Daily News | Who is Rep. Mark Rozzi, the surprise Pa. speaker of the House?
Pennsylvania state Rep. Mark Rozzi, a Democratic lawmaker from the Reading area, was elected the speaker of the state House Tuesday and announced he will govern as an independent, pledging to members that he will put “the institution before ideology.”
Today, he represents Berks County’s 126th District, which leans Democratic and includes parts of Reading, Lower Alsace, Muhlenberg Township, and Exeter Township. In November, he beat Republican challenger James Oswald by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.about his time in office. “Time has really moved quickly, and it’s been my greatest joy and honor serving the people.
But by far his biggest issue has been advocating for victims of child sexual abuse. Rozzi is himself a victim of priest abuse and has said it’s the reason he got into politics.Rozzi was for years the leading voice in Harrisburg pushing for changes to state law that would grant victims of childhood sexual abuse a two-year window to bring lawsuits, even if the civil statute of limitations had expired. Current law allows those victims to file claims through age 30.
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