SMS 2012-3 Phil Hare Congressional Papers 2007-2011 Accession Number: 12-019 Quantity: 1 box, .4 cubic feet Subject Headings Legislators – United States – Correspondence Legislators – United States – Handbooks, manuals, etc Legislators – United States – Archives United States – Politics and government – 2001-2009 – Congresses United States – Politics and government – 2009- United States – Politics and government – 21st century - Congresses Philip (Phil) G. Hare is a former U.S. Representative (D) from the 17th Congressional District in Illinois. He served from January 2007 until January 2011. He was born on February 21, 1949, in Galesburg, Illinois and raised in Rock Island, Illinois. He graduated from Alleman High School in 1967 and later went on to receive an Associate’s degree from Black Hawk College in Moline. In 1969 he began working at Rock Island’s Seaford Clothing Factory, where he served as a union leader. He also served six years in the U.S. Army Reserves. In 1982, Hare left his union position at the factory in order to assist his friend Lane Evans’s run for the U.S. House of Representatives on the Democratic ticket. In 1983, after Evans was elected, he began working for the Congressman as district director, a position which he continued in until Evans retired in 2006. Hare was elected to fill Evans’s seat in 2007, where he served on numerous committees, primarily related to labor, education, health, and veteran’s issues. In 2012 he was appointed to the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees, which is the governing body of the university. The Phil Hare Congressional Papers is a collection of documents, photos, video, and audio files relating to former Congressman Hare’s service in the United States House of Representatives. The majority of documents consist of legislative letters, copies of house bills, Hare’s legislative activity guide, and the rules of the House. There are also some items relating to Hare’s speeches, commencement addresses, actions on the House floor, and text of newspaper articles. The digital files include photos, video, and audio that relate to Hare’s service. There are extensive photos from Washington, DC, Capitol Hill, and the 17th District in Illinois. The audio and video items include conference calls, speeches, and news reports relating to important issues. Box 1 of 1 Letter – from Lorraine C. Miller, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives Legislative Activity Guide 111th Congress 2nd Session, Phil Hare Letter – from Lorraine C. Miller, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Cumulative Voting Record (One page) Corrected pages 121-124, Legislative Activity Guide 111th Congress 2nd Session, Phil Hare Rules of the House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Prepared by Lorraine Miller Letters - Outgoing Legislative Letters, “Dear Colleague Letters”, and Letters to the President and Dignitaries 1/18/2007 – Letter to Peter Ueberroth (Chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee) 2/1/2007 – Letter to Administrator Johnson 4/25/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 4/26/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 1 4/27/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 4/27/2007 – Letter to Secretary Nicholson 4/30/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 5/8/2007 – Letter to President Calderon (President of Mexico) 5/8/2007 – Letter to Governor Gonzalez (Governor of Nuevo Leon) 6/6/2007 – Letter to Ms. Andrea Fischer Newman (Senior VP, Government Affairs, Northwest Airlines) 6/29/2007 – Letter to President Bush 7/19/2007 – Letter to Secretary Peters 9/28/2007 – Letter to Mr. Kevin E. Benson (President and CEO of Laidlaw International, Inc) 10/17/2007 – Letter (via fax) to Assistant Secretary Foulke 10/26/2007 – Letter to President Rogge (President of International Olympic Committee) 10/30/2007 – Letter to Mr. John Claringbould (Chairman of Global Issues Group) 11/1/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 12/5/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 1/15/2008 – Letter to Members of Parliament of Canada 1/29/2008 – Dear Colleague Letter 2/1/2008 – Dear Colleague Letter 2/5/2008 – Letter to Chairmen Harkin and Peterson and Senator Chambliss and Rep. Goodlatte 3/13/2008 – Letter to Secretary Gates 3/18/2008 – Letter to President Bush 4/10/2008 – Letter to Chairman Obey and Ranking Member Walsh 4/14/2008 – Letter to President Alvaro Uribe Velez (Republic of Colombia) 4/17/2008 – Letter to Secretary Pelosi 4/18/2008 – Letter to Secretary Pelosi 4/30/2008 – Dear Colleague (Promote Safe and Effective Learning Environments) 5/29/2008 – Letter to Chairman Obey and Ranking Member Walsh 6/6/2008 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi 6/16/2008 – Letter to Mr. Edwin G. Foulke (Asst. Secretary of Labor for OSHA) 6/26/2008 – Letter to General Casey 6/27/2008 – Letter to Secretary Abbot 6/27/2008 – Letter to Acting Secretary Donley 