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E-news Updates – September 18, 2026
In this Update The Constitution Is Not Optional 9/11 Memorial Service Constitution Day Commemoration Veteran Service Officer Meetings Monthly Photo Submission Throwback! Public Comments Due Monday on Gov. Shapiro’s Overreaching Regulations Key Measure to Prevent Eminent Domain Abuse Still Awaits House Action Let Students Know It’s Safe2Say Something “See Tracks? Think Train” Week Promotes Rail […] [Read More]
Mastriano Announces More Than $4.6 Million for Public Safety, Infrastructure and Community Projects in Franklin and Adams Counties
Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) today announced more than $4.6 million in state grant funding for 21 projects across Franklin and Adams counties, delivering significant investments in public safety, water and sewer infrastructure, emergency services and community facilities. [Read More]
Joint informational meeting regarding “From Combat to Careers”
Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness and House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committees | Room G-50 Irvis Office Building, State Capitol | [Read More]
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OPERATION MARKET GARDEN • SEPTEMBER 17, 1944
82 years ago today, American, British, and Polish forces joined together alongside the brave Dutch resistance in one of the boldest airborne operations of World War II.
Different nations. One mission. One fight for freedom.
We remember their courage. We honor their sacrifice. We will never forget. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇵🇱🇳🇱
SHAPIRO’S SHUTDOWN RETURNS?
Pennsylvanians fought to restore constitutional checks on emergency power after 2020. Those safeguards cannot simply be sidestepped through administrative regulations.
If proposed Department of Health rules would recreate sweeping executive authority under a different name, the General Assembly and the people of Pennsylvania deserve a full accounting.
We are not going backward. Government answers to the people—not the other way around.
On September 17, 1787, delegates in Philadelphia signed the United States Constitution—one of the most consequential moments in American history, establishing the framework for our Republic and placing its future in the hands of “We the People.”
239 years later, the responsibility to preserve and defend it remains ours.
Celebrating Constitution Day in Gettysburg!
What a fantastic morning at The Barn Resort in Gettysburg as we gathered to commemorate 239 years of the United States Constitution and reflect on the enduring principles of liberty, limited government, and “We the People.”
My beautiful wife, Rebbie, opened our event in prayer. The talented Michelle Nestor led us in the National Anthem and “God Bless America,” while Abbottstown Troop 127 honored our nation by posting and retiring the colors.
We were also privileged to hear from two distinguished members of Pennsylvania’s judiciary, The Honorable Judge Victor Stabile and The Honorable Judge Patricia McCullough, who spoke about the importance of our Constitution and our responsibility to preserve it for future generations.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this special commemoration.
The Constitution belongs to “We the People.” May we understand it, defend it, and pass its blessings of liberty to those who come after us.
On September 17, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed at the Battle of Antietam, near Sharpsburg, Maryland—the bloodiest single day in American military history.
More than 22,000 Americans were killed, wounded, or missing in just one day of fighting. We remember those who fought and sacrificed on those fields 164 years ago.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Here, I am leading soldiers on a unit run at the Presidio of Monterey. #ThrowbackThursday
September 17th, 1787 - Constitution Signed - At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, delegates from twelve states voted unanimously to approve the proposed U.S. Constitution.
The Pennsylvania Constitution Cannot Be Circumvented
Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33)
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Department of Health (DOH) is creating regulations that would expand its authority to wield the same power Gov. Tom Wolf did in 2020-21. These regulations threaten to give the governor sweeping emergency power Pennsylvania voters acted to limit in 2021. If the governor can simply move that power into the DOH and exercise it through regulation, then the constitutional protection adopted by the people means little.
Pennsylvanians remember why they changed their constitution. In 2020, Gov. Wolf used extraordinary emergency powers to control the commonwealth. Department of Health Sec. Levine drove the administration’s public-health response, while Shapiro backed Wolf and Levine’s policies as Pennsylvania’s attorney general. Today, Shapiro is governor, and his DOH is seeking expanded regulatory authority. We cannot separate what is happening now from what Pennsylvanians experienced then.
Pennsylvanians remember this because we lived it. Government shut down schools and sent children home. Students lost proms, graduations, sports seasons and milestones they never got back. Parents struggled to work while their children sat at kitchen tables staring into computer screens instead of sitting in classrooms.
Government decided which businesses were essential and which were non-essential, then ordered those it deemed non-essential to close. Men and women who had spent decades building a family business, supporting their families and employing their neighbors suddenly had government tell them their livelihood was “non-essential.” Revenue stopped, but mortgages, rent, utilities, insurance and bills did not. Employees lost paychecks and jobs. Independent business owners watched everything they had spent their lives building hang in the balance.
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