24 Facts About Dave Camp

David Lee Camp was born on July 9,1953 and is a former American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2015.

Dave Camp represented since 1993, and previously served one term representing.

Dave Camp earned a Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1978.

Dave Camp was diagnosed with early-stage non-Hodgkin's large B-cell lymphoma in 2012.

Dave Camp worked as a member of the Midland County, Michigan board of canvassers and a member of the Midland County Republican executive committee.

Dave Camp served another 4 years on the staff of his boyhood friend US Representative Bill Schuette from 1984 to 1987, before running and winning the 102nd District of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1988 and serving one term.

When US Congressman Schuette of Michigan's 10th congressional district decided in 1990 to run for the US Senate against incumbent US Senator Carl Levin, Dave Camp ran to replace him and won the endorsement of his former boss.

Dave Camp defeated Cropsey, Allen, Dunn, and Simcox.

Speaker Denny Hastert chose Dave Camp to serve on the Select United States House Committee on Homeland Security, which had been created by the House of Representatives on January 7,2003.

Dave Camp was the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health, and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, respectively.

Dave Camp served seven terms as a Member of the Subcommittee on Human Resources, and six terms as a Member of the Subcommittee on Trade.

Dave Camp served as Ranking Member of the full committee on Ways and Means.

Dave Camp was one of three House Republicans appointed by then-Minority Leader John Boehner to serve on the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, known as the Bowles-Simpson Commission, formed in February 2010.

Dave Camp was involved in the House Republicans' January 2011 attempt to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Dave Camp introduced the Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act into the House on September 27,2013.

Dave Camp told National Review in 2007 that he feels "more at home" with the conservative Republican Steering Committee.

Dave Camp is part of the moderate bloc through his participation in the Main Street Partnership.

Dave Camp generally voted along party lines in the House, siding with Republicans 93.7 percent of the time during the 111th Congress.

Dave Camp voted for both the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

Dave Camp voted twice for President George W Bush's tax cuts, and supports their full extension.

Dave Camp pushed for private accounts for Social Security and he supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Dave Camp supported the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and he backed President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq in 2007 with some reservations.

Dave Camp introduced the Tax Reform Act of 2014 on February 26,2014.

Approximately one year after announcing his decision not to run for re-election to Congress, it was announced that Dave Camp would be joining prominent accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers as a senior policy advisor.