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When Senator Katie Muth was asked about the possibility of becoming governor, she responded:

“𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.”

Here are some of her accomplishments:

𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - Senator Muth introduced SB 1359, calling for a mandatory three-year statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers and associated infrastructure, including new power plants. She has also introduced SB 453 and SB 454 to close Pennsylvania’s hazardous oil-and-gas waste loopholes and require stronger testing, tracking, and disposal protections for potentially toxic and radioactive drilling waste. She also introduced SB 455 to close the leachate loophole, addressing radioactive drilling waste disposed of in landfills and helping prevent contaminants such as radium from entering wastewater and drinking water. 

In 2021, Senator Muth was one of only four Pennsylvania senators who voted against the legislation that established the current sales-tax exemption for data center equipment. 

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 - A Superfund site is a severely polluted location that poses a major health risk and is cleaned up under a federal program.

Did you know a developer can build on contaminated land without first removing all the contamination? That should alarm every community: digging could expose workers and neighbors or spread pollution if the risks are not identified and controlled before construction begins. Senator Muth says she is preparing proposals that would require water availability studies and address cleanup requirements before contaminated Superfund sites are developed.

Her concern is that development can move forward without a requirement to fully remediate every contaminated site before construction begins. Muth wants stronger safeguards before developers disturb contaminated land. 

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 - Senator Muth introduced SB 1114 as part of an effort to require large data centers to pay the infrastructure and energy-system costs they create rather than shifting those costs onto Pennsylvania families and small businesses.

On data centers directly, Muth introduced SB 1385, which would prevent data centers from obtaining public utility status. 

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐔𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 -Senator Muth introduced bipartisan SB 622 to improve direct reimbursement for emergency medical service providers, helping ensure ambulance and EMS agencies are paid more directly for the services they provide and SB 623 to expand recognition and protections for emergency dispatchers and public-safety telecommunicators by including them within PA’s emergency responder framework. She introduced SB 563 and SB 564 and co-sponsored SB 565, seeking a long-overdue cost-of-living adjustment for retired Pennsylvania teachers, school employees and state workers. 

𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬 - Senator Muth serves as Minority Chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee and has consistently advocated for veterans to receive the benefits, services, healthcare, and support they have earned. 

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 -Senator Muth's office has helped announce millions of dollars in state funding for fire and EMS services, public safety, parks, transportation, sewer infrastructure and other community projects throughout her Senate District 44. 

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