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Yoho opposed the [[Environmental Protection Agency]]'s [[Clean Power Plan]], saying it would harm the economy.<ref name=sunshine20151202/>
Yoho opposed the [[Environmental Protection Agency]]'s [[Clean Power Plan]], saying it would harm the economy.<ref name=sunshine20151202/>
Asked in an April 2014 interview if he thought climate change was caused by human activity, Yoho said "No. I think it’s a natural occurrence," and asked if he agreed with the [[scientific opinion on climate change|scientific consensus on climate change]] said "I think there’s an agenda-driven science. I can read stuff that says that the information was skewed. It’s not right. I’m a guy that’s worked out in the weather since I was 16. I can tell there’s climate change. The cause? I’m not smart enough for that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Congressman Denies Manmade Climate Change, Calls It ‘An Agenda-Driven Science’ |first=Scott |last=Keyes |date=April 15, 2014 |work=[[ThinkProgress]] |publisher=[[Center for American Progress]] |accessdate=October 29, 2017 |url=https://thinkprogress.org/congressman-denies-manmade-climate-change-calls-it-an-agenda-driven-science-b88088559833/}}</ref> [[Organizing for America]], the [[Center for American Progress]], and [[Vice Media]] said Yoho was a [[climate change denial|climate change denier]] citing his April 2014 statements.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Organizing for America]] |title=Ted Yoho is a Climate Change Denier |url=https://www.ofa.us/climate-change-deniers/ted-yoho-florida/ |accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work=[[ThinkProgress]] |publisher=[[Center for American Progress]]|title= The Climate Denier Caucus in Trump’s Washington |first1=Claire |last1=Moser |first2=Ryan |last2=Koronowski |date=April 28, 2017 |url=https://thinkprogress.org/115th-congress-climate-denier-caucus-65fb825b3963/ |accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Florida's Climate Change Deniers |at=Motherboard |date=April 25, 2017 |accessdate=October 29, 2017 |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gv53kq/climate-deniers-congress-florida |agency=[[Vice Media]]}}</ref>
Asked in an April 2014 interview if he thought climate change was caused by human activity, Yoho said "No. I think it’s a natural occurrence," and asked if he agreed with the [[scientific opinion on climate change|scientific consensus on climate change]] said "I think there’s an agenda-driven science. I can read stuff that says that the information was skewed. It’s not right. I’m a guy that’s worked out in the weather since I was 16. I can tell there’s climate change. The cause? I’m not smart enough for that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Congressman Denies Manmade Climate Change, Calls It ‘An Agenda-Driven Science’ |first=Scott |last=Keyes |date=April 15, 2014 |work=[[ThinkProgress]] |publisher=[[Center for American Progress]] |accessdate=October 29, 2017 |url=https://thinkprogress.org/congressman-denies-manmade-climate-change-calls-it-an-agenda-driven-science-b88088559833/}}</ref> [[Organizing for America]], the [[Center for American Progress]], and [[Vice Media]] said Yoho was a [[climate change denial|climate change denier]] citing his April 2014 statements.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[Organizing for America]] |title=Ted Yoho is a Climate Change Denier |url=https://www.ofa.us/climate-change-deniers/ted-yoho-florida/ |accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work=[[ThinkProgress]] |publisher=[[Center for American Progress]]|title= The Climate Denier Caucus in Trump’s Washington |first1=Claire |last1=Moser |first2=Ryan |last2=Koronowski |date=April 28, 2017 |url=https://thinkprogress.org/115th-congress-climate-denier-caucus-65fb825b3963/ |accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Florida's Climate Change Deniers |at=Motherboard |date=April 25, 2017 |accessdate=October 29, 2017 |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gv53kq/climate-deniers-congress-florida |agency=[[Vice Media]]}}</ref>
As of 2017, Yoho had a lifetime score of 2% on the [[National Environmental Scorecard]] of the [[League of Conservation Voters]].<ref>{{cite web |at=[[National Environmental Scorecard]] |publisher=[[League of Conservation Voters]] |url=http://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/ted-s-yoho |title=Representaive Ted Yoho |accessdate=October 29, 2017}}</ref>


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Ted Yoho
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 3rd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2013
Preceded byCorrine Brown
Personal details
Born
Theodore Scott Yoho

(1955-04-13) April 13, 1955 (age 69)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseCarolyn Yoho
ResidenceGainesville, Florida
Alma materBroward College
University of Florida
OccupationLarge animal veterinarian
WebsiteHouse website

