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About Joyce Medical background and military service<\/p>\n
Joyce was born and raised in Pennsylvania and attended Penn State Altoona before earning his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and his medical degree from Temple University.<\/p>\n
He completed postgraduate medical training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and is board-certified in internal medicine and dermatology. After six years at Johns Hopkins, Joyce served in the U.S. Navy at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia during Operation Desert Storm.<\/p>\n
Joyce and his wife, Dr. Alice Plummer Joyce, established Altoona Dermatology Associates in 1991. According to the campaign, they spent more than 25 years caring for patients across Central Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
Congressional and community service<\/p>\n
Joyce served as vice chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee before becoming chair of its Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. He also serves as co-chair of the House GOP Doctors’ Caucus.<\/p>\n
The campaign cites his volunteer work at the St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen and service on advisory boards for Penn State Altoona, the American Cancer Society and the United Way. <\/p>\n
Priorities Health care and rural access<\/p>\n
Joyce’s campaign emphasizes improving access to affordable, quality health care, particularly in rural communities.<\/p>\n
According to his website, his health care priorities include protecting Medicare, investing in medical innovation, addressing the drug crisis and strengthening the local physician workforce through his Homegrown Health Care Initiative.<\/p>\n
The campaign also identifies expanding high-speed internet access across South Central Pennsylvania as a focus of his congressional work.<\/p>\n
Jobs and economic development<\/p>\n
Joyce supports what his campaign describes as a “pro-growth agenda” for workers, farmers, entrepreneurs and small businesses.<\/p>\n
His website emphasizes bringing family-sustaining jobs to Pennsylvania and increasing domestic employment. The campaign connects those goals with efforts to counter economic and strategic challenges posed by the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n
Energy production and costs<\/p>\n
Joyce supports reducing regulations on the energy industry, which his campaign argues would lower household energy costs and create jobs.<\/p>\n
According to his website, he views Pennsylvania\u2019s energy sector as an important source of employment and a contributor to the nation\u2019s energy supply.<\/p>\n
National security<\/p>\n
Joyce\u2019s campaign calls for investment in military resources and training to prepare U.S. forces for threats at home and abroad.<\/p>\n
The website also highlights his involvement with the China Task Force, describing that work as part of an effort to counter the Chinese Communist Party and strengthen U.S. competitiveness.<\/p>\n
Veterans’ services<\/p>\n
Improving veterans\u2019 access to health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs is another priority listed on Joyce\u2019s campaign website.<\/p>\n
The campaign also emphasizes helping veterans navigate federal agencies and resolve administrative obstacles when seeking services and benefits. <\/p>\n
Joyce will face Farnham in the Nov. 3 election. Learn more about Farnham and her stances on key issues here<\/a>. <\/p>\nThis content is imported from infogram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. \u2014 U.S. Rep. John Joyce is a Republican seeking reelection in Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[128884,121732,128887,128886,1820,26642,128885,124299,6016,28,30,29,128883,895,48125,19906,8735],"class_list":["post-316137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-13th-congressional-district-race","tag-campaign-website","tag-congressional-work","tag-domestic-employment","tag-job","tag-john-joyce","tag-johns-hopkins-hospital","tag-key-issue","tag-part","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-priorities-health-care","tag-service","tag-stance","tag-u-s-navy","tag-veteran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316137","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=316137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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