Paul Schemel is an American lawyer and politician serving as a member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

from the 90th district in Franklin County,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

Career

Schemel opposes the legalization of

cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...

in Pennsylvania. After the

2020 United States presidential election The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala Ha ...

, Schemel was one of 26 Pennsylvania House Republicans who called for withdrawing certification of presidential electors. Schemel currently sits on the Environmental Resources & Energy, Health, Judiciary, and State Government committees. Rep. Schemel made an unsuccessful attempt at becoming minority leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2022. References

External links

Official Web SitePA House profile
* Living people People from Franklin County, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1971 births 21st-century American politicians {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub