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== Education and personal life == |
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Turzai was born in [[Sewickley, Pennsylvania]]. He grew up in [[Moon Township, Pennsylvania|Moon Township]] and attended [[Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School (Coraopolis)|Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School]] in [[Coraopolis, Pennsylvania|Coraopolis]]. He earned a B.A. from the [[University of Notre Dame]] |
Turzai was born in [[Sewickley, Pennsylvania]]. He grew up in [[Moon Township, Pennsylvania|Moon Township]] and attended [[Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School (Coraopolis)|Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School]] in [[Coraopolis, Pennsylvania|Coraopolis]]. He earned a B.A. in English from the [[University of Notre Dame]] in 1981 and his law degree from [[Duke University]] in 1987.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?districtnumber=28|title=Representative Mike Turzai|last=|first=|date=|website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref><ref name=about>{{cite web|title=PA State Rep. Mike Turzai - About Me|url=http://www.repturzai.com/bio.aspx|publisher=repturzai.com|access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref> |
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Turzai is married to Lidia Turzai, a pediatrician. They have three children and live in [[Marshall Township, Pennsylvania|Marshall Township]] in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny County]]. He is a [[Lector#Ecclesiastical|lector]] at Saints John and Paul Catholic Church in Sewickley.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=about/><ref name=hh>{{cite web|title=Michael C. Turzai|url=https://www.hh-law.com/professional/michael-c-turzai/|publisher=Houston Harbaugh, P.C.|access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref> |
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==Political career== |
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==Tenure== |
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Turzai was an Assistant District Attorney for Alleghany County from 1998 to 1992, when he joined Houston Harbaugh, a law firm in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]. He was an attorney with Houston Harbaugh through 2004, and remains [[Of counsel]] with them.<ref name=hh/><ref>{{cite web|title=Mike Turzai|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=289&body=H|publisher=Pennsylvania House of Representatives}}</ref> |
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===Electoral history=== |
===Electoral history=== |
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In 1998 Turzai ran to represent the [[Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district|4th District]] in the U.S. House against Democratic incumbent [[Ron Klink]] and was defeated 64-36.<ref>{{cite news|title=Without Hart, GOP Looks to Move On|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/-33930-1.html|date=April 10, 2009|publisher=''[[Roll Call]]''|access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref> In 2001 he was elected to the Pennsylvania House, winning every precinct in the 28th district against attorney Thomas Dancison in a special election to fill the seat of [[Jane Orie]], who had replaced [[Melissa Hart (politician)|Melissa Hart]] in the state Senate in 2000.<ref>title=Turzai easily wins Orie's House seat|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20010627specialelection0627p5.asp|last1=O'Toole|first1=James|last2=Robinson III|first2=Edward G.|date=June 27, 2001|publisher=''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]''|access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref> |
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Turzai ran unopposed in the Republican primary and general elections of 2012 and 2014.<ref name="ballotpedia" /> |
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Because of his role as Speaker, Turzai sits on all committees in an ex-officio capacity.<ref name=":11" /> He actively serves on the Committee on Committees and the Committee on Rules.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=289|title=Representative Mike Turzai|last=|first=|date=|website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-11-14}}</ref> |
Because of his role as Speaker, Turzai sits on all committees in an ex-officio capacity.<ref name=":11" /> He actively serves on the Committee on Committees and the Committee on Rules.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=289|title=Representative Mike Turzai|last=|first=|date=|website=The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly.|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-11-14}}</ref> |
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In November 2010 Turzai was elected majority leader after the elections which gave the House a 21-seat majority by Republicans. He had also previously served as minority whip.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/tag/mike-turzai/|title=The House's Top Republican, Mike Turzai|work=StateImpact Pennsylvania|access-date=2017-10-26|language=en}}</ref> |
In November 2010 Turzai was elected majority leader after the elections which gave the House a 21-seat majority by Republicans. He had also previously served as minority whip.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/tag/mike-turzai/|title=The House's Top Republican, Mike Turzai|work=StateImpact Pennsylvania|access-date=2017-10-26|language=en}}</ref> He was majority leader from 2011 to 2014. |
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Turzai was House majority leader in June 2011 when it passed the amended "Fair Share Act", a [[tort reform]] bill that largely repealed Pennsylvania's [[common law]] doctrine of [[joint and several liability]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legalnewsline.com/issues/tort-reform/233125-fair-share-act-passes-pa-house-ready-to-become-law|title=Fair Share Act passes Pa. House, ready to become law|author=Jessica M. Karmasek|date=27 June 2011|work=legalnewsline.com}}</ref> |
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On November 15, 2016, Turzai was chosen by House Republicans to be speaker-designee of the House of Representatives. On January 6, 2017, he was unanimously elected as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for a second term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20150107_Lawmakers_take_oaths_as_Pa__legislature_opens.html|title=Lawmakers take oaths as Pa. legislature opens|work=philly-archives}}</ref> |
On November 15, 2016, Turzai was chosen by House Republicans to be speaker-designee of the House of Representatives. On January 6, 2017, he was unanimously elected as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for a second term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20150107_Lawmakers_take_oaths_as_Pa__legislature_opens.html|title=Lawmakers take oaths as Pa. legislature opens|work=philly-archives}}</ref> |
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Mike Turzai | |
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140th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 6, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Sam Smith |
Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office January 4, 2011 – January 6, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Sam Smith |
Succeeded by | Dave Reed |
Republican Whip of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office January 6, 2009 – November 30, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Dave Argall |
Succeeded by | Stan Saylor |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 28th district | |
Assumed office July 12, 2001[1][2] | |
Preceded by | Jane Orie |
Personal details | |
Born | Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S. | August 2, 1959
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Lidia Turzai |
Alma mater | University of Notre Dame Duke University |
Michael Coyne Turzai (born August 2, 1959) is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives who currently serves as Speaker of the House. He is from Allegheny County and has represented the 28th legislative district since 2001. His district includes the cities of Warrendale, Bradford Woods, Franklin Park, and McCandless.[3]
Turzai served as the House Majority Leader from 2011 until 2014, and was elected Speaker in January 2015.
