHO NEED IT

05:54 - WHO NEED IT FOR THEIR KIDS IN

05:55 - SCHOOL WHO NEEDED FOR THEIR

05:56 - BUSINESSES WHO NEEDED FOR TELE

05:58 - MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE.

06:00 - WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR

06:02 - STUDENTS OUR FARMERS AND OUR

06:04 - SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE THE

06:05 - INTERNET ACCESS THAT IS

06:07 - CRITICAL TO KEEPING SOMERSET

06:10 - COMPETITIVE.

06:11 - AND WHO DO YOU NEED TO

06:12 - INVOLVE IN ORDER TO EXPAND

06:14 - BROADBAND IN SOMERSET COUNTY.

06:16 - THERE MUST BE SOME OTHER

06:17 - PARTIES INVOLVED TO HELP MAKE

06:18 - IT HAPPEN WHO DO YOU APPROACH

06:20 - AND JUST WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY

06:21 - HAVE TO DO.

06:23 - I THINK THAT'S A GREAT

06:25 - QUESTION TO ASK BECAUSE THIS IS

06:27 - WORK THAT WE CAN DO ACROSS THE

06:28 - AISLE.

06:29 - EVERY PARTY DEMOCRATS,

06:31 - REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS KNOW

06:33 - THE IMPORTANCE OF

06:34 - RURAL BROADBAND AND RIGHT NOW

06:36 - WE'RE ON THE CUSP OF BEING ABLE

06:38 - TO DEVELOP THAT

06:40 - SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES PLANNING

06:41 - COMMISSION WORKS WITH THOSE

06:43 - IN LEADERSHIP IN COUNTY

06:45 - GOVERNMENT IN STATE GOVERNMENT

06:47 - AND WE FROM THE FEDERAL

06:48 - GOVERNMENT NEED TO SUPPORT THAT

06:49 - AS WELL.

06:50 - WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES ARE

06:52 - OUT THERE FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES

06:53 - TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

06:56 - WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE

06:58 - TO DO. IT'S OPEN THE DOORS SO

07:00 - THAT FEDERAL FUNDS CAN BE

07:02 - BROUGHT IN TO WORK WITH PUBLIC

07:04 - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

07:05 - TO EXPAND THE BROADBAND WHICH

07:07 - IS SO IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT

07:08 - SOMERSET COUNTY.

07:10 - SO CONGRESSMAN YOU'RE STILL A

07:11 - RELATIVE NEWCOMER HE TOOK

07:13 - OFFICE IN 2019 UP TO THIS POINT

07:15 - DO YOU SUPPOSE WHICH ONE OF

07:17 - YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS HAS HAS

07:19 - BENEFITED THE PEOPLE OF

07:21 - SOMERSET COUNTY THE MOST.

07:25 - ALLOWING THOSE CHILDREN WHO

07:27 - DID NOT RECEIVE THERE

07:29 - VACCINATIONS I THINK IT'S SO

07:31 - IMPORTANT BECAUSE JOINED THE

07:32 - PANDEMIC MANY KIDS MISSED OUT.

07:35 - THEY DID NOT GET THOSE COMMON

07:36 - VACCINES FOR MEASLES WHICH IS

07:39 - SO INFECTIONS ACTUALLY MORE

07:40 - INFECTIOUS IN COVID-19.

07:43 - THAT'S A PIECE OF LEGISLATION

07:45 - THAT I'M VERY PRODUCT TO BE

07:47 - ABLE TO ALLOW PEDIATRICIANS TO

07:49 - GIVE THAT IMMUNIZATION AT THE

07:51 - SITE OF SERVICE SO THAT ALL OF

07:53 - OUR KIDS ARE PROTECTED

07:54 - A LOT JUST PROTECTED TODAY BUT

07:56 - INTO THE FUTURE, I'M PROUD TO

07:58 - BE WORKING IN WASHINGTON FOR

08:00 - HEALTH CARE AND I MAKE THAT

08:01 - PLEDGE THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO

08:03 - ADDRESS THAT FROM A

08:04 - FEDERAL LEVEL.

08:05 - TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE

08:07 - TRANSITION YOU MADE FROM

08:08 - MEDICINE TO

08:08 - POLITICS AND AND HOW YOUR HAD

08:12 - TO GO AND PERHAPS A DIFFERENT

08:13 - DIRECTION WHEN YOU LEFT

08:14 - MEDICINE AND THE THE PUBLIC

08:17 - SPHERE.

08:20 - IT WENT FROM MOVING TO HEALTH

08:22 - CARE TO HEALTH POLICY.

