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Jim
Marzilli

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Arlington, Massachusetts

For nearly 20 years, J. James Marzilli, Jr. held elected office as a Massachusetts State legislator, serving multiple terms in the House of Representatives and Senate. Succeeding State Representative Robert Havern III in 1991, J. James Marzilli, Jr. took the 23rd Middlesex district seat and held it for the next 16 years. Over the course of his tenure in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, J. James Marzilli, Jr. led a variety of initiatives to benefit both the state and his Middlesex constituents, building an impressive record of public service in the process. Among his numerous accomplishments in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, J. James Marzilli, Jr. drafted and passed legislation to increase the minimum wage (twice), increased the earned income tax credit, improved wages for human services workers on three occasions, and more. In addition, J. James Marzilli, Jr. authored the 2007 Energy, Climate and Economic Security Act and founded the Working Family Agenda, which proved effective in advocacy efforts for working-class families. As a result of his consistent performance in the House of Representatives and steadfast commitment to underserved individuals, J. James Marzilli, Jr. was named Legislator of the Year by such groups as the Association of Retarded Citizens, the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers, the Boston Fair Housing Center, the Massachusetts Human Services Provider Council, and the Environmental League of Massachusetts. Leaving his seat in the 23rd Middlesex district in 2007, J. James Marzilli, Jr. won election to the Massachusetts State Senate in December 2007. For the next year, J. James Marzilli, Jr. fulfilled a range of responsibilities as the State Senator from the 4th Middlesex district, including membership in the Committee on Mental Health and the Committee on Children and Families. J. James Marzilli, Jr. also served as Chairman of the Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development during his time in the Massachusetts State Senate. To read more information on the past political activities and professional background of J. James Marzilli, Jr., visit his official website at www.marzilli.org.


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  		•  Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1991 - 2008
    State Senator and State Representative
    Jim Marzilli was an elected member of the Massachusetts State Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

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Jim Marzilli's Publications

  • Laboratories of Progress, The American Prospect
    September, 2005
    In the absence of federal progress, state and local governments have emerged as key arenas for policies to address global warming. These policies include strategies to encourage the use of cleaner cars, renewable energy, high-performance buildings, and, most importantly, the proposal to cap carbon-dioxide emissions from utilities in the Northeast. State and local programs won’t lower emissions to a sustainable level without federal and international action. But they are a start that can also help transform public opinion and awareness.
  • Getting smarter on energy, The Boston Globe
    January, 2007
    The mayor of Baoding, China, sees a bright future for his city, powered by solar energy. He proudly showed me and a delegation of American energy business leaders the new Yengli photovoltaic manufacturing facility in his city of 6 million people. It will produce 500 megawatts of solar electric panels annually when completed in 2009, triple the amount produced annually … (Full article: 707 words)

Jim Marzilli's Presentations

  • Life at a tipping point – Legislative climate policies at the state level, TransAtlantic Climate Dinner, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    March, 2006
    The US energy and climate policy – particularly political dynamics at the sub-national level – was the topic of the Transatlantic Climate Dinner in honour of Jim Marzilli. Since 1990, Marzilli has been campaigning for environmental- and energy-sector reforms in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Against the backdrop of increasingly dynamic climate and energy policy debates, the participants discussed the potential for reforms as well as possible hurdles at the city and state levels.