House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North
Reading) is pleased to announce that he has appointed Representative Hannah
Kane (R-Shrewsbury) to the Joint Committee on Public Health.
Representative Kane replaces former Representative Leah Cole
(R-Peabody), who previously served on the committee before resigning her House
seat on September 28th to resume a full-time nursing career. In addition to her new committee assignment,
Representative Kane will continue to serve as a member of the Joint Committee
on Transportation, the House Committee on Personnel & Administration and
the House Committee on Redistricting.
“The Public Health Committee deals with a wide range of
issues that directly impact the health and well-being of every Massachusetts
resident and I am confident that Representative Kane will do an exemplary job to
help facilitate the committee’s work in this area,” said Representative Jones.
“I am honored to accept this appointment and I look forward
to working with my colleagues to address some of the critical public health
issues that will come before the committee this session,” said Representative
Kane.
Representative Kane has recently hired a new intern who will
aid in the research of important public health issues such as the proposed legalization
of recreational marijuana use, an issue Representative Kane has openly opposed
and one that is likely to appear as a ballot initiative in 2016. The new
research intern, James Ko, is currently in his junior year at Boston University
as a political science major. Representative Kane also serves on Worcester
County District Attorney Joe Early's Opioid Task Force.
Representative Kane represents the 11th Worcester
District, which is comprised of the town of Shrewsbury and Precincts 4 and 5 in
Westborough.
