Mike J. Rogers

Infobox_Congressman
name =Michael J. "Mike" Rogers


date of birth=birth date and age|mf=yes|1963|06|2
place of birth =Livingston County, Michigan
state = Michigan
district = 8th
term_start = January 3, 2001
preceded = Debbie Stabenow
succeeded = Incumbent
party =Republican
religion = Methodist
spouse = divorced
residence= Howell, Michigan
alma_mater= Adrian College
occupation= investigator

Michael J. "Mike" Rogers (born June 2, 1963), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Michigan, representing Michigan's 8th congressional district.

Rogers was born in Livingston County, Michigan. He graduated from Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan in 1985, from which he earned a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology, and served in the United States Army from 1985 to 1989. He worked as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its Chicago office, specializing in organized crime and public corruption cases, 1989–1994. He was a member of the Michigan State Senate, 1995–2000, serving as majority floor leader, 1999–2000. He is also a former small business owner.

He was elected as a Republican from the 8th District of Michigan to the United States House of Representatives in one of the nation's closest congressional races of 2000. He narrowly defeated Democratic State Senator Dianne Byrum by 111 votes to win the District 8 seat left open by Debbie Stabenow [http://miboecfr.nicusa.com/election/results/00gen/06008000.html] . Stabenow was elected to the United States Senate. He defeated Frank McAlpine in 2002, Robert Alexander in 2004, and Jim Marcinkowski in 2006. His Democrat opponent in 2008 is Alexander again.

Rogers was the primary sponsor of the Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act, H.R. bill 5037, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on May 29, 2006. This bill is designed to ban protests from occurring near the funerals of soldiers that were killed in action. While in the Michigan Senate, he wrote legislation creating the Michigan Education Savings Plan, which allows Michigan families to set aside tax-free funds for educating their children when they are ready for college or vocational training [http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/1999-2000/publicact/pdf/2000-PA-0161.pdf] . In Congress, Rogers’ measure to make education savings plans free of federal taxes was adopted in 2003 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Growth_and_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2001] .

Rogers recently introduced legislation to make the United States energy independent by July 4, 2015 [http://mikerogers.house.gov/media/pdfs/Energy%20Independence%20Act%20As%20Introduced.pdf] . Rogers’ plan focuses on increased use of nuclear energy, greater funding for research and development of alternative fuels, and the opening up of more domestic sources of oil [http://www.mikerogers.house.gov/EnergyIndependence/index.html] .

Rogers has also introduced pain care management legislation pertaining to Americans who are restricted by severe, chronic pain [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h2994ih.txt.pdf] . He has also worked to prevent counterfeit drugs from entering the United States [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h780ih.txt.pdf] . Rogers' proposed Health Savings Account program for low-income families who are covered by Medicaid was signed into law on February 8, 2008 [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:s1932enr.txt.pdf] .

In 2006, he cosponsored H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act [ [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04411: Thomas (Library of Congress): HR 4411] ] and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act. [ [ http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04777: Thomas (Library of Congress): HR 4777] ]

On the night of March 19, 2007, his Lansing, Michigan office was defaced. The unknown individuals splattered red paint on the building and put up a sign saying that Rogers had "blood" on his hands. They also spray painted the sidewalk with the words "no more deaths," glued shut the front door of the building and destroyed security cameras. [ [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070321/POLITICS/703210387/1022 FBI probes attack on congressman's office ] ]

On September 29th, 2008, Rogers voted against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. [http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll674.xml] . Explaining his vote, Rogers said that he disagreed with the way Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had framed the debate in Washington, and that other bi-partisan solutions should be considered to address the underlying economic problems [http://www.wwj.com/Mich--Congress-Reacts-To-Bailout-Bill-Failure/3051326] .

Rogers is the youngest of five sons. His father was a public school teacher-administrator-football coach and his mother was the director of a local Chamber of Commerce. He has two children and resides in Howell, Michigan.

Committee Assignments

*Energy and Commerce Committee
**Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
**Subcommittee on the Environment and Hazardous Materials
**Subcommittee on Health
*Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
**Subcommittee on Terrorism/HUMINT, Analysis and Counterintelligence (Ranking Member)

ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2008

References

*CongBio|r000572

Notes

External links

* [http://www.mikerogers.house.gov/ U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers] official House site
* [http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/can_detail/H0MI08042 Federal Election Commission — Michael J Rogers] campaign finance reports and data
* [http://www.ontheissues.org/MI/Mike_Rogers.htm On the Issues — Mike J. Rogers] issue positions and quotes
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?CID=N00009668 OpenSecrets.org — Mike J. Rogers] campaign contributions
* [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS027334 Project Vote Smart — Representative Mike J. Rogers (MI)] profile
* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_J._Rogers SourceWatch Congresspedia — Mike J. Rogers] profile
* [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/r000572/ Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Mike J. Rogers] voting record
* [http://www.rogers4congress.com/ Mike Rogers for Congress] official campaign site