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Indiana RepresentativeLuke MesserRepublican – 6th District508 Cannon House Office Building202-225-3021Indiana Current Volunteers: Approximately 100Indiana Volunteers Since 1961: More than 3,100Began Service in the House of Representatives: 2013 (New Member of Congress)District Offices: Muncie, RichmondCommittee Assignments: Budget; Education and Workforce; Foreign AffairsCongressman Messer sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee, which has jurisdiction overmost Peace Corps legislation.Congressman Messer also sits on the Budget Committee, which puts forth a budgetblueprint each year for federal spending, including proposed funding levels for internationalaffairs programs.Key Staff: Mary O’Keefe (Peace Corps Issues); Jerry White (Appropriations); MaryO’Keefe (Natural Resources)On the Issues(Representative Messer is a new member of Congress and has no record. Below is some furtherbackground information, as reported by Politico)EDUCATION: Wabash College, 1991; Vanderbilt Law School, 1994CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Passing a nationally recognized law raising Indiana’s high schooldropout age. Indiana’s high school graduation rate has increased from 70 percent to themid-80s.KEY ISSUES: Balancing the budget while preserving Social Security and Medicare,promoting job growth, lowering the tax burden and protecting our national security.WHAT YOUR COLLEAGUES SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOU: “What I want to bring toWashington is the story of the Indiana way.”FUN FACT: “My wife and I are the author and illustrator of a children’s book about Indiana,“Hoosier Heart.”
Indiana Representative Andre CarsonDemocrat—7 th District2453 Rayburn House Office Building202-225-4011Indiana Current Volunteers: Approximately 100Indiana Volunteers Since 1961: More than 3,100Began Service in the House of Representatives: 2008District Offices: IndianapolisCommittee Assignments: Armed Services; Transportation and InfrastructureKey Staff: Nathan Bennett (Peace Corps Issues); Nathan Bennett (Appropriations);Nathan Bennett (Natural Resources)On the IssuesPeace Corps Funding: Representative Carson signed onto House Dear Colleagueletters urging support for increased Peace Corps funding. He signed letters in 2009through 2012. He should be thanked for this.Representative Carson did not co-sponsor Peace Corps funding legislation in 2008 and2009.Representative Carson signed House letters of the US Global Leadership Coalition in 2008and 2009, urging strong support for international affairs funding.In 2009, during floor debate on the international affairs budget, Representative Carsonvoted against an amendment that would have reduced the size of a recommended fundingincrease for the Peace Corps. He should be thanked for this.Peace Corps Commemorative Legislation: Representative Carson was a co-sponsor ofthis legislation in the previous Congress. He should be thanked for this.Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011: Representative Carson didnot co-sponsor this legislation in the previous Congress.
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