PENNSYLVANIA
Fox 43
[with video]
JUNE 13, 2016, BY MATT MAISEL
HARRISBURG, Pa. –State Representative Mark Rozzi walked onto the Capitol steps after a three-hour Senate hearing, incredulous to what he had just heard.
“That whole hearing reeked of being set up,” he said.
On Monday, nearly two months since the state House passed HB1947 by a bi-partisan 180-15 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee took up the bill which would reform Pennsylvania’s child sex abuse laws. House Bill 1947 would eliminate the statute of limitations for future child sex crimes and allow victims to retroactively seek lawsuits against their abusers.
However, after the hearing, Rozzi cried foul play, claiming the witness list was stacked heavily in favor of those advocating against the constitutionality of the bill.
“Two of the people who testified today, one represented the (Pennsylvania) Catholic Conference and the other represented the insurance federation. We were set up!” Rozzi shouted.
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