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==U.S. House of Representatives==
==U.S. House of Representatives==
LaTourette was elected to the House in 1994 in the wave of Republican successes in that year, defeating incumbent [[Eric Fingerhut]]. LaTourette served the 19th district of Ohio from 1995 to 2003. After another district was eliminated in the round of redistricting following the [[United States 2000 Census|2000 Census]], LaTourette's district was renumbered to the 14th district of Ohio, where he currently serves the eastern [[suburb]]s of [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], northeastern [[Summit County, Ohio|Summit County]], northern [[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull County,]] [[Ashtabula County, Ohio|Ashtabula County,]] and [[Lake County, Ohio|Lake County]]. He is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and is ranking member of that committee's Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime and a member of the [[Republican Main Street Partnership]]. Following his decision to vote to admonish then Majority Leader Tom DeLay, DeLay replaced LaTourette on the House Ethics Committee.<ref>[http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=476747 Tom DeLay’s Transgressions: A Pattern of Misbehavior]</ref> He is also a member of the House Financial Services Committee. In 2006 LaTourette co-authored the [[Financial Data Protection Act of 2006]], which seeks to unify state and federal laws on banking and privacy and ease the burden of patchwork legislation.
LaTourette was elected to the House in 1994 in the wave of Republican successes in that year, defeating incumbent [[Eric Fingerhut]]. LaTourette served the 19th district of Ohio from 1995 to 2003. After another district was eliminated in the round of redistricting following the [[United States 2000 Census|2000 Census]], LaTourette's district was renumbered to the 14th district of Ohio, where he currently serves the eastern [[suburb]]s of [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], northeastern [[Summit County, Ohio|Summit County]], northern [[Trumbull County, Ohio|Trumbull County,]] [[Ashtabula County, Ohio|Ashtabula County,]] and [[Lake County, Ohio|Lake County]]. He is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and is ranking member of that committee's Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime and a member of the [[Republican Main Street Partnership]]. Following his decision to vote to admonish then Majority Leader Tom DeLay, DeLay replaced LaTourette on the House Ethics Committee.<ref>[http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=476747 Tom DeLay’s Transgressions: A Pattern of Misbehavior]</ref> He is also a member of the House Financial Services Committee. In 2006 LaTourette co-authored the [[Financial Data Protection Act of 2006]], which seeks to unify state and federal laws on banking and privacy and ease the burden of patchwork legislation.
==Issues==
===Healthcare===
====July 23, 2009====

Thank you for contacting me concerning healthcare. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with me about this very important issue.

As you may be aware, Congressman John Dingell introduced the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, H.R. 3200, on July 14, 2009. I think most people will agree with me that our healthcare system is in need of some reform. There is no question that medical costs are skyrocketing out of control. Healthcare needs to be more affordable to more people and small businesses. Unfortunately, I do not believe that H.R. 3200 is the solution. This $1.6 trillion plan does nothing to reduce costs for people with coverage or for the companies that provide health care. All it does is continue to add to our already record deficit. I am puzzled how we can spend more than a trillion dollars reforming health care and the only reform achieved is higher taxes on people and business, less care, and endangering more than 160 million people with good quality health care. Last but not least, to approach this important piece of legislation at a frantic pace with arbitrary deadlines is dangerous and prevents the best solutions from being worked out.

I’ve been asked what my solution is, since I do not like this plan. As you may be aware, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and I have introduced H.R. 956, the HealthCARE Act, which would establish insurance pools at the state level very similar to the program federal employees participate in. Specifically, these pools would allow small businesses to purchase coverage benefits for their employees, and individuals up to 200% of the federal poverty level would also be eligible to participate. You may wish to visit the Library of Congress’ website at http://thomas.loc.gov/ to review either piece of legislation more closely.

Once again thank you for your correspondence. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me again.


Very truly yours,


Steven C. LaTourette
Member of Congress


==Committee assignments==
==Committee assignments==

Revision as of 14:42, 4 August 2009

Steve LaTourette
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 14th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 1995
Preceded byTom Sawyer
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseJennifer Laptook LaTourette
ResidenceConcord, Ohio
Alma materUniversity of Michigan, Cleveland State University
Occupationattorney

Steven C. "Steve" LaTourette (born July 22, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician from Ohio. A Republican, he is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 14th congressional district.

Early life and career

A graduate of Cleveland Heights High School (1972) and the University of Michigan, LaTourette studied law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University.

After a stint as a public defender, LaTourette was elected the County Prosecutor of Lake County, Ohio and served from 1989 to 1995. There, he made his name prosecuting the Kirtland serial murders that were organized by mass-murderer and outlaw Mormon, Jeffrey Lundgren.

