Nov. 20, 2020 /
![Cook Applauds Judge Emery’s LSA Ruling]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) has won a four-year pursuit to assure that Local Share Account (LSA) procedures in Washington County are fair, accountable and transparent. Judge Katherine Emery has ruled that the Redevelopment Authority must provide records of 433 projects funded by the LSA of casino gambling. Cook issued the following statement:
Nov. 19, 2020 /
![Cook Seeks Changes to Local Share Account Procedures]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) is seeking changes to Local Share Account (LSA) procedures in Washington County.
Oct. 09, 2020 /
![Local Fire and EMS Companies in Fayette and Washington Counties Receive COVID-19 Grants, Cook Says]()
HARRISBURG – Fayette and Washington counties’ fire and EMS companies, represented by Rep. Cook, each received 25 one-time state grants to assist with extra expenses resulting from the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Oct. 08, 2020 /
![Cook Stands Up to Liquor Control Board]()
HARRISBURG – Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Wolf and his administration have made political decisions, claiming that they were made with the best interest of the public’s health in mind. State Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) issued the following statement about the latest abuse of power:
Oct. 06, 2020 /
![Cook Requests Documents of Projects Funded by Local Share Account of Casino Gambling]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) is requesting the records of 433 projects funded by the Local Share Account (LSA) of casino gambling in Washington County. With pushback from the Redevelopment Authority, Cook issued the following statement regarding his request:
Sep. 21, 2020 /
WEST BROWNSVILLE – Sgt. 1st Class Thomas L. McDonough, a native of Brownsville gave his life in service to his country during the Korean War. Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) will hold a ceremony to dedicate a bridge in his name on a portion of State Route 8042 over U.S. Route 40, West Brownsville Borough, Washington County.
Sep. 17, 2020 /
![Cook Responds to U.S. District Court Ruling Wolf Orders Unconstitutional]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) issued the following statement regarding the U.S. District Court ruling that actions taken by the Wolf Administration relating to business closures were unconstitutional:
Aug. 28, 2020 /
![Cook Announces Grant to Support Angler Education]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) announced that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) awarded $11,016 to the Intermediate Unit 1 in Washington County to engage students enrolled in alternative education and those with special needs.
Aug. 25, 2020 /
![Ceremony Honoring Local Veterans to Air, Dowling Says]()
WHAT: Reps. Matt Dowling (R-Fayette/Somerset), Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) and Ryan Warner (R-Fayette/Westmoreland) will make a recording of the drive-in veterans’ recognition ceremony they hosted available to the media and the public.
Aug. 21, 2020 /
![Reps. Dowling, Cook and Warner to Host Drive-In Veterans’ Recognition Ceremony]()
WHAT: A Drive-In Veterans’ Recognition Ceremony that will honor local veterans while allowing for safe social distancing. Attendees will tune their radios to 87.9 FM so they can hear the ceremony from their vehicles.
Aug. 17, 2020 /
![Washington Township, Fayette County, to Receive $96,880 in Funding, Announces Cook]()
HARRISBURG - Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) announced today that the Municipal Authority of the Township of Washington, Fayette County, will receive $968,880 in funding from the PA Small Water and Sewer Program.
Aug. 13, 2020 /
![Gov. Wolf: “We the People” Deserve Better]()
Since March, Pennsylvanians and residents of the 49th District have witnessed and endured the failed leadership of Gov. Tom Wolf and his administration regarding his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. This administration has caused mass confusion and widespread outrage from elected officials, community leaders, small businesses and hard-working taxpayers for arbitrarily moving goal posts to reopening our state’s economy and giving our residents their freedoms back.
May. 07, 2020 /
HARRISBURG – In his third letter to Gov. Tom Wolf, Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) called on the governor to have faith in “We the People” and give hard-working Pennsylvanians the opportunity to get back to work.
Apr. 30, 2020 /
![Monongahela Valley Hospital to Receive $15 Million In Funding to Combat COVID-19, Cook Announces]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bud Cook (Washington/Fayette) announced today that the Monongahela Valley Hospital has been approved to receive $15 million in funding through the Hospital Emergency Loan Program (HELP), which provides short-term financial relief as hospitals combat the surge of COVID-19 cases in their area.
Apr. 16, 2020 / Weekly Roundup
![Governor Wolf: Are You Listening?]()
Apr. 09, 2020 / Weekly Roundup
![Cook Sends Open Letter to Gov. Wolf]()
Apr. 06, 2020 /
![Cook to Host Telephone Town Hall Meeting]()
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bud Cook (R-Fayette/Washington) today announced that he will be hosting a telephone town hall meeting on Tuesday, April 7, at 6:20 p.m.
Mar. 27, 2020 /
![Cook Urges Wolf to Post List of Businesses and Lift Construction Ban]()
BELLE VERNON– Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) announced today that he is calling on Gov. Tom Wolf to act on two critical issues: first, the release of a comprehensive list of business entities that have applied for, received or have been denied a wavier classifying them as either a life-sustaining or non-life-sustaining business; and second, lifting the ban on construction work in the Commonwealth.
Mar. 26, 2020 / Newspaper Columns
![Coronavirus Update: March 26]()
Mar. 23, 2020 /
![Cook Announces Several Action Items to Best Serve 49th District During COVID-19 Crisis]()
BELLE VERNON – Rep. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette) announced today that his office will be taking several actions to better serve the residents of the 49th District during the current COVID-19 crisis, including launching an effort to make homemade masks.