Speaker Mike Turzai to Address 2020 PA Leadership Conference

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(Harrisburg, PA) – Pennsylvania House Speaker Michael Turzai will reflect on his career and the role the venerable publication Human Events played in framing his conservative philosophy in a discussion with John Gizzi, a former Human Events correspondent now with Newsmax, during the 2020 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference to be held March 27-28, 2020 at the Radisson Penn Harris Convention Center in Camp Hill, PA.

After winning a special election in 2001 representing the 28^th legislative district in Allegheny County, Michael Truzai rose through the ranks being elected Speaker of the House in 2015. Earlier this year he announced his retirement at the end of his current term.

Announced speakers include Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz as the featured dinner speaker, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum; L. Brent Bozell, III of the Media Research Center; Congressman Scott Perry; John Gizzi of Newsmax; Dr. Paul Kengor from the Institute for Faith & Freedom at Grove City College; Corey DeAngelis, Director of School Choice at the Reason Foundation; Kelly Ann Pidgeon from Armed & Feminine and Kurt Kondrich, father of a Down Syndrome child.

Lawrence Tabas, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party will be the luncheon speaker. Following his comments there will be a panel discussion moderated by Jeff Lord of the American Spectator with panelists Bernie Comfort, Chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Trump for President campaign; Rose Tennent from Women for Trump, and Vernon Robinson of Black Americans for Trump.

There will be five interactive panel presentations with topics including Free Market Approach to Health Care; Competitive, Simple & Fair: The Trifecta for Comprehensive Tax Reform; Expanding Educational Opportunities; Combating Environmental Extremism; And, How Unions Keep Public Employees from Ending Their Memberships.

The conference will include four workshop sessions: Becoming a Watchdog, Social Media Training, Grassroots Organizing to Win in 2020, and Pennsylvania’s Push for Pot: Lessons Learned from Marijuana Legalization.

The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference is the premier gathering of public policy conservatives each year in the Keystone State. It is the largest and longest-running of the state-based conservative conferences regularly attracting a long list of conservative elected officials, scholars, journalists and activists for two days of speeches, panel presentations, workshops and networking.

Additional speakers will be announced over the coming weeks.

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Mike Turzai, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives moved Pennsylvania Republicans from defense to offense against high taxes, reckless spending, and generational debt.

As the state representative from Bradford Woods, Turzai challenged Capitol culture by helping lead a successful repeal of the unconstitutional legislative pay raise. As the Republican Majority Leader, he led the fights for long-stalled reforms to limit state spending, cut taxes, and make every dollar of state spending public and online. Turzai and House Republicans were credited with delivering one of the most pro-growth job agendas in decades.

As Speaker of the House of Representatives, Turzai has been the most vocal and effective opponent of Governor Tom Wolf’s multi-billion-dollar strategy to raise taxes on families and job creators.

A lifelong resident of Pennsylvania, Mike was born in Sewickley and raised in Moon Township. After graduating from Our Lady of Sacred Heart High School in 1977, Mike earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame before earning his Juris Doctor from Duke University in 1987.

Mike and his wife, Dr. Lidia Turzai—a Pittsburgh-area pediatrician—have three sons, Andrew, Stephen, and Matthew. The family is active in church, school, and community activities near their home in Marshall Township.