Representative Jim Struzzi

Chair, PA House Republican Appropriations Committee 

State Rep. Jim Struzzi is in his fourth term of service to residents of the 62nd Legislative District, which consists of the following Indiana County municipalities: the townships of Armstrong, Blacklick, Brush Valley, Buffington, Burrell, Center, Cherryhill, Conemaugh, East Wheatfield, Pine, Washington, West Wheatfield, White and Young; and the boroughs of Armagh, Blairsville, Clymer, Creekside, Homer City, Indiana, Saltsburg and Shelocta.

For the 2025-26 legislative session, Jim was elected Chairman of the House Republican Appropriations Committee.  

Like many citizens raised in western Pennsylvania, Jim was instilled with the traditional values of hard work, personal integrity and community service. He is committed to protecting those values in the state Capitol, while fighting to reduce government spending, eliminate burdensome taxes, create more family-sustaining jobs, improve the climate for businesses and work to ensure the agriculture industry has the proper tools and support it needs to be successful.

Jim’s many years of experience as a journalist, press secretary with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) for District 11 and president of the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce shows that he understands the importance of maintaining of good infrastructure.

Jim’s strong faith has helped him to cope with the loss of his brother, Michael, who died from an overdose at the age of 31. Addiction touches all ages, genders and socioeconomic statuses, and Jim vows to try to solve this crisis by working together with community, state and federal leaders.

Jim is committed to improve the quality of life for all residents and make sure our children have the best education available. As part of his legislative priorities, he will protect our state and national constitutions and will advocate for state’s rights, Second Amendment rights and school choice.

A very creative individual, Jim fulfilled a dream to write several well-loved children’s books, The Christmas Secret and Jacob’s Haunting. The young adult novels set in Indiana County teach children the importance of family, morality and courage.

He graduated from Penn Trafford High school in Westmoreland County; earned a degree in electrical wiring from a technical school in McKees Rocks near Pittsburgh; and acquired his bachelor’s degree in English writing with a focus on communications from the University of Pittsburgh in Greensburg.

Jim tends to focus on big-picture, incremental solutions and is a big believer that success is derived through hard work and personal sacrifice rather than government intervention.

He, his wife, Christina, and their children, Aviana, Talan, Zarek and Vaughn, reside in White Township, Indiana County.

Senator Joe Pittman

Majority Leader, PA State Senate

UNFORTUNATELY, Representative Rabb is not able to join us on Monday, August 24.  In his place, we were able to secure as our speaker, former Governor Mark Schweiker.

Pennsylvania’s 44^th governor. 

During his tenure, he strengthened Pennsylvania’s homeland security readiness in the days and months following the terrorist attacks of 9/11.  He gained widespread acclaim for his leadership during the successful 77-hour rescue operation of nine trapped miners in Quecreek, Somerset County in July 2002.

Now working in the private sector, he continues to lend his considerable experience in emergency management, crisis response and counterterrorism as an executive-in-residence for Rider University’s Homeland Security program.

At the Press Club luncheon this month, he will offer his reflections on 9/11 and where we are today as a nation that promised to never forget the brave Americans who lost their lives that day.

 

Congressman Brendan Boyle

PA – 02

Congressman Brendan F. Boyle was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia. The son of an immigrant, Congressman Boyle’s father was a janitor for SEPTA and his mother was a school crossing guard.

The first in his family to attend college, he attended the University of Notre Dame and later graduated from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government with a master’s degree in Public Policy.

He was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature in 2008, becoming the first Democrat to ever represent his legislative district. Two years later his brother, Kevin, was also elected to the state legislature, making them the first brothers to serve together in the state House. In 2014, Congressman Boyle pulled off a major upset win over three better funded rivals to be elected to Congress.

Now in his sixth term, Congressman Boyle is the Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee. He is also Lead Democrat for the US Congressional Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and a Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University.