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John H. Rogers is a Democratic member of the
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, representing the 12th Norfolk District since 1992, which includes all of Norwood and parts of Walpole.


Early life and education

Representative Rogers attended Saint Catherine of Sienna Grammar School and Public Schools in
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before graduating from
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in West Roxbury. He graduated cum laude from
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in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1992, he received a Juris Doctor from
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and also studied at the
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Law School in Ireland.


Committee assignments

Representative Rogers currently serves at the
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of the Joint Committees on Education, Children & Families, and Labor and Workforce Development. He served as House Majority Leader from January 2005 until January 2009. He served as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from January 2001 through January 2005. As Chairman, he was the chief budget writer for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. During his tenure in the Legislature, he has also served as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Taxation (1999-2001) and Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary (1997-1999). Representative Rogers has also served as Vice Chairman of several committees – the House Committee on Steering and Policy, the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development and the House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight – while also serving as a member of the Joint Committees on Banks and Banking; Energy; and Criminal Justice. Rep. Rogers has also been chosen to lead several different caucuses and special legislative committees. From 1994–2001, he served as House Chair of the Legislative Caucus on Older Citizens' Concerns (also known as the "Elder Caucus"). In 1998, he was appointed by former Speaker Thomas Finneran to chair a special legislative committee to reform the adoption laws in Massachusetts so as to accelerate the adoption process and ensure that the best interests of the child are of paramount concern in the process. In 1999, he was recognized by the Massachusetts Families for Kids, the Legislative Caucus on Foster Care and the Department of Social Services for his efforts as Chairman of that Ad-Hoc Committee on Adoption and as author of the landmark Adoption Law of 1999. In October 2004, he was chosen to co-chair the legislatively created Commission to Study the Provision of Counsel to Indigent Persons in the Commonwealth which issued a major report, now known as the "Rogers Report," recommending improvements to the so-called CPCS system in March 2006. In 2007, he chaired the special House Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect and authored the report ''First Do No Harm''


See also

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References


External links


Massachusetts General Court - State Representative John H. Rogers
official MA House website
Project Vote Smart - Representative John H. Rogers (MA)
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