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Melissa Bean

Melissa Bean Biography

U.S. Representative

Melissa Bean is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative. Born on January 22, 1962, she represented the 8th Congressional District of Illinois. During her tenure in Congress, Bean focused on economic and business policies and served on several committees, including the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Small Business.

Melissa Bean is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative. Born on January 22, 1962, she represented the 8th Congressional District of Illinois. During her tenure in Congress, Bean focused on economic and business policies and served on several committees, including the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Small Business.

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“Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families.”

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Author:Melissa Bean

“If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take.”

Ifs Want Simple Steps Greater Vote Communicate Accountability Transparency Constituents Public Trust

Author:Melissa Bean

“During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved.”

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“I am the parent of teenagers, my daughters are 13 and 15, so the issue of Internet safety has been an important issue. I have been visiting middle schools to talk about some of the challenges that they face.”

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“My Eighth District, like others, counts on these family businesses and their teams working hard to support their families and aid their communities. As retailers, these teams often bring different or unique products to the marketplace.”

Different Hard Community Work Support Team Products Unique Aids Marketplace Team Working Retailers

Author:Melissa Bean

“Under the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses.”

Home House Energy Stars Program Environmental Average Protection Agency Efficient Environmental Protection

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“As part of my efforts to fight identity theft, I worked with my colleagues on the Financial Services Committee to strengthen consumer protection with a reasonable notification requirement.”

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Author:Melissa Bean

“By overhauling current rules and speeding the entry of competitors in the market, we encourage competition and provide our constituents with new choices and cheaper bills.”

Choices Bills Competition Currents Competitors Cheaper Entry Constituents Speeding

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“Even the best data security systems can't protect private taxpayer information from entrepreneurial foreign businesses than can make huge profits selling U.S. taxpayer information.”

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“Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs.”

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“Taxpayers should not be coerced into giving up their privacy rights just to file their taxes.”

Giving Should Rights Taxes Giving Up Privacy Files Taxpayers

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“As a member of the House Committee on Small Business and because of my own experience as a small business owner, I am appreciative of the impact these small businesses have on our local economies.”

Mind House My Own Economy Members Impact Locals Owners Committees Small Business Own Business Appreciative Mind Your Own Business Business Owners Small Business Owners

Author:Melissa Bean

“We're all proud of the communities that we've built and are a part of, but we shouldn't accept lost time and unnecessary stress when traveling in them.”

Lost Community Accepting Proud Built Stress Unnecessary Stressed Lost Time Unnecessary Stress

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“But in Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility.”

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Author:Melissa Bean

“Oftentimes, small business owners are unable to obtain reasonably priced financing and instead turn to higher priced forms of capital, such as credit cards.”

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Author:Melissa Bean

“When I came to Congress, I came to bring what I thought was a real-world business perspective to government because, in the business world, I spent over 20 years in the high-tech industry, but it certainly was not unique.”

World Years Real Government Technology Perspective Industry Unique Congress Real World Business World

Author:Melissa Bean

“I am excited to rise today to support National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This celebration honors the husband and wife business owner teams whose work helps drive the economy and fuel job growth.”

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Author:Melissa Bean

“Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.”

Democracy Engaged Engagement Speakers Electorate

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“The budget enforcement rules of the 1990s were an important part of getting the budget back into balance. It was done on a bipartisan basis. Those pay-as-you-go rules were tested and they worked. We are now in a one-party system, and we have thrown them out.”

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“Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin.”

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Author:Melissa Bean

“Many seventh graders I know in Illinois, as well as around the Nation, are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with the quality of education our children are receiving because they had not expected me to ask them about it.”

Knows Wells Children Asks Nations Quality Study Constitution Our Children Expected Receiving Impressed Illinois

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“In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community.”

Facts Jobs Growth Community Percent Mediums Job Growth

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“Many of our constituents have one option for cable TV and one price. Our constituents desire choice.”

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Author:Melissa Bean

“Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the IRS has no control over tax information once it's been sent to India or another country.”

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Author:Melissa Bean

“Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need.”

Needs Country Community Economic Our Country Drivers Providing Small Business Stimulus Our Community

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“The American people expect more from Congress. They expect fiscal responsibility and common sense. They expect us to return to the pay-as-you-go budget rules that we had enacted in the past that helped us establish a surplus, however briefly.”

People Past Common Pay Responsibility Return Congress Common Sense Budgets Surplus Fiscal Responsibility

Author:Melissa Bean

About the Author

Born: January 22, 1962
Known for: U.S. Representative
Quotes: 26

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