08:24 - I'LL TELL YOU LARRY THAT I LOOK

08:26 - AT EVERY CONSTITUENT AS A

08:27 - PATIENT.

08:29 - EACH OF THE CONSTITUENTS ARE

08:30 - MY RESPONSIBILITY AND I TAKE

08:32 - THAT RESPONSIBILITY VERY

08:34 - SERIOUSLY.

08:37 - I WANT TO BE ABLE TO REACT I

08:38 - WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH

08:39 - A PLAN OF ACTION THAT WAS

08:41 - EFFECTIVELY MAKE EACH ONE OF MY

08:43 - CONSTITUENTS LIVES BETTER.

08:45 - I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN

08:47 - A RESPONSIBLE MEASURE TO BE

08:49 - ABLE TO DO THAT UNDERSTANDING.

08:51 - HAVE TO BE THAT RESPONSIBLE

08:53 - STEWARD OF TAX DOLLARS. I HAVE

08:55 - TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND

08:56 - REPRESENT THE CONSERVATIVE

08:58 - VALUES, THE COMMON SENSE

09:00 - VALUES. THERE'S THROUGHOUT

09:01 - SOMERSET COUNTY. I DO THAT

09:03 - PROUDLY AND AGAIN I LIKE TO

09:05 - THINK OF EACH OF MY

09:06 - CONSTITUENTS AS A PATIENTS, BUT

09:09 - SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN COME TO

09:10 - AND WHO WILL REPRESENT THEIR

09:12 - VALUES

09:12 - AND WASHINGTON.

09:14 - GIVE US SOME INSIGHT AS TO

09:16 - YOUR GOING FROM SOMERSET COUNTY

09:19 - IN WASHINGTON. BACK AND FORTH

09:21 - AND HOW MUCH YOU TIE HOW MUCH

09:23 - TIME YOU SPEND IN EITHER PLACE.

09:27 - I WORK IN WASHINGTON DC.

09:29 - BUT I LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA.

09:31 - I COME HOME EVERY WEEKEND.

09:33 - AND WHEN WE ARE NOT IN SESSION.

09:35 - WORK PERIODS THAT GIVES ME THE

09:37 - OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT LIBRARIES

09:40 - SCHOOLS,

09:41 - BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT

09:42 - SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA,

09:44 - WHICH INCLUDES

09:44 - SOMERSET COUNTY. SO I MAKE IT A

09:47 - POINT TO BE PRESENT IN SOMERSET

09:49 - COUNTY TO MEET WITH THE

09:50 - LEADERS. THE LEADERS IN LOCAL

09:53 - GOVERNMENT IN STATE GOVERNMENT

09:55 - TO WORK WITH THEM UNDERSTAND

09:57 - WHAT CONCERNS THEY HAVE

09:58 - AND BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE

09:59 - ISSUES BACK TO WASHINGTON WITH

10:01 - ME. SO EACH WEEKEND I RETURNED

10:04 - HOME. AND IT'S GREAT TO COME

10:06 - BACK TO SOMERSET COUNTY AND

10:08 - HEAR ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO

10:09 - THE FOLKS THERE.

10:11 - AND THE PEOPLE IN SOMERSET

10:12 - COUNTY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY

10:13 - SUPPORTIVE. THIS ENDEAVOR.

10:16 - EVERY TIME I COME TO SOMERSET

10:17 - THEY MAKE ME FEEL LIKE IT'S AT

10:18 - HOME. AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT

10:20 - TO ME.

10:21 - WELL LET'S ORGANIZATION

10:24 - YOU'RE PART OF A GROUP RATHER

10:25 - CALLED

10:26 - THE CHINA. TASK FORCE SAID THAT

10:28 - JUST IMMEDIATELY COMES TO MIND

10:29 - IS BEING AS

10:30 - FAR FROM THE HOME OF SOMERSET

10:32 - AS POSSIBLE. BUT I'M SURE YOU

10:33 - CAN EXPLAIN THE CONNECTION AND

10:35 - WHAT YOU DO ON THAT GROUP AND

10:36 - WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.

10:38 - INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I

10:40 - SERVED ON THE CHINA TASK FORCE

10:42 - IN THE

10:42 - 10016TH CONGRESS. AND WHAT WE

10:45 - DID IS WE EVALUATED WHY SO MANY

10:47 - JOBS WE'RE LEAVING AMERICA,

10:50 - LEANING SOMERSET COUNTY AND

10:52 - GOING TO CHINA.