He has announced that he will run for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2018.[4]
Education and personal life
Turzai was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Moon Township and attended Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School in Coraopolis. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame in 1981 and his law degree from Duke University in 1987.[5][6]
Turzai is married to Lidia Turzai, a pediatrician. They have three children and live in Marshall Township in Allegheny County. He is a lector at Saints John and Paul Catholic Church in Sewickley.[5][6][7]
Political career
Turzai was an Assistant District Attorney for Alleghany County from 1998 to 1992, when he joined Houston Harbaugh, a law firm in Pittsburgh. He was an attorney with Houston Harbaugh through 2004, and remains Of counsel with them.[7][8]
Electoral history
In 1998 Turzai ran to represent the 4th District in the U.S. House against Democratic incumbent Ron Klink and was defeated 64-36.[9] In 2001 he was elected to the Pennsylvania House, winning every precinct in the 28th district against attorney Thomas Dancison in a special election to fill the seat of Jane Orie, who had replaced Melissa Hart in the state Senate in 2000.[10] Turzai ran unopposed in the Republican primary and general elections of 2012 and 2014.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Turzai | 24,327 | 65.25 | |
Democratic | John Craig Hammond | 12,958 | 34.75 | |
Total votes | 37,285 | 100 |
Committees and roles
Because of his role as Speaker, Turzai sits on all committees in an ex-officio capacity.[12] He actively serves on the Committee on Committees and the Committee on Rules.[13]
In November 2010 Turzai was elected majority leader after the elections which gave the House a 21-seat majority by Republicans. He had also previously served as minority whip.[14] He was majority leader from 2011 to 2014.
Turzai was House majority leader in June 2011 when it passed the amended "Fair Share Act", a tort reform bill that largely repealed Pennsylvania's common law doctrine of joint and several liability.[15]
On November 15, 2016, Turzai was chosen by House Republicans to be speaker-designee of the House of Representatives. On January 6, 2017, he was unanimously elected as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for a second term.[16]
Legislative ratings and endorsements
In 2017 Turzai was given a 91% rating by the National Federation of Independent Business (which endorsed him in October 2016) and an 80% rating by the American Conservative Union.[17]
In 2016 he was given a 0% rating by the Sierra Club but a 25% rating by the Sierra Club PA. That same year he received a 92% rating by the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.[17]
The National Rifle Association endorsed him on October 25, 2016.[17]
Issues
Education
In August 2014, he met with William Hite, superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia[18] and brokered a deal that would allow local leaders in Philadelphia City Council to self-govern and enact a cigarette tax to temporarily help the district meet its financial obligations and keep school doors open on time.[19] In September 2016 Turzai advocated increasing tax credits to Pennsylvania businesses that contributed to scholarship funds that help low income people send their children to private schools.[20]
On October 26, 2017, Turzai publicly asked several public universities within Pennsylvania to freeze tuition for the 2018-2019 school year for in-state residents. The universities that he asked were the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University, Temple University, and Lincoln University. After a state budget was passed at the end of October, those schools along with the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine stood to receive more than $600 million for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.[21]
Also in October 2017, Turzai voted yes on HB 178 to amend the Pennsylvania Public School Code in various ways. Through his yes vote on the bill, Turzai supported: allowing school boards to suspend teachers for various reasons, including economic reasons, and that suspensions must be based on performance ratings; making schools practice armed intruder or terrorism drills; delaying the use of the Keystone Exams as a graduation requirement until the 2019-2020 school year; and requiring schools to provide a school meal to any student who asks for one, regardless of ability to pay. The bill also requires instruction on opioid abuse to students in grades 6-12.[22]
In December 2016, Turzai announced that he would author a bill to increase tax credits for education. Specifically, his bill would "increase the amount of tax credits available under the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program by $50 million (to $175 million) and the amount of tax credits available under the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) program by $25 million (to $75 million).” He said his purpose in introducing the legislation was to increase school choice and “help more students escape from failing schools."[23]
Hate crimes
In 2017, Turzai cosponsored HR 161, "A Resolution condemning acts of hate and vandalism against the Jewish community."[24]
Keystone Energy Enhancement Act
On December 20, 2016, Turzai introduced the Keystone Energy Enhancement Act, which he had sponsored in previous legislative sessions. The bill would set up 20 “Keystone Energy Enhancement Zones” across the state. Within these zones, natural gas, manufacturing, and petrochemical companies which operate within the zones would receive numerous tax deductions, exemptions, and credits for 10 years, as well as a $1,250 tax credit for each full-time job created within a zone.[25]
Natural gas severance tax
Turzai has been opposed to a severance tax and impact fee on natural gas.[26] During his campaign for governor, Tom Wolf pledged to tax Marcellus Shale.[27] Turzai opposed Wolf’s plan.
