A recent study of the state’s Growing Greener II environmental protection program conducted by the non-partisan Legislative Budget and Finance Committee is the subject of the May edition of Rep. Kate Harper’s Legislative Report television program. 

Voters in 2005 authorized the Commonwealth to borrow $625 million to fund Growing Greener investments in environmental protection, open space and farmland preservation, watershed protection and more. Harper sponsored the resolution calling for the study to determine how the money was invested, how much funding remains and to assess the costs and benefits of the initiative. 

Harper’s guest on the 30-minute program is Philip Durgin, executive director of the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee. In addition to the Growing Greener study, the two also discuss the important role the committee plays in conducting studies of state programs and making recommendations to improve government efficiency and effectiveness. 

The show will air as follows: 

• Comcast Cable on Demand.
• Colonial School District, Comcast Channel 28 and Verizon Channel 28 – Airs Fridays at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
• Plymouth Township, Comcast Channel 22 and Verizon Channel 43 – Airs daily at 2 a.m., 5 a.m., 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. 

The program is also provided to Brittany Pointe Estates, Foulkeways at Gwynedd, Normandy Farms Estates and Walnut Meadows Retirement Community for airing on their closed-circuit television networks throughout the month.

Web users can also view the program on www.KateHarper.net.  

Rep. Kate Harper
61st District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
(610) 277-3230
(717) 787-2801
Member Site:  KateHarper.net
Contact: Patricia A. Hippler
House Republican Public Relations
(717) 772-9846
Caucus Site:  PAHouseGOP.com