Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO-1) Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. He succeeded his father, the Honorable Bill Clay, who represented Missouri’s 1st District for 32 years and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Prior to his election, Congressman Clay served for 17 years in both chambers of the Missouri Legislature. Congressman Clay serves on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which has major oversight and investigative responsibilities for the operations of the federal government. He also serves on the powerful Financial Services Committee, which has broad jurisdiction over banking, insurance, investment firms, pensions, consumer credit, and capital markets. In 2014, Congressman Clay expanded his congressional portfolio to include a seat on the House Natural Resources Committee where he is working to combat climate change, protect wilderness areas, safeguard clean water and clean air and make sure that future generations enjoy America’s remarkable natural assets. Congressman Clay is a native of St. Louis. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland. Congressman Clay also holds honorary degrees from Lincoln University, Harris-Stowe State University, and Logan College. Congressman Clay is the proud father of Carol and Will. He resides in St. Louis and attends St. Nicholas Catholic Church. Date of Birth: July 27, 1956 Year Elected to Seat: 2001 Education: University of Maryland Committees Assignments: • Financial Services • Natural Resources • Oversight and Government Reform Notes: Biographical information derived from the Congressional website of the legislator referenced above. Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO-2) Ann Wagner’s career is both deep and broad in service to her hometown, state and nation with over 30 years of work in the private sector, community and public service, and the political arena. The 2nd District means family for Ann. It is where she and her husband of twenty-five years, Ray, grew up, went to school, raised their children, work, volunteer and go to church. This community has given her extraordinary opportunities to make a difference. At an early age, Ann started working in the family business, a retail carpet store called Carpetime in Manchester. Working beside her parents she learned the value of a dollar, a strong work ethic, honesty, integrity, and that government ought not to be in the way and on the backs of hard-working Americans trying to make a living. Ann then took her firsthand experience to the University of Missouri-Columbia and received her BSBA from the Business School with an emphasis in Logistics. After college, Ann went to work in the private sector and held management positions at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City and Ralston Purina in St. Louis. Ann’s most important jobs, however, have always been as a wife and mother. Ann and Ray have three children: Raymond, a West Point graduate stationed at Fort Campbell with the 101st Airborne; Stephen, a senior at Washington University in St. Louis; and Mary Ruth, a high school senior at Ursuline Academy. Ann Wagner’s public service began at the grassroots level. She served for nine years as a local committeewoman in Lafayette Township and went on to Chair the Missouri Republican Party delivering historic Republican gains. She also served as Co- Chairman of the Republican National Committee during the first Date of Birth: September 13, 1962 term of President George W. Bush. In 2005, following nomination by President Bush and confirmation by the U.S. Senate, Ann was sworn in as the 19th U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. She served as U.S. Ambassador for four years before returning to her home in Ballwin, Missouri. Year Elected to Seat: 2013 Education: University of Missouri Committees Assignments: • Financial Services • Foreign Affairs Notes: Biographical information derived from the Congressional website of the legislator referenced above. Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3) As the Congressman from the 3rd Congressional District of Missouri, Blaine is committed to representing the interests of the hard-working people who sent him to Congress by being a strong voice for them in Washington, D.C. Along with his strong agriculture background, he was also a small businessman, having been in the banking and insurance business. Blaine has also served as a bank regulator for the state of Missouri earlier in his career. He was elected in November, 2008, succeeding fellow Republican Kenny Hulshof. From 1999 to 2005, Blaine was a Missouri State Representative and served as Chairman of the Financial Services Committee and was elected by his colleagues to serve as the House Republican Caucus Chairman. After leaving office, Blaine was appointed by Gov. Matt Blunt to serve as the Director of the Missouri Division of Tourism. Blaine is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Eldon Chamber of Commerce, Missouri Farm Bureau, National Rifle Association and a lifelong member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. Blaine is a graduate of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., where he earned a degree with distinction in political science and a minor in business administration. Date of Birth: May 7, 1952 Blaine was first elected to Congress in November 2008, and was re-elected in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 where he currently serves on the committee of Financial Services. Year Elected to Seat: 2009 Blaine and his wife, Jackie, have three children, Trevor, Brandy and Nikki, and three grandchildren. Education: Lincoln University of Missouri Committees Assignments: • Financial Services Notes: Biographical information derived from the Congressional website of the legislator referenced above. Representative Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4) Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler was first elected to Congress in 2010, pledging to reduce wasteful spending, stop the intrusion of the federal government in everyday life, and implement a strong national defense policy. Now in her third term, serving on the House Armed Services and Agriculture Committee, the Congresswoman has shown effective leadership on these priorities. Since Vicky first took the oath of office, government spending has been cut by almost $70 billion. For the first time since the Korean War, Federal spending has decreased four years in a row. In addition to reining in overall spending, Vicky has been focused on prioritizing the use of tax dollars to the most important areas. Vicky also consistently combats government overreach on key regulatory issues. In 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unilaterally demanded that 1,200 homes at the Lake of the Ozarks be torn down, even though they were built to comply with local ordinances and building code. Vicky opposed this unnecessary government intervention through the Leave Our Lakes Alone Act, which would stop Washington's heavy-handed administration of hydropower lakes in America. As a result of her leadership, the commission backed down and allowed all 1,200 homes to remain. Most importantly, Vicky cares for the good people in Missouri's Fourth District and wants the government to work for them, not against them. She loves to hear their ideas, take them to Washington, and advance their positive solutions. Vicky is a 1983 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia (summa Date of Birth: October 13, 1960 cum laude, B.S., Education) and a 1992 graduate of Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri, M.S., Education). She is a former public school teacher, State Representative, and is a small business owner. She lives on a working farm in Cass County with her husband, Lowell, and Year Elected to Seat: 2011 their daughter, Tiffany. Education: University of Missouri, Central Missouri State University Committees Assignments: • Agriculture • Armed Services Notes: Biographical information derived from the Congressional website of the legislator referenced above. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5) Emanuel Cleaver II, a former Methodist pastor, spent his first four years as a U.S. representative commuting from Washington to Kansas City, Missouri, where he gave the Sunday sermon at a local church most weekends through 2009. Cleaver has balanced religious and political careers for decades, giving his first sermon as pastor of St. James United Methodist Church in 1973 and joining the city council of Kansas City in 1979. A year before his third re- election to the House in 2010, the reverend handed off leadership of the church to his son, Emanuel Cleaver III. Born in Waxahachie, Texas, on Oct. 26, 1944, Cleaver the senior moved to Kansas City as an activist in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1991, he became the city’s first black mayor. Date of Birth: October 26, 1944 During his eight years in the office he focused on economic development, enticing corporations including Transamerica Corp. and Harley-Davidson Inc. to set up operations in the city. Year Elected to Seat: 2005 Elected to the House in 2004 in one of the most Democratic districts in Missouri, Cleaver has continued working to improve economic conditions in Kansas City. In 2009, he proposed the Green Impact Zone, an urban development project aimed at reducing crime and lessening the environmental impact of a 150- Education: Prairie View A&M block area of the city. The initiative has received about $125 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment funds. University, St. Paul School of Theology Emanuel Cleaver, II is now serving his eighth term representing Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District, the home district of President Harry Truman. He sits on the committees of Financial Services and Homeland Security. Committees Assignments: • Financial Services • Homeland Security Notes: Biographical information derived from the Congressional website of the legislator referenced above. Representative Sam Graves (R-MO-6) Congressman Sam Graves is a lifelong resident of Missouri's Sixth Congressional District. As a small businessman and a sixth-generation, full-time family farmer, Sam spent his life working to make Missouri a better place to live, work, and raise a family.