HARRISBURG – Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason released the following statement upon hearing the news of Congressman Patrick Murphy’s pending assignment to the Appropriations Committee by liberal Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

“It appears that Patrick Murphy has finally been rewarded for blindly following the big-government agenda of Speaker Nancy Pelosi,” Gleason said.  “After consciously deciding to sell out his constituents by supporting an extreme liberal agenda that will empty the wallets of American taxpayers for generations to come, one can only question if this was Murphy’s reward for his health care vote.”

“Whether it comes to supporting government-run, taxpayer-funded health care or the nearly $1 trillion stimulus bill that has failed to create jobs, Speaker Nancy Pelosi can always count on Patrick Murphy to be a strident and enthusiastic supporter of her big-government agenda.

“The people of the 8^th Congressional District need representation in Congress that will actually fight for their needs, not act as a rubberstamp to the failed big government agenda of President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”

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