1. Charles Albert "Dutch" Ruppersberger III is an American lawyer and politician who served as the US representative for from 2003 to 2025.
21 Facts About Dutch Ruppersberger
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Dutch Ruppersberger was the ranking member of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 2011 to 2015.
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Dutch Ruppersberger announced in January 2024 that he would retire from the United States House of Representatives at the conclusion of the 118th United States Congress.
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Dutch Ruppersberger graduated from Baltimore City College and attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he played lacrosse.
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Dutch Ruppersberger earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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Dutch Ruppersberger began his career as a Baltimore County Assistant State's Attorney.
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Dutch Ruppersberger was promoted to chief of the State's Attorney Office Investigative Division, pursuing organized crime, political corruption, and drug trafficking.
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Dutch Ruppersberger was elected to the Baltimore County Council in 1985 and again in 1989, chosen twice as council chairman.
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Dutch Ruppersberger decided to run for office after a near-fatal car crash while investigating a drug trafficking case.
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Dutch Ruppersberger served as vice chairman on the board of visitors for the hospital that saved his life.
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Dutch Ruppersberger served on the United States Naval Academy Board of Visitors.
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Dutch Ruppersberger was the first Democrat freshman to be appointed to the House Intelligence Committee.
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Dutch Ruppersberger was named to this committee because his district is home to the National Security Agency.
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In 2003, Dutch Ruppersberger created the national "Hero Miles" program to allow Americans to donate their frequent flyer miles to wounded warriors recovering at military or Veterans Administration medical centers as well as to friends and family visiting them.
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Dutch Ruppersberger is an advocate of municipal finance and tax-exempt municipal bonds.
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In October 2019, Dutch Ruppersberger said he was concerned "about the instability now in the entire Middle East, and now we're really helping to make Russia even stronger in the Middle East", and that American troops were expressing concern and embarrassment over leaving behind the Kurds.
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In February 2019, Dutch Ruppersberger voted for Ro Khanna's resolution to direct the removal of US armed forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
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Dutch Ruppersberger announced on January 26,2024, that he would not run for reelection, thus retiring from the House at the conclusion of the 118th United States Congress.
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Dutch Ruppersberger stated that it was "time to pass the torch to a younger generation of leaders and I am looking forward to spending more time with my family".
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Dutch Ruppersberger has never faced another close contest and has been reelected ten times.
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Dutch Ruppersberger married his high school sweetheart Kay Murphy in 1971 and has two children and five grandchildren.