Josh Shapiro
The Public Record
Josh Shapiro is the 48th Governor of Pennsylvania, having taken office on January 17, 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2023, where he focused on issues such as consumer protection, public safety, and civil rights. Shapiro has been an advocate for transparency in government and has emphasized the importance of community engagement in development projects.
Our foundational principle in this country... is about freedom of expression, freedom of speech.
I refuse to accept that you’ve got to attack your fellow Americans in order to win an election, and I simply won’t engage in that.
I do believe that all leaders need to speak and act with moral clarity, and I believe that starts with the president of the United States.
She’s going to have to answer to how she was in the room and yet never said anything publicly.
Violence transcends party lines — and the way to address it and have true peaceful debate is for leaders to speak and act with moral clarity. That needs to start with the President.
Using the rhetoric of rage and calling some of our fellow Americans ‘scum’ — no matter how profound our differences — only creates more division and makes it harder to heal.
The attack on Charlie Kirk is horrifying and this growing type of unconscionable violence cannot be allowed in our society.
Now is the time for us to continue making the progress we're making here in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I'm going to focus on that.
Now is not a time to disrupt that with distrust, the way the president is doing in other communities.
I'm the former chief law enforcement officer of this commonwealth, and I understand what communities need to do to make people safe.
Ever since the president made what I think is a wrongheaded decision to take the guard away from the governor and put them on the streets of Los Angeles, we are, have been preparing for such a thing to happen here in Philadelphia.
You have to speak and act with moral clarity, and when supporters of yours say things that are blatantly antisemitic, you can’t leave room for that to just sit there.
In the meantime — stay calm, follow the directions of PEMA and local authorities, and do not call 911 for any reason other than an emergency.
I’m proud we came together to bring Pennsylvania’s hunting laws into the 21st century and honor the traditions that make our Commonwealth special.
By repealing this outdated ban on Sunday hunting, Pennsylvanians can spend more time outdoors, with more chances to share traditions and a stronger future for conservation.
This new law is about real freedom: the freedom to hunt, the freedom for families to pass down traditions to the next generation, and the freedom for the Pennsylvania Game Commission — the experts who know our hunters and our wildlife best…
Over 300,000 Pennsylvanians stand to lose their Medicaid coverage as a result of the federal budget bill that passed the House and Senate last week. 300,000. Congressional Republicans knew the devastating impacts this bill would have on…
[The bill] would have a devastatingly negative impact on Pennsylvania. I've been very outspoken about that, and really specific about the harm it would do to Pennsylvanians.
There's a real question as to whether or not we'd eve be able to operate SNAP any longer, given the change in the formula and given the people that are going to be knocked off.