10:54 - I TOOK THAT INFORMATION WITH ME

10:55 - WHEN I VISITED PRESIDENT BIDEN

10:57 - IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND TALK TO

10:59 - HIM ABOUT INCENTIVIZING

11:01 - BRINGING THOSE JOBS BACK TO YOU

11:03 - AMERICA BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA

11:05 - AND BACK TO SOMERSET COUNTY.

11:07 - THERE IS A STRONG WORK ETHIC IN

11:09 - SOMERSET COUNTY. BUT WE NEED TO

11:11 - OPEN UP THE AVENUES

11:13 - TO BRING MEDICINES

11:14 - PHARMACEUTICALS BACK TO THE

11:16 - CREATION IN AMERICA. WE CAN NOT

11:19 - BE OVERLY DEPENDENT ON THE

11:20 - CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY FOR OUR

11:23 - MEDICINES AND FOR OUR

11:24 - TECHNOLOGY. SO BEING ON THE

11:26 - CHINA TASK FORCE ALLOWED ME TO

11:28 - EXAMINE HOW WE HAVE BECOME OVER

11:30 - DEPENDENT ON THE CHINESE AND

11:32 - YET WE HAVE GREAT IDEAS, GREAT

11:34 - INNOVATION AND A GREAT

11:36 - WORKFORCE HERE IN AMERICA.

11:38 - RIGHT HERE IN SOMERSET COUNTY

11:40 - AND THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT

11:41 - MESSAGE THAT I 10 EAST ON THE

11:43 - TIME TASK FORCE UNDERSTANDING

11:44 - THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO

11:46 - ADVOCATE THAT WE BRING THOSE

11:48 - JOBS HOME.

11:50 - AS WE RECOVER FROM

11:52 - COVID CONGRESSMAN. WHAT DOES

11:54 - SMALL BUSINESS IN SOMERSET

11:55 - COUNTY REALLY NEED FROM

11:57 - LAWMAKERS IN ORDER TO RECOVER.

12:01 - SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE

12:02 - BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY

12:04 - AND THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT IN

12:06 - SOMERSET COUNTY. WHAT I SEE

12:08 - WITH THESE SMALL BUSINESSES IS

12:09 - A RESILIENCY THEY UNDERSTAND

12:11 - THE IMPORTANCE. WHAT IT MEANS

12:14 - 2 MAKE A PAYROLL CREATE THAT

12:16 - PAYROLL AND KEEP WORKING EVEN

12:18 - IN HARD TIMES

12:19 - SOMERSET COUNTY IS MADE OF MEN

12:21 - AND WOMEN WHO ARE DEDICATED TO

12:23 - GETTING THE WORKFORCE BACK TO

12:25 - WORK COMING THROUGH THE COVID.

12:27 - PANDEMIC AND BEING EVEN

12:29 - STRONGER ON THE OTHER SIDE.

12:31 - WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND

12:32 - SUPPORT THAT ON A

12:33 - FEDERAL LEVEL.

12:35 - WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 2 MINUTES

12:36 - LEFT CONGRESSMAN KNOW WHAT TO

12:38 - LOOK FORWARD TO A WORKING ON IN

12:40 - THE NEAR FUTURE.

12:42 - I THINK THERE ARE MANY

12:43 - OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT I SEE IN

12:45 - THE NEAR FUTURE IS TO OPERATION

12:48 - WARP SPEED THAT WE WILL HAVE

12:49 - THE CAPABILITY A DEVELOPING

12:51 - TREATMENTS FOR THE COVID VIRUS.

12:54 - I MAKE THE ANALOGY IT WAS SO

12:55 - IMPORTANT WHEN PEOPLE HAD AN

12:57 - INFLUENZA SHOT. BUT THE

12:58 - INFLUENZA VIRUS WAS STILL

13:00 - DEADLY UNTIL WE HAVE MEDICINES

13:02 - THAT TREATED IT. AND WE ARE ON

13:04 - THE COSTS

13:05 - DEVELOPING THAT NEXT GENERATION

13:07 - OF MEDICINES TO TREAT

13:08 - INDIVIDUALS WITH THE COVID

13:10 - VIRUS. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO

13:12 - BE SO IMPORTANT I LOOK FORWARD

13:13 - TO SEEING THOSE THAT

13:15 - PUBLIC PILOT THAT PUBLIC

13:17 - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT

13:18 - ALLOWED THAT INNOVATION TO

13:20 - OCCUR. THAT'S WHAT WE SAW WITH

13:21 - OPERATION WARP SPEED

13:23 - AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE

13:24 - OUR PATHWAY THROUGH

13:25 - THIS PANDEMIC.

13:27 - CONGRESSMAN JOHN JOYCE OF

13:28 - SOMERSET COUNTY. THANK YOU VERY

13:30 - MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.