HARRISBURG – Senator David G. Argall’s (R-Schuylkill/Berks) monthly television show features local high school students who participated in his recent Senator for a Day program at Penn State’s Schuylkill Campus.
The student government seminar invited students to debate and vote on issues currently facing the General Assembly, including school property tax elimination, drug testing for welfare recipients and privatizing state liquor sales.
“The Senator for a Day program is designed to give students an in-depth look at the legislative process, including the ability to consider bills in committee, offer amendments to legislation and debate the merits of various proposals among their peers,” Argall said. “It is always interesting to see how these proposals grow and evolve as students share their perspectives.”
Students from 10 local school districts participated in the event, including Blue Mountain, Mahanoy Area, Marian Catholic, Minersville Area, Nativity BVM, North Schuylkill Area, Pottsville Area, Saint Clair Area, Schuylkill Haven Area and Tamaqua Area.
The program will air on:
- Blue Ridge Communications (Channel 13) every Monday at 10 a.m. and every Wednesday at 10:30 p.m.
- Comcast On-Demand on Channel 1 – Get Local – Government – State Senate.
- Reading (Channel 21) and Hamburg (Channel 19) every Monday at 3 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and every Tuesday at 9 a.m.
- Service Electric (Channel 19) the 2nd and 4th Wednesday at 7 p.m.
- The program is available on Berks Community Television, Shen-Heights TV, Hazleton’s WLYN TV 35 and MetroCast Communications Channel 10. Please check local listings for air times.
Senator Argall’s report is also available online at www.SenatorArgall.com.