Last updated on:
9/4/2012 |
Author: ProCon.org
Chris Lee, MBA Biography
- Title:
- Former United States Representative (R-NY)
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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“For more than a year, numerous opportunities existed to pass common sense, bipartisan reforms to make health care more affordable and accessible for all Americans.
Instead, Democratic leaders in Washington pushed through a massive, $1.2 trillion, government-run entitlement program that will raise taxes and cut Medicare but won’t actually lower health care costs. For these and other reasons, I did not support this health care proposal.”
“Common Sense, Fiscally Responsible Health Care,” Democrat & Chronicle, Mar. 27, 2010
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- United States Representative (R-NY), Jan 3. 2009-Feb. 2011
- Member, United States House Committee on Financial Services, 2009-present
- Member, United States House Republican Economic Recovery Working Group, 2009-present
- Deputy Republican Whip, United States House of Representatives, 2009-present
- Automation Group President, International Motion Control, 2004-2007
- General Manager, Endine Incorporated, 2003-2004
- Director of International Sales and Marketing, Endine Incorporated, 2000-2002
- Pacific Rim Sales Manager, Endine Incorporated, 1995-1997
- Director of Sales, Microtek Labratory, 1989-1995
- Education:
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- MBA, Chapman University, 1997
- BA, Economics and Finance, University of Rochester, 1987
- Other:
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- Was the first freshman representative asked to serve on the United States House Republican Economic Recovery Group, 2009
- Worked for Endine Incorporated from 1995-2007, a family business that grew from a small machine shop in Orchard Park, NY, to an international business with manufacturing companies on three continents
- Lives in Clarence, NY, with his wife, Michele, and son, Johnathan
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