| 词条 | Gregg Harper |
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|name = Gregg Harper |image = Greg Harper official photo.jpg |office = Chair of the House Administration Committee |term_start = January 3, 2017 |term_end = January 3, 2019 |predecessor = Candice Miller |successor = Zoe Lofgren |state1 = Mississippi |district1 = {{ushr|MS|3|3rd}} |term_start1 = January 3, 2009 |term_end1 = January 3, 2019 |predecessor1 = Chip Pickering |successor1 = Michael Guest |birth_name = Gregory Livingston Harper |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|6|1}} |birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |spouse = {{marriage|Sidney Harper|1984}} |children = 2 |education = Mississippi College (BS) University of Mississippi (JD) }} Gregory Livingston Harper (born June 1, 1956) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for {{ushr|MS|3}} from 2009 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes the wealthier portions of the state capital, Jackson, along with most of that city's suburbs. Other cities in the district include Meridian, Natchez, Starkville, and Brookhaven. In January 2018, Harper announced that he would retire from Congress and not run for re-election in 2018.[1] Early life, education and careerHarper was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He spent eight years working as Chairman of the Rankin County, Mississippi Republican Party, and served as a delegate to the 2000 Republican National Convention. He was appointed by the party as an observer during the controversial 2000 Florida presidential recount. Harper graduated from Mississippi College in 1978 with a degree in Chemistry and from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1981. He has worked as a private practice attorney since receiving this degree. He was the prosecuting attorney for the cities of Brandon, Mississippi and Richland, Mississippi.[2] U.S. House of RepresentativesCommittee assignments
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TenureHarper introduced the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act (H.R. 2019; 113th Congress) into the House on May 16, 2013.[7] The bill, which passed in both the House and the Senate, would end taxpayer contributions to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and divert the money in that fund to pay for research into pediatric cancer through the National Institutes of Health.[8][9] The total funding for research would come to $126 million over 10 years.[8][9] As of 2014, the national conventions got about 23% of their funding from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.[10] Harper was ranked as the 89th most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress (and the most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi) in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy.[11] In December 2017, as chairman of the House Committee on Administration, Harper supported a review of overhauling the Congressional Accountability Act which makes it harder for victims of sexual harassment to come forward with allegations than victims in the private sector.[12] Harper said a review was "long overdue".[12] ElectionsGregg Harper won the Republican nomination in Mississippi's 3rd congressional district on April 1, 2008 with 57% of the vote.[13] This was tantamount to election in this heavily Republican district. He defeated his Democratic opponent, Joel Gill in the November General Election winning 63% of the vote.[14] Personal lifeHe is a deacon of Crossgates Baptist Church in Brandon, Mississippi, where he had also been a Sunday School teacher.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} He has a 28-year old son with Fragile X syndrome; as a Congressman, Harper started a congressional internship program for students with developmental disabilities through the Mason Life Program at George Mason University.[15] References1. ^{{cite news |last1=Pender |first1=Geoff |last2=Berry |first2=Deborah |date=January 4, 2018 |title=Harper won't seek re-election |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/04/harper-wont-seek-re-election/1003955001/ |work=The Clarion-Ledger |location=Jackson, Mississippi |access-date=January 4, 2018 }} 2. ^Harper Campaigns in Meridian McLain, Sheila. WTOK. Jan 10, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2008 3. ^{{cite web|title=Member List|author=|url=https://rsc-walker.house.gov/|format=|publisher=Republican Study Committee|date=|accessdate=21 December 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Membership|author=|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|format=|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|date=|accessdate=21 March 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Members of the Veterinary Medicine Caucus|author=|url=https://schrader.house.gov/committees/veterinary-medicine-caucus.htm| publisher=Veterinary Medicine Caucus |date=|accessdate=12 October 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Members|author=|url=https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members|format=| publisher=U.S. - Japan Caucus |date=|accessdate=11 December 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=H.R. 2019 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2019|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=12 March 2014}} 8. ^1 {{cite news|last=Gibson|first=Caitlin|title=Federal pediatric medical research act named for Gabriella Miller|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/federal-pediatric-medical-research-act-named-for-gabriella-miller/2013/11/14/f87b42e0-4d72-11e3-be6b-d3d28122e6d4_story.html|accessdate=13 March 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=14 November 2014}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|title=H.R. 2019 – CBO|url=http://cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/hr2019.pdf|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|accessdate=12 March 2014}} 10. ^{{cite news|last=Hooper|first=Molly K.|title=Convention wipeout coming soon?|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/196920-convention-wipeout|accessdate=13 March 2014|newspaper=The Hill|date=30 January 2014}} 11. ^{{Citation|url=http://www.thelugarcenter.org/assets/htmldocuments/The%20Lugar%20Center%20-%20McCourt%20School%20Bipartisan%20Index%20114th%20Congress%20House%20Scores.pdf|title=The Lugar Center - McCourt School Bipartisan Index|publisher=The Lugar Center|date=March 7, 2016|accessdate=April 30, 2017}} 12. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/us/politics/sexual-harassment-congress-resignation-pressure.html|title=As Harassment Accusations Multiply, a Question: Who Stays and Who Goes?|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} 13. ^HARPER WINS 3RD DISTRICT GOP NOD Associated Press. April 2, 2008. Retrieved April 7, 2008 14. ^REPUBLICAN HARPER WINS 3RD DISTRICT The Meridian Star. November 5, 2008. Retrieved November 19, 2008 15. ^{{cite news |publisher=Jackson Free Press |url=http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2018/jan/05/gop-chair-house-administration-committee-wont-run-/ |author=The Associated Press |date=January 5, 2018 |access-date=January 5, 2018 |quote=Harper and his wife have a 28-year-old son with Fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition that can lead to intellectual and developmental impairment. Harper started a congressional internship program for students with intellectual disabilities from the Mason Life Program at George Mason University. |title=Rep. Gregg Harper}} External links{{Commons category|Gregg Harper}}
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