Theodore Scott Yoho /ˈjoʊˌhoʊ/ (born April 13, 1955) is the United States Representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district since 2013.[1] He is a member of the Republican Party. In the 2012 Republican primary election for the district, Yoho pulled a major upset against long term incumbent U.S. Congressman Cliff Stearns, who was first elected in 1988. Yoho has been a veterinarian and small business owner for the past 30 years, serving the North Central Florida area.[2]

Early life, education, and veterinarian career

Yoho was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 13, 1955.[3] At the age of 11 he moved to Florida with his family, where he attended school with his future wife, Carolyn, in the 4th grade. Yoho earned his AA degree at Broward Community College.[4] He earned a bachelor's degree in Animal Science at the University of Florida in 1983 and attended the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Florida Veterinary Medical Association, Florida Association of Equine Practitioners, Florida Cattlemen’s Association, and the National Rifle Association.[5]

U.S. House of Representatives

Yoho's freshman portrait

2012 election

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2012 § District 3

Yoho ran for the newly-redrawn Florida's 3rd congressional district. In the Republican primary he defeated longtime incumbent U.S. Congressman Cliff Stearns (who was first elected in 1988), State Senator Steve Oelrich, and Clay County Clerk of Court James Jett 34%–33%–19%–14%.[6][7] Yoho defeated Stearns by 829 votes, or a 1.1 percentage point margin.[8] Yoho won 11 of the district’s 13 counties. Stearns only carried Marion, his home county, and Clay County. Stearns had endorsements from U.S. Representatives Paul Ryan, Michele Bachmann, and Allen West.[9]

Yoho won the November general election, 65% to 32%, against Democratic candidate J.R. Gaillot.[10][11]

Tenure

Congressman Ted Yoho speaking at the 2013 Young Americans for Liberty National Convention

Yoho took office on January 3, 2013. He is a member of the Tea Party Caucus and the House Liberty Caucus. He supports reduction in taxes: replacing the current tax code with the Fair Tax,[12] reducing corporate tax rates, and eliminating federal programs that cannot be balanced with revenues.[13] According to the CBO, there would still be a deficit even if all discretionary spending (all Federal programs except pensions, Medicare and Social Security) were stopped.[14] Yoho is for reducing spending and reducing taxes, though has not yet introduced a plan that will lead to a balanced budget.[15]

Yoho also is opposed to raising the debt ceiling unless significant spending cuts are made; he is also opposed to earmarks in legislation. His district is one of the lowest-taxed in Florida, located primarily within Suwannee River Management District (lower proportion of property taxes), per capita retail sales in the district are significantly lower than the state average, and it has the fewest number of non-farm related businesses of Florida's congressional districts.[16] Yoho has not made any indication on his level support of the farm bill.[13]

In 2014, Yoho was challenged by conservative Republican Jake Rush for his seat. Rush painted Yoho as a "liberal" and appealed to voters' conservatism to try and win the Republican nomination.[17]

In 2015, Yoho mounted a campaign to challenge John Boehner for the Speakership of the US House of Representatives in an attempt to get the conference to the second ballot. The block of dissenting members were 4 votes shy of achieving their goal.[18][19] Of the 435 congressmen and congresswomen eligible to vote, Yoho received only two votes.

Yoho and his Democratic colleague John Conyers offered bipartisan amendments to block the U.S. military training of Ukraine's Azov Battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard. Some members of the battalion are openly white supremacists.[20]

In 2013 he became widely known for his position on breaching the debt ceiling and defaulting on the national debt, which he claimed "would bring stability to the world markets."[21] This position was widely panned by Democrats and some Republicans such as fellow Republican Reid Ribble who called the position, "crazy talk".[22]

Yoho opposed the Paris Agreement addressing climate change, saying President Barack Obama exceed his authority by failing to seek Senate approval.[23] Yoho opposed the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan, saying it would harm the economy.[23] Asked in an April 2014 interview if he thought climate change was caused by human activity, Yoho said "No. I think it’s a natural occurrence," and asked if he agreed with the scientific consensus on climate change said "I think there’s an agenda-driven science. I can read stuff that says that the information was skewed. It’s not right. I’m a guy that’s worked out in the weather since I was 16. I can tell there’s climate change. The cause? I’m not smart enough for that."[24] Organizing for America, the Center for American Progress, and Vice Media said Yoho was a climate change denier citing his April 2014 statements.[25][26][27] As of 2017, Yoho had a lifetime score of 2% on the National Environmental Scorecard of the League of Conservation Voters.[28]

Legislation

During his first term of office, Yoho sponsored a total of eighteen bills.[29] One of the bills introduced during his first term, the Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014, was passed by the House, but never voted on by the Senate.[30]

Yoho coauthored the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 2014 (H.R. 1528; 113th Congress), a bill that would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that veterinarians are not required to have separate registrations to dispense controlled substances outside of their principal place of business, such as when treating animals on a farm.[31][32][33]

Yoho is a cosponsor of the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (H.R. 3134).[34] It has not moved since passing the House on September 18, 2015.

