18 Facts About Chuck Fleischmann

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Charles Joseph Fleischmann is an American attorney and politician who has been the US representative for since 2011.

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Chuck Fleischmann was born in Manhattan, New York City, and is a resident of Ooltewah, an unincorporated suburban community east of Chattanooga.

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Chuck Fleischmann is the son of Rose Marie and Max Fleischmann, Jr.

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Chuck Fleischmann is of Italian, English, and Austro-Hungarian descent, and is a distant relative of Harry Houdini.

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Chuck Fleischmann graduated from Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.

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Chuck Fleischmann then earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville.

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Chuck Fleischmann was the first member of his family to attend college.

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Chuck Fleischmann is a former president of the Chattanooga Bar Association and former chair of the Chattanooga Lawyers Pro Bono Committee.

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Chuck Fleischmann was endorsed by former Speaker of the US House Newt Gingrich and The Club for Growth.

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Chuck Fleischmann won most of the counties in the district, which were mostly in the northern part of the district, while Smith won three counties: Rhea, Hamilton, and Polk counties.

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Chuck Fleischmann had faced Wolfe in his first case as an attorney.

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Chuck Fleischmann defeated Democratic nominee Mary Headrick in the general election with a large majority of the vote.

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In July 2011, Chuck Fleischmann originally supported Speaker John Boehner's debt limit bill, but voted against the final debt ceiling agreement.

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On November 16,2011, Chuck Fleischmann voted for a bill that encourages the display of "In God We Trust" in public buildings and schools and reinforces it as the motto of the United States.

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In November 2011, Chuck Fleischmann filed a new bill, the Stop Green Initiative Abuse Act of 2011, which would repeal the Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program.

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Chuck Fleischmann's office estimated that if this bill passed it would save taxpayers $2.1 billion over the next decade.

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In December 2020, Fleischmann was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump.

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Chuck Fleischmann is the head of the House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus.