Pennsylvania House Speaker Mark Rozzi visited State College on Wednesday to continue his ongoing “listening tour” across the commonwealth.
Rozzi, a Democrat from Berks County, is using the tour to hear feedback from constituents while the deadlocked Pennsylvania House remains adjourned until late February. Speaking before about 80 guests at Penn State’s Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub on South Burrowes Street, he said the public forum hopes to cut out the middle man and hear directly from voters themselves.
“The purpose of this tour is to hear from you, the people,” Rozzi said. “A decade of ever-increasing hyperpartisanship has left Harrisburg in a gridlock, and that is where you come in. We cannot continue to do the same thing — and I’ve been saying this at every stop along the way — and expect results. We need fresh ideas.”
Although guests speaking during an hour devoted to public comments mostly strayed from the topic at hand, Rozzi’s tour generally sought feedback on House rules and governing procedures that remain undetermined for the 2023-24 session. Rozzi formed a bipartisan working group, which is also attending the listening tour, to “find a way forward” and chart out the House’s new operating rules.
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