On June 9, 2016, Yoho voted "Nay," on the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA, H.R. 5278) to restructure Puerto Rican debt.[35] The Republican-authored bill passed the House with bilateral support from both major parties.

Committee assignments

Personal life

Yoho and his wife, Carolyn, have three children: Katie, Lauren, and Tyler. Katie is a member of the United States Coast Guard.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ted Yoho. "About Ted". Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Full Biography". December 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Congress (U S ) Joint Committee on Print (2014). Official Congressional Directory 2013-2014: 113th Congress. Government Printing Office. p. 59.
  4. ^ "About Ted | Ted Yoho, Congressman | Florida's 3rd District". www.tedyoho.com. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  5. ^ "About Ted | Ted Yoho for Congress | Florida's 3rd District". Tedyoho.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  6. ^ "AP Election Results | Campaign 2012 | C-SPAN". Hosted.ap.org. August 16, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  7. ^ "Ted Yoho Qualifies and Formally Announces Candidacy". Cedar Key News. February 20, 2012.
  8. ^ "Who is Ted Yoho?". Politico.Com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  9. ^ Dixon, Matt. "Shocker in U.S. House 3: Ted Yoho upsets 12-term incumbent Cliff Stearns". jacksonville.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  10. ^ "2012 Election Results – Presidential, Senate & Congressional Races – ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  11. ^ Thompson, Bill (October 19, 2012). "3-way race for District 3, new congressman assured (Ted Yoho, J.R. Gallot, Phillip Dodds)". Gainesville.com. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  12. ^ "Issues". tedyoho.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Issues | Ted Yoho for Congress | Florida's 3rd District". Tedyoho.com. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  14. ^ "CBO | The U.S. Federal Budget: Infographic". Cbo.gov. December 12, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  15. ^ "Ted Yoho – Political Positions – Project Vote Smart". Votesmart.org. August 14, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  16. ^ "County Business and Demographics Interactive Map – US Census Bureau". Census.gov. August 27, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
  17. ^ Weigel, David (April 1, 2014). "Vampire-LARPing Candidate Accuses His Republican Opponent of Being Too Liberal". Slate. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  18. ^ "The 25 Republicans who did not vote for John Boehner". The Dailer Caller. January 16, 2014.
  19. ^ "Ted Yoho joins Louie Gohmert in challenge of John Boehner's House leadership". Washingtontimes.com. January 4, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  20. ^ "Ukraine's Neo-Nazis Won't Get U.S. Money". Bloomberg. June 12, 2015.
  21. ^ Reprints, Matthew Philips matthewaphilips Subscribe (October 7, 2013). "The Dumbest Thing Said About the Debt Ceiling ... So Far". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  22. ^ Editor, Ashley Alman Politics Social Media; Post, The Huffington (October 8, 2013). "GOP Rep Hurls 'Crazy Talk' Claim At Fellow Republican". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 18, 2016. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  23. ^ a b Derby, Kevin (December 2, 2015). "Ted Yoho Making Sure Obama Runs His Climate Change Policy Past Congress First". Sunshine State News. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  24. ^ Keyes, Scott (April 15, 2014). "Congressman Denies Manmade Climate Change, Calls It 'An Agenda-Driven Science'". ThinkProgress. Center for American Progress. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  25. ^ "Ted Yoho is a Climate Change Denier". Organizing for America. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  26. ^ Moser, Claire; Koronowski, Ryan (April 28, 2017). "The Climate Denier Caucus in Trump's Washington". ThinkProgress. Center for American Progress. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  27. ^ "Florida's Climate Change Deniers". Vice Media. April 25, 2017. Motherboard. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  28. ^ "Representaive Ted Yoho". League of Conservation Voters. National Environmental Scorecard. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  29. ^ "Congressman Ted Yoho".
  30. ^ https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5759?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Preventing+Executive+Overreach+on+Immigration+Act+of+2014%22%5D%7D&resultIndex=2
  31. ^ "H.R. 1528 – Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  32. ^ "CBO – H.R. 1528". Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  33. ^ Kellogg, Barry (May 15, 2013). "Protect Mobile Veterinary Services and Public Health and Safety: Support the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act". Humane Society Veterinary Medicine Association. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  34. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System".
  35. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System".
  36. ^ "What is the House Freedom Caucus, and who's in it?". Pew research center. October 20, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2017.

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