Sen. Toomey Reads To Students, Promotes Job Creation, Tours SEPTA
Sen. Pat Toomey visited Southeast Pennsylvania March 26. His morning started with a visit to Delaware County's Notre Dame de Lourdes School, where he read "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" to fourth graders as part of the Read Across America reading promotion program. After the reading, the senator discussed civics with the students and answered their questions about the White House, the federal government, and the job responsibilities of a U.S. senator.
After the school visit, Sen. Toomey participated in a media event at the University City Science Center in downtown Philly to bring attention to a new medical device tax included in President Obama's health care law.
Pennsylvania's life sciences industry creates hundreds of thousands of jobs. When this tax goes into effect in 2014, these life sciences companies will have less money to hire new workers and to develop new life-saving technologies. The senator is a co-sponsor of legislation to repeal this onerous tax and protect Pennsylvania jobs.
Finally, the senator rode the Market-Frankford line to SEPTA's headquarters, where he learned about its financial outlook for the next fiscal year, its capital improvement projects and the impact gas prices have on public transportation.