Diabetes Research Funding, Dietitian Licensure, District Justice System, Driving Under the Influence, Drought Relief

Not every letter to constituents is digitized, because they are typically the same form letter response to each constituent. Changes in the form letter are digitized. Not every letter from constituents is digitized due to privacy concerns.

Diabetes Research Funding

March 27, 2001, from Rep. Thomas Scrimenti, to constituents. He is encouraging them to contact the House of Representatives to help them gather feedback and strengthen the proposal for how to distribute the tobacco settlement funds. Attached is the constituents' letter, March 15, 2001, asking that research for Type 1 diabetes be included in the tobacco settle funds distribution.

Dietitian Licensure

January 29, 1995, from Rep. Thomas Scrimenti, to Valarie J. Dill, President Northwest Pennsylvania Diabetic Association. House Bill 226, regarding training and licensing of registered dietitians, has not been voted on in Committee yet. Attached is Valarie J. Dill's letter, January 1995, requesting support for House Bill 226.

May 1, 1997, from Rep. Thomas Scrimenti, to a constituent. Discussing House Bill 115, regarding Dietitian-Nutritionist Licensure Law, agreeing there should be a dietitian licensure so people do not visit practitioners with inadequate qualifications. Attached is the constituent's letter, April 17, 1997.

District Justice System

March 15, 1995, from Rep. Thomas Scrimenti, to Mary Jane Fuller, District Justice Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania. Discussing which bills he supported in the Special Session, House Bills 19 and 31. Attached is Judge Mary Jane Fuller's letter, March 6, 1995.

Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

August 29, 2003, from Rep. Thomas Scrimenti, to David E. Mitchell, Erie County Councilman. Rep. Scrimenti disagrees with constituents on the consequences for lowering blood alcohol level. The Legislature will need to enact laws to comply with a Federal law requiring all state to set minimum blook alcohol content to .08. Attached is David E. Mitchell's letter, July 3, 2003.

Drought Relief (Senate Bill 1417 of 2000)

June 27, 2000, from Rep. Thomas Scrimenti, to a constituent. He is writing to inform constituents of Senate Bill 1417, which recently passed the General Assembly and may be signed into law by the Governor. This will cause state assistance to flood relief to be up to 75% of federal assistance received.