A life-long resident of southeast Michigan, U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter was first elected to Congress in 2002 to represent the citizens of Western Oakland and Western Wayne Counties. Congressman McCotter has focused his efforts on preserving and promoting manufacturing and small businesses, because he knows they form the back bone of our community's economy. He has steadfastly supported winning the War for Freedom and increasing our homeland security; tirelessly fought to reduce taxes and the size and scope of government; and, most importantly, Congressman McCotter has dedicated every effort to listen to and serve his constituents. Congressman McCotter was elected by his colleagues in Nov. 2006 to serve as Chairman of the Republican House Policy Committee, a leadership position once held by former President Gerald Ford and Vice President Dick Cheney. Congressman McCotter is also a member of the House Financial Services Committee, where he serves on the Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises and the Housing and Community Opportunity subcommittees.. Congressman McCotter is a graduate of Catholic Central High School; the University of Detroit; and the University of Detroit Law School. He is a bar admitted attorney by profession. Thaddeus and Rita McCotter, a registered nurse, have three young children, George, Timothy, and Emilia. The McCotter family lives in his home town of Livonia. Congressman McCotter travels to and from our nation's capital every week to serve our community. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThaddeusMcCotter http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThaddeusMcCotter TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:55:00 GMT Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:55:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Iranian tyrant Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nations (UN) General Assembly recently. This despot wields power due to blood and fraud, for as every Iranian and honest observer knows the "election" was... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThaddeusMcCotter/2010/09/27/president_obama_missed_opportunity_to_be_tough_on_iran 21e1e569-09c2-4de4-9773-2243b642821d Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:55:00 GMT Like every other over-hyped liberal pop phenom of the past forty years who covered their party's stale classics, Obama! Live! (In Denver!) proves this nominee and his Democrats' song remains the same. Promising to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThaddeusMcCotter/2008/08/29/obama_live_in_denver_the_song_remains_the_same 7087b825-a9c3-46e6-aa89-ee7b5ce77534 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:47:03 GMT Beneath the shadow of a rickety statute, the amazed gaze of the world, and the calculating eyes of the tyrants, the enslaved staked their claim to liberty. Off the town's walls, thousands of voices echoed in their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThaddeusMcCotter/2007/10/15/the_sibling_butchers_of_beijing_and_rangoon 51a8b02b-5cc3-4992-97da-6a125b15e1a2 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:00:50 GMT Democrats and like-witted pundits claim the S-CHIP reauthorization is a defining issue which will seal the GOP's electoral fate next fall. Unscrupulously using children as props in a soulless script replete with ironic... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThaddeusMcCotter/2007/10/02/s-chip_and_the_politics_of_principle 8ba3886b-a659-4feb-8b2e-2139eed80fd7 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:08:26 GMT