6/27/2008 – Letter to Chairmen Skelton and Snyder and Ranking Members Hunter and Akin 9/19/2008 – Letter to Secretary Gates 10/30/2008 – Letter to Progressive Caucus Members 11/5/2008 – Letter to President-Elect Obama 11/11/2008 – Letter to Chairman Oberstar 12/19/2008 – Letter to Vikram S. Pandit (CEO of Citi) 12/19/2008 – Letter to John J. Mack (Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley) 1/21/2009 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Republican Leader Boehner 2/10/2009 – Letter to Secretary Donley 2/11/2009 – Letter to President Obama 2/26/2009 – Letter to President Obama 5/6/2009 – Letter to Chairman Oberstar, Ranking Member Mica, Chairman DeFazio, and Ranking Member Duncan 5/7/2009 – Letter to Secretary Geithner 5/21/2009 – Letter to Secretary Geithner 5/21/2009 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi 5/22/2009 – Letter to President Obama 6/3/2009 – Letter to Chairman Obey and Ranking Member Tiahrt 6/4/2009 – Letter to President Obama 2 6/19/2009 – Letter to Chairman Waxman 6/25/2009 – Letter to President Obama 7/6/2009 – Letter to Director Wenk 7/13/2009 – Letter to President Colom of Guatemala 11/18/2009 – Letter to Secretary LaHood 12/2/2009 – Letter to Secretary McHugh 12/4/2009 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi 12/14/2009 – Letter to Administrator Jackson 12/17/2009 – Letter to President Obama 1/29/2010 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid 2/4/2010 – Letter to Majority Leader Reid 2/12/2010 – Letter to Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell 2/23/2010 – Letter to Administrator Jackson 2/25/2010 – Letter to Postmaster General Potter 3/4/2010 – Letter to Secretary of State Clinton 3/8/2010 – Letter to Majority Leader Reid 3/26/2010 – Letter to Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Kline 4/12/2010 – Letter to Postmaster General Potter 5/10/2010 – Letter to Don L. Blankenship 5/18/2010 – Letter to Speaker, Majority Leader, and Majority Whip 5/20/2010 – Letter to President Obama 5/21/2010 – Letter to President Obama 5/26/2010 – Letter to Chairman Obey 6/3/2010 – Letter to Director Richardson and Secretary Hannig 6/8/2010 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer 6/10/2010 – Letter to President Obama (Expressing concern about BP Oil Spill) 6/15/2010 – Letter to Secretary Shinseki 6/18/2010 – Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 7/1/2010 – Letter to Secretary Shinseki 7/21/2010 – Dear Colleague Letter 8/6/2010 – Letter to Secretary LaHood (Funding for FR-HSR-10-001) 8/6/2010 – Letter to Secretary LaHood (Grant Request for Rail Service) 8/13/2010 – Letter to Prime Minister Hasina 8/16/2010 – Letter to Secretary LaHood 8/27/2010 – Letter to Secretary LaHood 8/30/2010 – Dear Business Leaders Letter 9/20/2010 – Letter to Ambassador Kirk 9/24/2010 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi 9/29/2010 – Letter to Prime Minister al-Maliki 10/13/2010 – Letter to Chairman Oberstar and Ranking Member Mica 10/14/2010 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi Letters – Incoming Letters to Phil Hare 2/14/2008 – Letter from Secretary of Defense (Gates) 3/11/2008 – Letter from Jeffrey T. Bergner, Legislative Affairs 7/1/2008 – Letter from Edwin G. Foulke, U.S. Department of Labor 7/15/2008 – Letter from Janice Jacobs, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs 5/14/2009 – Letter from Elizabeth Craig, Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA 3 8/27/2009 – Letter from Joseph R. Biden 9/4/2009 – Letter from Elizabeth Zimmerman, Assistant Administrator, Disaster Assistance Directorate 9/9/2009 – Letter from Hillary Clinton 10/7/2009 – Letter from Dean G. Popps, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army 10/19/2009 – Letter from Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor 10/21/2009 – Letter from Charlene Frizzera, Acting Administrator 11/10/2009 – Letter from Thomas J. Vilsack, USDA 11/13/2009 – Letter from John M. McHugh 12/4/2009 – Letter from Ashton B. Carter 1/7/2010 – Letter from John M. McHugh 1/21/2010 – Letter from Lori Cross, Manager, Post Office Relations 1/28/2010 – Letter from Richard R. Verma, Legislative Affairs 2/1/2010 – Letter from Ashton B. Carter 2/5/2010 – Letter from John R. Crane, Assistant Inspector General 2/24/2010 – Letter from General James L. Jones, USMC, National Security Advisor 3/15/2010 – Letter from Talaya S. Simpson, Government Relations, U.S. Postal Service 3/17/2010 – Letter from Eric K. Shinseki 3/22/2010 – Letter from Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator 4/12/2010 – Letter from Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor to the Secretary 4/19/2010 – Letter from John R. Crane, Assistant Inspector General 4/20/2010 – Letter from Richard R. Verma, Legislative Affairs 4/29/2010 – Letter from Talaya S. Simpson, Government Relations, U.S. Postal Service 5/4/2010 – Letter from James J. Markowsky, Office of Fossil Energy 5/6/2010 – Letter from Richard R.