Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Tom Marino [R, PA-10]

Holder’s Holdout

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...recused himself, albeit verbally, to Deputy Attorney General James Cole. Under questioning from Reps. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Tom Marino (R-PA), Holder admitted that there was no non-verbal record of the recusal. “Isn’t that sort of an unaccept

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U.S. House Agriculture Committee Delivers Mixed Results for Animal Welfare

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Act (S. 666 / H.R. 366), standalone legislation with strong bipartisan support from 147 cosponsors introduced by Reps. Tom Marino (R-Pa.), John Campbell (R-Calif.), Jim Moran (D-Va.) and McGovern. "Animal fights are cruel and gruesome spectacles where a

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Tennessee Congressman Slams Holder on Pot Prosecution

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...(R-Calif.) grilled him on the excessive redaction of emails he'd requested relating to Secretary of Labor-nominee Tom Perez. Rep. Tom Marino (R-Penn.) grilled him on the investigation into leaked intelligence on the Benghazi attack. Rep. Raul Labrador (

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College hopefuls: Service Academy Day is this Saturday

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...-- Students with visions of doing college at a military academy can learn all they need to know this Saturday as Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., hosts his first U.S. Service Academy Day this year. Open to all interested students and their parents, the event tak

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Fresh off victory, Cartwright keeps up fundraising effort

2013-05-11T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Lou Barletta's campaign committee collected $116,984 in the same span. And fellow Northeast Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino's campaign committee reported $108,348 from Jan. 1 through March 31. That means Cartwright came within $6,957 of what Ba

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This is the year to expand Gettysburg sites

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Angus King of Maine and Pennsylvania U.S. Reps. Lou Barletta, Charles Dent, Jim Gerlach and Tom Marino for their support. The Gettysburg train station served as a field hospital during the battle and was where President Ab

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School Notes for Monday, May 6

2013-05-06T01:00:00Z

...from one high school senior will hang in U.S. Rep. Tom Marino's office for the next year. The charcoal-on-canvas drawing of a railroad bridge surrounded by trees is a one-point perspective created by Allison Coller. The senior's artwork was entered in t

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Pa. bill would require disclosure of food stamp purchases

2013-04-30T01:00:00Z

...retailers to report which items are bought with food stamps. The proposed “ SNAP Transparency Act ,” sponsored by Republican Rep. Tom Marino, would require the secretary of agriculture to establish a uniform reporting system under which retailers wo

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Times In-Depth: Thompson tackles big issues in a big district

2013-04-21T01:00:00Z

...Loebsack said, "Tired of it? You're being diplomatic. They're incredibly fed up with it," Loebsack said. U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., whose sprawling district in north-central and northeastern Pennsylvania is second only in size to Thompson's district i

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Others speak out about Kelly, Thompson

2013-04-21T01:00:00Z

...Dahlkemper in the 2010 congressional election. "He knows his issues, ... and he knows what his constituents want." -- U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., whose district covers the second-largest land mass in the state, trailing only Thompson's district in size

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US Congress told Kenya elections credible

2013-04-17T01:00:00Z

...election, nobody had been held accountable for the 2007/8 post poll violence. Other members of the subcommittee include Rep. Tom Marino (Pennsylvania), Rep. Randy K. Weber Sr. (Texas), Rep. Steve Stockman (Texas), Rep. Mark Meadows (North Carolina), Rep

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Toomey says his gun bill to get Senate vote

2013-04-11T01:00:00Z

...support any further erosion of Second Amendment rights," he said. "We should enforce the laws we already have on the books." Efforts to reach Sen. Bob Casey and Reps. Tom Marino, R-10, Lycoming Twp., and Matt Cartwright, D-17, Moosic, were unsuccessful.

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School board about as slick as sandpaper

2013-04-06T01:00:00Z

...Casey is among the last Democratic senators to change his mind about same-sex marriage, but if same-sex marriage is part of a new normal, imagine what might someday be said about Mr. Barletta, Rep. Tom Marino and Sen. Pat Toomey, who remain against it..

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South Abington sewer contract in final stages

2013-04-02T01:00:00Z

...at the park. The supervisors agreed that pre-project and post-project photos be taken. In other business, officials from Rep. Tom Marino’s office and State Rep. Marty Flynn will hold business hours in the township building. Marino’s office will be a

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Cartwright braves gay-marriage issue, unlike others

2013-04-01T01:00:00Z

...of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Neither Reps. Lou Barletta, R-Hazleton, and Tom Marino, R-Lycoming Township, nor Sens. Bob Casey, a Democrat, and Pat Toomey, a Republican, signed onto the brief. Th

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Cartwright braves gay-marriage issue, unlike others

2013-03-30T01:00:00Z

...1996 Defense of Marriage Act that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Neither Reps. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, and Tom Marino, R-10, Lycoming Twp., nor Sens. Bob Casey, a Democrat, and Pat Toomey, a Republican, signed onto the brief. The 1

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Perry County scumbag? Not. Make that Perry County chic

2013-03-29T01:00:00Z

...up here you wouldn’t run into that, people going around in a round-about way trying to get money.” Indeed, second-term U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, whose 10th congressional district includes portions of Perry County, found Thompson’s characterization unt

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Catching Cyber Criminals Not Easy

2013-03-22T01:00:00Z

...Chinese." Other committee members echoed Rohrabacher's statements. "Do you think this has been working to any extent at all?" Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., said. Painter replied that the U.S. has raised the pressure about how serious the issue of cyber securi

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Release of undocumented immigrants draws fire from House committee

2013-03-20T01:00:00Z

...efforts to come to some level of comprehensive immigration reform is the thoughtful way out.” Reps. George Holding, R-N.C., Tom Marino, R-Pa., Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and Labrador asked why ICE did not notify local law-enforcement officials about the

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Rep. Tom Marino may face primary challenge from the right

2013-03-05T01:00:00Z

...Bradford County Commissioner Doug McLinko said Monday he's seriously considering entering the GOP primary to face U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, one of the state's most conservative members of Congress. “I'm not one of these guys that's looking for the next be

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