\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGas prices in Pennsylvania have risen sharply due to the Iran war, with the state average now at $4.18 per gallon \u2014 an increase of $1.06 since the conflict began. McCormick says rising prices are a concernU.S. Sen. Dave McCormick acknowledged the financial strain on Pennsylvanians.”I am worried about gas prices, that the gas is up a buck a gallon,” McCormick said. McCormick expressed hope that relief could come soon as negotiations related to the Iran war progress.”I think the sooner we can finish up the mission and get home, I don’t think there’s any risk of a long, Iraq-like situation, where we’re trying to fix Iran. I think the president’s clear on that, and I’m certainly clear on that,” he said. Farmers feel impact beyond the pumpDuring recent meetings with farmers in Middletown and Tioga County, McCormick noted that higher fuel prices are significantly affecting the agricultural industry.”Fertilizer prices have gone way up largely because of what’s going on in Iran,” he said. Labor issues add to farm concernsMcCormick also addressed labor concerns raised by farmers, particularly regarding the H-2A visa program, which allows farm workers to enter the U.S.”We need to make some changes on that, I think, and maybe even a new visa category for folks that work full-time. And these are jobs that, frankly, most Americans aren’t taking or willing to take. So, so there’s definitely work to do,” he said.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tHARRISBURG, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Gas prices in Pennsylvania have risen sharply due to the Iran war, with the state average now at $4.18 per gallon \u2014 an increase of $1.06 since the conflict began. <\/p>\n
McCormick says rising prices are a concern<\/p>\n
U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick acknowledged the financial strain on Pennsylvanians.<\/p>\n
“I am worried about gas prices, that the gas is up a buck a gallon,” McCormick said. <\/p>\n
McCormick expressed hope that relief could come soon as negotiations related to the Iran war progress.<\/p>\n
“I think the sooner we can finish up the mission and get home, I don’t think there’s any risk of a long, Iraq-like situation, where we’re trying to fix Iran. I think the president’s clear on that, and I’m certainly clear on that,” he said. <\/p>\n
Farmers feel impact beyond the pump<\/p>\n
During recent meetings with farmers in Middletown and Tioga County, McCormick noted that higher fuel prices are significantly affecting the agricultural industry.<\/p>\n
“Fertilizer prices have gone way up largely because of what’s going on in Iran,” he said. <\/p>\n
Labor issues add to farm concerns<\/p>\n
McCormick also addressed labor concerns raised by farmers, particularly regarding the H-2A visa program, which allows farm workers to enter the U.S.<\/p>\n
“We need to make some changes on that, I think, and maybe even a new visa category for folks that work full-time. And these are jobs that, frankly, most Americans aren’t taking or willing to take. So, so there’s definitely work to do,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gas prices in Pennsylvania have risen sharply due to the Iran war, with the state average now at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[73586,29157,5668,39989,73589,73590,44877,8098,73587,73593,3955,59042,73588,73591,55016,31123,539,28,60996,30,29,73592,37181,29763],"class_list":{"0":"post-162880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-1-on-1-interview","9":"tag-buck","10":"tag-consumer","11":"tag-farmer","12":"tag-farmers-and-consumers","13":"tag-fertilizer-prices","14":"tag-gallon","15":"tag-gas-prices","16":"tag-h-2a-visa-program","17":"tag-high-fuel-price","18":"tag-hope","19":"tag-iran-war","20":"tag-iran-war-impacts","21":"tag-labor-concerns","22":"tag-mccormick","23":"tag-middletown","24":"tag-pa","25":"tag-pennsylvania","26":"tag-pennsylvania-gas-price","27":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","28":"tag-pennsylvania-news","29":"tag-recent-meeting","30":"tag-tioga-county","31":"tag-u-s-sen-dave-mccormick"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}