In July 2017, the Pennsylvania State Senate leadership proposed a tax that would vary based on market prices.[27] In September 2017, a Pennsylvania House committee voted 15-11 along party lines to amend a bill to "rechristen" the impact fee that has been assessed on shale gas wells since 2012 as a severance tax.[28] Turzai spoke at a news conference sponsored by opponents of the shale tax. He said that he is "steadfastly opposed" to the push for a vote on the bill as well as a vote on the severance tax itself. [28]
At the end of October 2017, the state legislature passed a budget and sent it to Governor Wolf for his signature. The revenue bills as part of the budget did not contain a new tax on natural gas drilling companies, which the governor had wanted but Turzai opposed. However, after receiving the budget from the legislature, the governor continued to push for a natural gas severance tax. Earlier in 2017, the governor had proposed a 6.5% severance tax on natural gas production.[29]
Privatization of liquor stores
In Pennsylvania alcohol is sold through a state-run chain of stores called Fine Wine and Good Spirits.[30] The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board owns and operates 600 of these stores throughout the state.[31]
After being elected governor in 2010, Tom Corbett expressed his support of privatizing Pennsylvania's 621 state liquor stores and in January 2013 announced his proposal for privatization. In March 2013, Turzai introduced the legislation for Corbett’s plan, HB 790, which would privatize the state-owned liquor stores with the state using the revenues for education.[12][32][33]
On February 14, 2017, Turzai likened the enactment of state liquor reforms with taking Pennsylvania “into the 21st century and out of the era of Prohibition,” referring to Act 39 which allowed for privatization of wine in private retail licenses, among other provisions. He announced that he would introduce legislation that would divest the state’s wholesale system for both wine and liquor. Turzai supports eliminating the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's role in acting as the middle-man in wine and spirit distribution.[34][35] He supports divesting state-controlled wholesale system of wine. He said, "Divestiture will “free the wine” by allowing retailers to negotiate pricing on products and by allowing them to have those products delivered directly to retail markets.”[36] Later he introduced HB 1075, which was passed by the House by a vote of 105-84 and was referred to the Senate Law and Justice Committee.[37]
In April 2017, the Pennsylvania state House passed several bills, sponsored by Turzai[38], to privatize wholesale wine and spirits sales and expand alcohol retail outlets in Pennsylvania.[31] The Patriot-News called Turzai "the leading voice for privatization in the Legislature."
