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DeLeo Reflects on Record-Setting Run as Speaker

Colin A. Young & Matt Murphy12/29/20 6:39 PM

Speaker Robert DeLeo gave his farewell address in the House Chamber on Tuesday afternoon. Sitting behind him was Majority Leader Ron Mariano (left), who is expected to become speaker on Wednesday. [Sam Doran/SHNS]

As the sun set on his time in the Massachusetts House, Speaker Robert DeLeo took to the House floor one last time Tuesday to reflect on a three-decade Beacon Hill career that he said he tried to center around one overarching philosophy: that "what this job is all about, very simply, is helping people."

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