Jeff Miller (Florida politician)

Jeff Miller
Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Bob Filner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office October 16, 2001
Preceded by	Joe Scarborough
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 1st district
In office 1999–2001
Preceded by	Jerry Burroughs
Succeeded by	Greg Evers
Personal details
Born	(1959-06-27) June 27, 1959 St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Vicki Miller
Residence	Chumuckla, Florida
Alma mater	University of Florida
Religion	Southern Baptist

Jefferson B. "Jeff" Miller (born June 27, 1959) is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 1st congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes all of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, and Washington Counties.

Early life, education, and career

Miller was born in

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida Territory Hernández Call White Downing Levy At-large Cabell Brockenbrough Cabell Maxwell Hawkins Hamilton Walls Niblack Purman and Walls (concurrent) L'Engle Sears Green 1st district Purman Davidson Mallory Sparkman Drane Peterson McMullen Campbell Cramer Sikes Hutto Scarborough Miller 2nd district Walls Finley Bisbee Finley Hull Bisbee Finley Bisbee Dougherty Bullock Cooper Davis Clark Green Price Bennett Fuqua Grant Peterson Boyd Southerland Graham 3rd district Lamar Mays Wilson Kehoe Smithwick Yon Caldwell Sikes Pepper Bennett Brown Yoho 4th district Sears Owen Wilcox Cannon Smathers Lantaff Fascell Herlong Chappell James Fowler Crenshaw 5th district Hendricks Herlong Gurney Frey Gunter Kelly McCollum Thurman Brown-Waite Nugent Brown 6th district D. Rogers P. Rogers Gibbons Young MacKay Stearns DeSantis 7th district Haley Gibbons Mica 8th district Matthews Cramer Young Haley Ireland Young McCollum Keller Grayson Webster Posey 9th district Fuqua Rogers Frey Nelson M. Bilirakis G. Bilirakis Grayson 10th district Gibbons Burke Bafalis Ireland Young Webster 11th district Gurney Pepper Rogers Mica Nelson Bacchus Gibbons Davis Castor Nugent 12th district Cramer Fascell Burke Stack Shaw Lewis Canady Putnam Ross Bilirakis 13th district Lehman Mack Goss Miller Harris Buchanan Young Jolly 14th district Pepper Mica Johnston Goss Mack Castor 15th district Fascell Shaw Bacchus Weldon Posey Ross 16th district Smith Lewis Foley Mahoney Rooney Buchanan 17th district Lehman C. Meek K. Meek Wilson Rooney 18th district Pepper Ros-Lehtinen Murphy 19th district Fascell Johnston Wexler Deutch Radel Clawson 20th district Deutsch Wasserman Schultz Hastings 21st district L. Diaz-Balart M. Diaz-Balart Deutch 22nd district Shaw Klein West Frankel 23rd district Hastings Wasserman Schultz 24th district Feeney Kosmas Adams Wilson 25th district Diaz-Balart Rivera Diaz-Balart 26th district Garcia Curbelo 27th district Ros-Lehtinen

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Rogers Rankin Rogers Teague Dorn Roberts Montgomery Stump Smith Buyer Filner Miller

• Congressman Jeff Miller official U.S. House site
• Jeff Miller for Congress
• Jeff Miller at DMOZ
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Profile at Project Vote Smart
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Legislation sponsored at The Library of Congress

External links

References

• 2001 Special House Election – Florida 1st District
  • Jeff Miller (R) 66%
  • Steve Briese (D) 28%
  • John G. Ralls, Jr. (NPA) 6%
• 2002 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – Florida 1st District – Republican Primary
  • Jeff Miller (R) (inc.), 64%
  • Mike Francisco (R), 36%
• 2002 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – Florida 1st District
  • Jeff Miller (R) (inc.), 74%
  • Bert Oram (D), 26%
• 2004 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – Florida 1st District
  • Jeff Miller (R) (inc.), 76%
  • Mark Coutu (D), 24%
• 2006 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – Florida 1st District
  • Jeff Miller (R) (inc.), 69%
  • Joe Roberts (D), 30%
• 2008 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – Florida 1st District
  • Jeff Miller (R) (inc.), 70%
  • Jim Bryan (D), 29%
• 2010 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – Florida 1st District
  • Jeff Miller (R) (inc.), 81%
  • Joe Cantrell (NPA), 10%
  • John Krause (NPA), 8%
• 2012 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – Florida 1st District
  • Jeff Miller (R) (inc.), 70%
  • Jim Bryan (D), 27%
  • Calen Fretts (LBT), 3%
• 2014 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – Florida 1st District – Republican Primary
  • Jeff Miller (R) (inc.), 75%
  • John Krause (R), 25%
• 2014 Race for U.S. House of Representatives – Florida 1st District
• Jeff Miller (R) (inc.), 70%
  • Jim Bryan (D), 23%
  • Mark Wichern(NPA), 6%

