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- ↑ "SESSION OF 2001 - 185TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 1" (PDF). Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 2001-01-02.
- ↑ "John E. Pallone" (bio). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania House of Representatives, retrieved online April 9, 2023.