Second Amendment
Turzai supports the Second Amendment and the right to carry firearms. The National Rifle Association endorsed his re-election on October 25, 2016.[39]
State budget and taxes
As of October 2017, Pennsylvania has been in a "budget stalemate" since June between Pennsylvania state Senate and House Republicans and Democrats and Governor Tom Wolf.[40] As of the end of September 2017, legislators and Governor Wolf were putting together a new proposal to solve the budget stalemate.[41] House Republicans, led by Turzai, wanted to avoid raising taxes and instead expand legal gambling and use a one-time transfer of $630 million that would come from surpluses and special state accounts. As of October 1, 2017, legislators came to a tentative deal that would pass a revenue package (that would include a small expansion of gambling) that does not increase taxes.[42]
On June 30, 2017, the state House overwhelmingly passed House Bill 218, a bipartisan budget agreement, which, according to Turzai, "answers the challenge to deal with a potential $3 billion shortfall and begins the process of reinventing Pennsylvania government."[43] After the bill passed, Turzai said, ". . . this budget does not rely on onerous job-crushing tax hikes originally proposed by the governor. This bipartisan, no income or sales tax increase budget places priorities on core government functions . . ."[44] Since 2001, Pennsylvania's general fund budget has grown from $20 billion per year to $31.5 billion. In an op-ed that Turzai published in Penn Live, he questioned, "Has government has become 50 percent more efficient? Have we increased our services by half? Certainly, family incomes haven't risen at that rate. Census calculations show median family income in our state rising by a mere 13.5 percent over the same time period."[45] Turzai supports zero-based budgeting. The way he describes it is "a system in which we start from zero and build a budget according to what Pennsylvania - and its taxpayers - can afford."[45]
State gambling
Turzai supported a 2013 bill, passed by the House, that would have approved an expansion of gambling in the state. According to Turzai, the fact that the bill would add money to the state budget was one of his reasons for supporting the issue.[46][47]
The budget passed by the legislature at the end of October 2017 included a major expansion of legalized gambling, which Turzai supported and would bring in $200 million for the current fiscal year. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Gambling expansion had been a sticking point as legislators struggled to close the deficit that was more than $2 billion." The gambling bill allows the state to license 10 casinos that could have between 300 and 750 slot machines and 30 table games. It also allows some truck stops to have up to five video gaming terminals. Turzai led the negotiations for the budget, which passed the House by a vote of 109-72, sending it to the governor.[29]
Transportation
Turzai supports investing taxpayer dollars into upgrading the state’s infrastructure. In 2013, he introduced a bill that would have spent $900 million for “deteriorating highways, mass transit systems, and bridges,” according to Ballotpedia.[46]
Voter ID law comment and controversy
Speaking to the Republican State Committee in June 2012, Turzai stated that Pennsylvania's new[48] voter ID law would "allow Governor [Mitt] Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania" in the November 2012 U.S. Presidential election. He listed the goals that the state Republican legislature had achieved toward that end: "Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it's done. First pro-life legislation—abortion facility regulations—in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done."[49][50] A lawsuit had been filed the previous month challenging the law, and Turzai's comment heightened national debate and concern over whether the goal of the voter ID laws then being passed in Republican-controlled states was actually to check voter fraud or to set obstacles against student, elderly, minority and low-income individuals,[51][52] in Pennsylvania an estimated 750,000 of whom were already registered voters.[53] During a Fox News debate in September with state senator Daylin Leach, Turzai claimed that the legislation, for which no Democratic representative had voted,[54] had bipartisan support and explained that it "is really just about presenting voter identification, which you do when you're buying Sudafed at a drugstore, or going to a place to buy beer, or to a gym, or going to an airport."[55] In the first Commonwealth court proceeding in July, officials testifying for the state had acknowledged that acquiring the mandated identification was the underlying problem.[56][57][58] On October 2 a partial preliminary injunction was issued, allowing voters to vote in the next month's national election without a photo ID.[58] In 2014, after a protracted legal battle, the Pennsylvania voter ID law was permanently enjoined as unconstitutional[59] and the Commonwealth declined to appeal.[60] The confusion and publicity surrounding the law did have a dampening effect on Democratic turnout in 2012, however, according to Pennsylvania GOP party chairman Rob Gleason.[61]
Water
In May 2017, Turzai announced he would introduce a bill to place the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) under the oversight of the state’s Public Utility Commission (PUC). He said that over the last year, the media had recounted several issues facing the residents of Pittsburgh with regards to the PWSA and water including incorrect billing, system leaks, and what he described as “non-compliance with federal water quality mandates.” He later introduced his bill, HB 1490, on June 2 with state Rep. Harry Readshaw. The state House passed the bill by a vote of 195-0.[62][63]
Wikipedia editing
Between 2013 and 2017 an editor or editors traced to the Pennsylvania House Republican caucus in Harrisburg repeatedly edited Wikipedia articles on Turzai and other Pennsylvania Republicans.[64]
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- ^ Coyle, Casey (September 2012). "Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orders Further Review of Voter ID Law". Rhoads & Sinon LLP. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
- ^ a b CNN Wire Staff (October 2, 2012). "Judge blocks Pennsylvania voter ID law for November election". CNN. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
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- ^ "Applewhite, et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al". aclupa.org. ACLU of Pennsylvania. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ "PA GOP chair says voter ID helped cut Obama margin". philly.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 19, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ "House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. May 24, 2017.
- ^ "Bill Information - History". Pennsylvania General Assembly.
- ^ Deto, Ryan (July 12, 2017). "Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai's Wikipedia edited by account tied to House Republicans". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
External links
- 28th House District map
- Media related to Mike Turzai at Wikimedia Commons
- State Representative Mike Turzai official caucus website
- Profile at Vote Smart