State Representative Rick Geist (R-Altoona) has been appointed to serve as Republican chairman of Pennsylvania's House Transportation Committee for a seventh consecutive term, as the Legislature faces a transportation funding crisis in the 2007-2008 legislative session.
For the first time since 1995, Geist will be minority rather than majority chairman. Rep. Joseph Markosek (D-Allegheny) will serve as majority chairman of the committee.