PA FREEDOM CAUCUS CONTINUES TO GAIN “NO” VOTES ON HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS BATTLE
Harrisburg, PA- In response to growing scrutiny from the Pennsylvania Freedom Caucus regarding the taxpayer funding of the University of Pittsburgh, Temple University, and the Pennsylvania State University, the coalition of lawmakers opposed to funding the institutions continued to grow this week.
The concerns primarily surround the treatment of minors with experimental puberty blocking medication at Penn State’s Gender Health Clinic and further scrutiny cites ever rising tuition costs, oppressive diversity, equity, and inclusion practices, and the stifling of free speech on these campuses. After realizing that House Bill 1456, a bill to provide over $259 million to Penn State, did not have the necessary votes to reach the two-thirds majority threshold required for final passage in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, House Democrats quickly played politics and attempted to pass a bill which bundled Penn State with three other institutions in House Bill 612. That bill was voted down by an even larger margin.
The Pennsylvania Freedom Caucus is pleased to thank the below members for standing strong for students and parents and against skyrocketing tuition and experimentation on children:
Your steadfast efforts to gain support to defund the 3 universities is profoundly appreciated. It's time that Pitt, Temple, & Penn State understand that taxpayers disapprove of their experimentation of the unborn & inappropriate medical treatment of minors. Thank you for being our voice!
This a good example of how to get the governance we want. But a better and infinitely more fair one would be to fund all spending with only the money citizen taxpayers agree to assign to that bill every item every year when they turn in their tax returns. I suspect that some departments, like the NIAID would all but disappear. Others would clean up their act for fear of being defunded. It’s OUR money and OUR government, and those spending that money are answerable to us ... or should be!!