{"id":100544,"date":"2020-04-14T00:02:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T04:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=100544"},"modified":"2020-04-14T00:02:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T04:02:21","slug":"senator-browne-to-host-special-covid-19-telephone-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=100544","title":{"rendered":"Senator Browne to Host Special COVID-19 Telephone Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh County \u2013 State Senator Pat Browne (R-16) will host a special COVID-19 Telephone Town Hall for constituents of the 16<sup>th<\/sup> Senatorial District on Wednesday, April 15 at 3:30 p.m. The Telephone Town Hall is designed to provide listeners with vital information related to the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Browne will be joined on the call by a panel of local experts, each providing information on the COVID-19 pandemic and resources available to help those affected. Participants include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eric Kratz, Executive Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PA Senate Labor and Industry Committee<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don Cunningham, President &amp; CEO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Brian Nester, President and CEO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lehigh Valley Health Network<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Local United Way Representatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Constituents will have the opportunity to ask questions of the panel of experts during the one-hour call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety concerns and disruption to everyday life that this public health emergency has caused is unprecedented in our lifetime,\u201d Senator Browne said. \u201cIt is vitally important that we keep the public updated on developments related to COVID-19 and the numerous government and community resources that are now available to help those affected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Telephone Town Hall format allows the community to participate in the discussion without the need to leave their homes. Participants may ask questions or simply remain on their phone line to listen to the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Constituents will receive a phone call invite on their landline telephone on Wednesday, April 15 at 3:30 p.m. asking if they would like to participate in the live call. Individuals can also sign up to receive the call on their cell phones by vising Senator Browne\u2019s website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senatorbrowne.com\/tele-town-hall\/\">https:\/\/www.senatorbrowne.com\/tele-town-hall\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMatt Szuchyt<br \/>\nDeputy Director of Policy &amp; Communications<br \/>\nSenator Pat Browne<br \/>\nMajority Appropriations Chairman<br \/>\nPA 16th Senatorial District<br \/>\nwww.senatorbrowne.com<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/browne-townhall.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/100545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}