Vicky Hartzler

Vicky Hartzler

Vicky Jo Hartzler (born October 13, 1960 in Harrisonville , Cass County , Missouri ) is an American politician . She has represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives since 2011 .

Career

Vicky Hartzler attended Archie High School until 1979 . She then studied at the University of Missouri in Columbia until 1983 and then at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg until 1992 . The focus of her studies was education. She then taught social studies at various high schools in Missouri for eleven years; it was mainly about family and consumer concerns. She also acted as a business woman in farm equipment.

Politically, Hartzler joined the Republican Party . Between 1995 and 2001 she was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives . In 2005 she became Chair of the Missouri Women's Council. In the 2010 congressional elections , she was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of her state , where she succeeded Ike Skelton on January 3, 2011 . After three re-elections in 2012, 2014 and 2016, she can continue to hold office today. Her new legislative term runs until January 3, 2019 with the option of a further candidacy in 2018. In Congress , she is or was a member of the Agriculture Committee , the Armed Forces Committee and the House Committee on the Budget, as well as a total of five sub-committees. Vicky Hartzler is a member of the Republican Study Committee and the Tea Party Caucus within her party .

She is married and lives privately on a farm in Harrisonville. The couple have an adopted daughter.

Political positions

She is considered conservative and advocates tax and spending cuts. She is also a staunch opponent of same-sex marriages. Speaking to college students at the Eagle Forum in Washington DC on June 9, 2011, Hartzler said that legalizing same-sex marriage will mean that pedophiles and polygamists will soon get married. During a debate in Missouri on April 5, 2012, Hartzler questioned the authenticity of Barack Obama's birth certificate . Hartzler spoke out in favor of intensifying "enmity with China". In September 2013, Hartzler voted to cut social benefits by $ 39 billion. Hartzler himself is a recipient of grants and has collected 800,000 in this way to date.

Web links

Commons : Vicky Hartzler  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Web presence at the congress
• Vicky Hartzler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steve Kraske: Missouri Rep. Hartzler compares gay marriage to incest, 3 year olds driving Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/06/07/115361/missouri-rep-hartzler-compares.html# .UZUc2IKUuUY # storylink = cpy . In: Kansas City Star , June 7, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2013. 
2. ↑ Obama Birth Certificate: Missouri Congresswoman Vicki Hartzler Expresses Doubt . Huffington Post . Retrieved April 6, 2012.
3. ↑ Hartzler speaks in town hall: 'We don't want to go bankrupt' ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rich, Dennis. Sedalia Democrat . April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012. 
4. ^ How Republicans Justify Cutting Food Stamps While Boosting Farm Subsidies . Bloomberg . Retrieved September 29, 2013.
5. ↑ Hartzler Farms received federal subsidies lastyear . Springfield News Leader . Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 29, 2013. 

• Re-election 2016 at Ballotpedia