Jun. 29, 2021 /
![Ortitay Proposal to Bring Integrity, Transparency to Tax Credit, Benefit Programs Advanced as Part of the Budget]()
BRIDGEVILLE – As part of the Fiscal Year 2021-22 state budget package, a proposal championed by Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) to bring accountability and transparency to the Commonwealth’s tax credit and tax benefit programs was included in the tax code.
Jun. 25, 2021 / Press Release
![Ortitay Comments on Final State Budget]()
HARRISBURG — Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) issued the following statement in response to passage of the Fiscal Year 2021-22 state budget:
Jun. 22, 2021 /
![Ortitay Voices Support for Voting Rights Protection Act]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today issued the following statement in response to the House passing a comprehensive election reform measure (House Bill 1300):
Jun. 17, 2021 /
![Ortitay Expresses Relief Contract with Insight Global Almost Over, Laments Wolf’s Lack of Leadership]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today issued the following statement as the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s contract with Insight Global ends on Saturday, June 19, and wonders why Gov. Tom Wolf has been missing in action since the data breach was disclosed at the end of April:
Jun. 10, 2021 /
![Ortitay Issues Statement on Legislation to Extend Suspension of Regulations]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today issued the following statement in response to the General Assembly passing legislation (House Bill 854) to extend through Sept. 30, 2021, suspension of regulatory statutes, orders, rules or regulations put in place as part of the COVID-19 disaster declaration:
May. 26, 2021 /
![Ortitay Issues Statement Regarding Release of Inspector General Report on Constitutional Amendment Failure]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today issued the following statement in response to the release of the Inspector General’s report on the Pennsylvania Department of State’s failure to advertise a constitutional amendment to allow the voters to decide if a two-year civil window should be created to allow child sex abuse survivors to sue their alleged abusers:
May. 25, 2021 /
![Bridgeville Awarded Blight Grant, Ortitay, Robinson Say]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) and Sen. Devlin Robinson (R-Washington/Allegheny) today announced the Commonwealth Financing Authority awarded a $74,520 Blight Remediation Program Grant to Bridgeville to demolish four blighted and condemned structures in high-traffic areas of the borough.
May. 24, 2021 /
![House Approves Ortitay Bill to Change Who Advertises Proposed Constitutional Amendments]()
BRIDGEVILLE – The House today passed legislation authored by Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) that would change who is responsible for the advertisement and writing of proposed constitutional amendments.
May. 21, 2021 /
![Office of Open Records Rules Partially in Ortitay’s Favor on Information Withheld by Wolf Administration]()
HARRISBURG – The Office of Open Records today partially ruled in favor of Rep. Jason Ortitay’s (R-Washington/Allegheny) appeal of records withheld by Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration about its failure to advertise a constitutional amendment that would have given victims of childhood sexual abuse recourse in civil court.
May. 20, 2021 /
![Ortitay Issues Statement Regarding DOH’s Decision to Terminate Contact Tracing Contract]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) issued the following statement in response to the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s (DOH) decision to terminate Insight Global’s contract to conduct contact tracing for the Commonwealth. Last month, a WPXI investigation revealed more than 70,000 Pennsylvanians have had their personal information accessible on the internet after answering calls from Insight Global employees:
May. 05, 2021 /
![House Approves Ortitay Resolution to Investigate Constitutional Amendment Advertisement Failure]()
BRIDGEVILLE – The House today passed a resolution authored by Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) creating a Select Committee on the Publication of Constitutional Amendments that will complete a study of how constitutional amendments in the Commonwealth are advertised.
May. 03, 2021 /
![Ortitay, House Leaders Call for an Investigation into COVID-19 Contact Tracing Data Breach]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny), along with House Majority Whip Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest) and Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin), today spoke about the COVID-19 contact tracing data breach by the Wolf administration, missed opportunities to reduce the risks to Pennsylvanians and called for a full, independent investigation.
Apr. 30, 2021 /
![Ortitay, House Leaders Detail Missteps, Call for Investigation on Data Breach]()
WHAT: Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny), House Majority Whip Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest) and Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) will discuss the latest COVID-19 contact tracing data breach by the Wolf administration, opportunities missed to reduce the risks to private citizens and request a full, independent investigation.
Apr. 29, 2021 /
![Ortitay Issues Statement Regarding DOH Failure to Protect Personal, Medical Data Obtained by COVID-19 Contact Tracers]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) issued the following statement in response to a WPXI-TV/Target 11 investigation that led to more than 70,000 Pennsylvanians having their personal information accessible on the internet after answering calls from employees of a firm contracted by the Pennsylvania Department of Health to conduct contract tracing:
Apr. 21, 2021 /
![Ortitay Secures Funding for Collier Township Trail]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today announced the release of $20,000 in state funds to Collier Township to add a walking trail at the municipal complex.
Apr. 15, 2021 /
![Ortitay Proposes the Great Pennsylvania Giveback]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) has introduced five bills to help fire and ambulance companies, small businesses, frontline workers, those without access to broadband internet and unemployment claim processing delays by using some of the $7.3 billion in recently approved federal stimulus funds the Commonwealth is set to receive.
Apr. 09, 2021 /
![Bipartisan Group of Legislators Challenge Process Taken by P3 Board]()
HARRISBURG – In a letter to PennDOT Secretary Yassmin Gramian sent on March 24, a bipartisan group of legislators – Reps. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny), Anita Kulik (D-Allegheny), Sheryl Delozier (R-Cumberland) and Andrew Lewis (R-Dauphin) – questioned the process and resolution the Public Private Partnership Board (P3) used to announce plans to toll nine Pennsylvania bridges.
Mar. 23, 2021 /
![Bridge Tolling Disrespectful to Veterans’ Families, Ortitay Says]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today called on PennDOT to abandon its plans to toll the Interstate 79 bridge near the Bridgeville exit as it will discourage the visitation and recognition of our deceased veterans at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies.
Mar. 18, 2021 /
![Legislation Introduced to Pause PennDOT’s Bridge Tolling Plan]()
HARRISBURG – Legislation recently introduced by Reps. Sheryl Delozier (R-Lower Allen), Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) and Andrew Lewis (R-Dauphin) would reform the public private partnership (P3) transportation law, including the addition of provisions to halt PennDOT’s recent bridge tolling proposal unless the General Assembly approves it.
Mar. 16, 2021 /
![Bridge Tolling Sucker Punch for Families Who Need Treatment at Children’s, Ortitay Says]()
BRIDGEVILLE – Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) today expressed outrage about another facet of the proposed tolling of the Interstate 79 bridge near the Bridgeville exit.