Mr. Lentz Goes to Washington

From the inbox:

PA State Representative Bryan R. Lentz (D-161st Legislative District) is among a select group of regional and national energy leaders invited to the White House next week to engage with Cabinet Secretaries and White House staff to discuss the ongoing debate over our country's energy future. The event will be held at the White House on Monday, August 24th.


As President Obama said two weeks ago outside Elkhart, IN:

"The battle for America's future will be fought and won in places like Elkhart and Detroit, Goshen and Pittsburgh, South Bend, Youngstown -- in cities and towns across Indiana and across the Midwest and across the country that have been the backbone of America. It will be won by making places like Elkhart what they once were and can be again -- and that's centers of innovation and entrepreneurship and ingenuity and opportunity; the bustling, whirring, humming engines of American prosperity."

"This is an excellent opportunity to represent Pennsylvania and Delaware county at the White House in a important discussion about job creation, the environment and national security as they relate to our nation's energy future," said Representative Lentz.

Rep. Bryan Lentz is a second term member of the Pennsylvania House of Representative currently serving on the Intergovernmental Affairs, Veterans Affairs, and Energy Preparedness and Transportation committees to name a few.

He is a fourth generation Army veteran. After graduating from Valley Forge Military Academy and College in 1984, Bryan received a full Army scholarship to attend Georgetown University.

He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry in 1986. After completing the Infantry Officers Basic Course (IOBC) and U.S. Army Ranger School, Bryan was assigned to the Second Battalion of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC. He is a veteran of overseas tours to the Sinai Penninsula, Bosnia and Iraq where he recieved the Bronze Star for service

Among his accomplishments in office, Lentz received a perfect score from Penn Environment for advocacy of renewable energy programs. Representative Lentz was leading advocate of Pennsylvania's Governor's energy independence program. As an Iraq war veteran, Bryan knows that a renewable energy policy is directly related to national security because of our dependence on hostile nations that produce oil.