Rep. Shimkus welcomes Robert Morris Elementary School third-graders to the state Capitol.

Rep. Shimkus joins fellow House Democrats at a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda on March 19 to announce a package of anti-crime legislation.

State Rep. Shimkus joins the Pennsylvania Breathe Free Coalition at a news conference in the Capitol Rotunda to implore the state legislature to ban smoking in public buildinga. The urgency of the request was illustrated by thousands of white lilies strewn on the Rotunda steps that represented the thousands of Pennsylvanians who die every year from exposure to secondhand smoke.