U.S. House of Representatives

LaTourette was elected to the House in 1994 in the wave of Republican successes in that year, defeating incumbent Eric Fingerhut. LaTourette served the 19th district of Ohio from 1995 to 2003. After another district was eliminated in the round of redistricting following the 2000 Census, LaTourette's district was renumbered to the 14th district of Ohio, where he currently serves the eastern suburbs of Cleveland, northeastern Summit County, northern Trumbull County, Ashtabula County, and Lake County. He is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and is ranking member of that committee's Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime and a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership. Following his decision to vote to admonish then Majority Leader Tom DeLay, DeLay replaced LaTourette on the House Ethics Committee.[1] He is also a member of the House Financial Services Committee. In 2006 LaTourette co-authored the Financial Data Protection Act of 2006, which seeks to unify state and federal laws on banking and privacy and ease the burden of patchwork legislation.

Issues

Healthcare

July 23, 2009

Thank you for contacting me concerning healthcare. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with me about this very important issue.

As you may be aware, Congressman John Dingell introduced the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, H.R. 3200, on July 14, 2009. I think most people will agree with me that our healthcare system is in need of some reform. There is no question that medical costs are skyrocketing out of control. Healthcare needs to be more affordable to more people and small businesses. Unfortunately, I do not believe that H.R. 3200 is the solution. This $1.6 trillion plan does nothing to reduce costs for people with coverage or for the companies that provide health care. All it does is continue to add to our already record deficit. I am puzzled how we can spend more than a trillion dollars reforming health care and the only reform achieved is higher taxes on people and business, less care, and endangering more than 160 million people with good quality health care. Last but not least, to approach this important piece of legislation at a frantic pace with arbitrary deadlines is dangerous and prevents the best solutions from being worked out.

I’ve been asked what my solution is, since I do not like this plan. As you may be aware, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and I have introduced H.R. 956, the HealthCARE Act, which would establish insurance pools at the state level very similar to the program federal employees participate in. Specifically, these pools would allow small businesses to purchase coverage benefits for their employees, and individuals up to 200% of the federal poverty level would also be eligible to participate. You may wish to visit the Library of Congress’ website at http://thomas.loc.gov/ to review either piece of legislation more closely.

Once again thank you for your correspondence. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me again.


Very truly yours,


Steven C. LaTourette Member of Congress

Committee assignments

Electoral history

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2008 § District 14
Ohio's 19th congressional district: Results 1994–2000[2]
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct
1994 Eric Fingerhut 89,701 43% Steven C. LaTourette 99,997 48% Ronald Young Independent 11,364 6% Jerome Brentar Independent 5,180 3%
1996 Thomas Coyne, Jr. 101,152 41% Steven C. LaTourette 135,012 55% Thomas Martin Natural Law 10,655 4%
1998 Elizabeth Kelley 64,090 34% Steven C. LaTourette 126,786 66%
2000 Dale V. Blanchard 101,842 32% Steven C. LaTourette 206,639 65% Sid Stone Libertarian 10,367 3%
Ohio's 14th congressional district: Results 2002–2006[2]
Year Democrat Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct
2002 Dale V. Blanchard 51,846 28% Steven C. LaTourette 134,413 72% *
2004 Capri S. Cafaro 119,714 37% Steven C. LaTourette 201,652 63%
2006 Lewis R. Katz 97,753 39% Steven C. LaTourette 144,069 58% Werner J. Lange Nonpartisan 8,500 3%
2008 William O'Neill 124,554 38.72% Steven C. LaTourette 187,709 58.35% David Macko Libertarian 9,446 2.94%
*Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 2002, Sid Stone received 113 votes.

Personal life

In October 2003 Susan LaTourette accused her then husband of conducting an extramarital affair subsequent to his filing for divorce.[3] LaTourette briefly hinted of marital troubles two years previous to the October 2003 filing after a congressional directory incorrectly said he was divorced.[4] In October 2004 there was a brief controversy when some photographs of Latourette indicating his spending an evening at the residence of Jennifer Laptook, his former chief of staff, surfaced during the election.[5] LaTourette subsequently married Jennifer Laptook in 2005.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tom DeLay’s Transgressions: A Pattern of Misbehavior
  2. ^ a b "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
  3. ^ The Plain Dealer (October 29, 2003) Rep. LaTourette, wife plan to end 21-year marriage, attorney says
  4. ^ The Plain Dealer (October 29, 2003) Rep. LaTourette, wife plan to end 21-year marriage, attorney says
  5. ^ The Plain Dealer (October 15, 2004) Angry congressman says he has acted ethically
  6. ^ The Hill (February 23, 2005) Was Rehnquist 'Deep Throat'?
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 19th congressional district
1995–2003 		District eliminated after 2000 Census
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 14th congressional district
2003–present 		Incumbent
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