Electoral history

• To establish a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims of the Department of Veterans Affairs – a bill that would create a task force to address the issue of a large backlog of veterans disability claims.^[36]
• TSA Loose Change Act (H.R. 1095; 113th Congress) – a bill that would force the Transportation Security Administration to give the money left behind by passengers at TSA checkpoints to private charities that provide travel-related services to the members of the U.S. military and their families.^[37] Miller introduced the bill on March 12, 2013.^[38]
• GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013 (H.R. 357; 113th Congress) – a bill that would require states to offer veterans the in-state tuition price instead of the out-of-state tuition price regardless of whether the veteran met the residency requirement.^[39] The bill would also make other changes to veterans' benefits.^[40] The bill passed the House of Representatives on February 3, 2014.
• Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014 (H.R. 4031; 113th Congress) – a bill that would give the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs the authority to remove or demote any individual from the Senior Executive Service upon determining that such individual's performance warrants removal or demotion.^[41] The bill was written in response to a scandal indicating that some VA hospitals were keeping secret waiting lists for care, the length of which may have led to the deaths of some veterans.^[42]
• Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014 (H.R. 4810; 113th Congress) – a bill that would allow United States veterans to receive their healthcare from non-VA facilities under certain conditions.^[43][44] The bill is a response to the Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014, in which it was discovered that there was systematic lying about the wait times veterans experienced waiting to be seen by doctors.^[45][46] By June 5, 2014, Veterans Affairs internal investigations had identified a total of 35 veterans who had died while waiting for care in the Phoenix VHA system.^[47] Miller said that the wait times veterans were forced to face was "a national disgrace."^[48]

This is a partial list of legislation sponsored by Miller.

Legislation sponsored

• Pro-life^[29]
• Anti-human embryonic stem cell research^[30]
• Anti-church and state separation^[31]
• Pro-Immigration reform (anti illegal immigration)^[32]
• Pro-NRA / Anti-gun control^[33]
• Pro-medical malpractice reform^[34]
• Pro-education vouchers^[35]

Social issues

• Anti-house ethics rules^[26]
• Anti-lobbying reform^[27]
• Pro-cutting congressmembers' pay^[28]

Government

• Against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (September 29, 2008 vote)^[16]
• Pro-making President Bush's tax cuts permanent^[17]
• Pro-Social Security reform/privatization^[18] (see Social Security debate in the United States)
• Pro-media diversification^[19]
• On the fence regarding Internet radio and webcasting^[20]
• Anti-"A la carte" cable television^[21]
• Anti-farm subsidies – Voted against the farm bill^[22]
• Pro-free trade^[23]
• Pro-drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge^[24]
• Miller signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any Global Warming legislation that would raise taxes.^[25]

Economics

• Anti-Dubai Port Deal^[10]
• Pro-defense spending^[11]
• Pro-increased veterans' benefits^[12]
• Supports continued U.S. military involvement in Iraq^[13]
• Supports creation of usable "mini-nukes"
• Pro-military tribunals for detainees^[14]
• Anti-United Nations^[15]

Foreign affairs

Miller typically votes along Republican party lines.

Political positions

During the 109th Congress, he served on the House Armed Services Committee (Subcommittee on Readiness^[8] the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities,^[8] and the Subcommittee on Projection Forces^[8]), the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and the United States Select Bipartisan Committee on Hurricane Katrina Preparation/Response Investigation.^[9]

During the 108th Congress, he served on the House Armed Services Committee (Subcommittee on Readiness^[6] and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities^[6]) and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.^[7]

During the 107th Congress, he served on the House Armed Services Committee (Subcommittee on Total Force^[5] and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development^[5]) and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.^[3]

• International Conservation Caucus
• Israel Allies Caucus
• Liberty Caucus
• Sportsmen's Caucus

Caucus memberships

• Committee on Armed Services
  • Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
• Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Chairman)
• Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Committee assignments

After Republican incumbent Joe Scarborough resigned five months into his fourth term, Miller won a crowded six-way special Republican primary with 54 percent of the vote. This all but assured him of being the next congressman from what had become one of the most Republican districts in Florida and the South. He won the special election with 66 percent of the vote. He won a full term in 2002 with 75 percent of the vote, and has been reelected six more times with only nominal opposition.

U.S. House of Representatives

Miller was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1998 to 2001.^[2] During his three years there, he was a member of the committees on Utilities & Telecommunications, Congressional Redistricting, Council for Ready Infrastructure, and Rules, Ethics & Elections. During his second term in the state house, Miller was chairman of the Utilities of Telecommunications Committee. He also oversaw a board in charge of community development in Escambia County.

Miller was an executive assistant to Democratic state Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner from 1984 to 1988. He was a Democrat until he switched parties in 1997.^[4]

Florida legislature

Miller lives in the small town of Chumuckla, Florida (Native American word for "Healing Waters"), which is located about 20 miles northeast of Pensacola, Florida. He and his wife Vicki have two children and four grandchildren and are members of Olive Baptist Church.

Personal life

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