"Honorary Rummy" with Pennsylvania State Senator Marty Flynn

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Senator Marty Flynn was born and raised in Scranton, PA, and is a graduate of Scranton Preparatory School, class of 1994, where he excelled in baseball, football, and wrestling. He then attended Marywood University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies. While at Marywood, he began boxing, and eventually embarked upon a decade-long professional career. Upon retiring from the sport, Flynn worked as the Inmate Education and Program Coordinator at Lackawanna County Prison, where he also served as Chairman of the Prison Misconduct Board.

Flynn entered the world of government in 2013, when he was elected to serve the 113th District of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, a role he had for more than eight years. On June 9, 2021, he began a new chapter in his political career when he was sworn in as Senator of Pennsylvania’s 22nd Senatorial District.

In the Senate, Flynn is a member of the Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee, Labor & Industry Committee, Law & Justice Committee, and is the Democratic Chair of the Transportation Committee. Since being in this role, Senator Flynn has been the leader in holding the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission accountable for more than $150 million in uncollected Turnpike tolls.
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Chapters

1. Introduction to Senator Marty Flynn (00:00:00)

2. Dad (00:05:53)

3. How did you feel about drinking? (00:09:53)

4. What about the consequences of drinking and drugs? (00:17:12)

5. How do you start to open up to empathy? (00:21:22)

6. How did you decide to run for senator? (00:26:50)

7. How addiction is a bipartisan problem. (00:33:39)

8. The most fundamental idea that’s changed in his mind. (00:41:07)

9. Federal vs. State prisons. (00:46:43)

10. Accountability is hard. (00:51:43)