46 Facts About Kevin Yoder

Kevin Wayne Yoder was born on January 8,1976 and is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 2011 to 2019.

Kevin Yoder was born and raised on a grain and livestock farm in Kevin Yoder, Kansas, a small farming town outside of Hutchinson.

Kevin Yoder is the son of Susan Elizabeth Peck and Wayne E Yoder.

Kevin Yoder graduated from Hutchinson High School and, in 1999, from the University of Kansas with a dual major in English and Political Science.

Kevin Yoder served as KU Student Body president, president of the Kansas Union Memorial Corporation Board of Directors, and as a board member of the KU Athletics Corporation.

Kevin Yoder was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, served as president, and received the 2012 Order of Achievement award from Lambda Chi Alpha.

Kevin Yoder has served on the KU Law School Board of Governors.

Kevin Yoder worked as a law clerk for Payne and Jones from 2000 to 2001, then as a special assistant in the US Department of Defense's Office of Counternarcotics in 2001.

Kevin Yoder joined Speer and Holliday LLP, a small law firm in Olathe, as an associate and became a partner in 2005.

Kevin Yoder is a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders and the Kansas Bar Association, and has served on the board of directors of the Johnson County Bar Association.

Kevin Yoder was first elected to the Kansas House of Representatives on January 13,2003.

Kevin Yoder was then subsequently re-elected to the office three times.

Kevin Yoder served on the Judiciary Committee from 2003 through 2011.

On December 15,2009, Kevin Yoder announced his intention to run for the open seat in the United States Congress.

Kevin Yoder used the site to raise questions about her campaign and issue policy positions.

Kevin Yoder faced no opposition in the 2012 primary election.

Kevin Yoder faced no opposition in the 2014 primary election.

In May 2016, Kevin Yoder endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential race.

In 2016, Kevin Yoder was challenged in the Republican primary by retired US Army lieutenant colonel Greg Goode of Louisburg, who ran on a far-right platform.

Kevin Yoder was a Co-Chairman of the Bipartisan Congressional Civility Caucus, Cancer Caucus, Deaf Caucus, and Beef Caucus.

In May 2018, Kevin Yoder became chairman of the Subcommittee on Homeland Security.

In December 2017, Kevin Yoder voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

Kevin Yoder was responsible for the so-called "push-out" provision inserted into the 2014 spending bill, the text of which critics argued was written by Citigroup.

Kevin Yoder denied the claim, arguing the amendment was based on bipartisan legislation called the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act that had passed the House of Representatives in 2013 with votes from 70 Democrats.

Kevin Yoder said the measure was necessary to prevent smaller regional and community banks from being squeezed out of the swaps derivatives market entirely.

Kevin Yoder's bill secured funding for 400 new ICE agents, 375 new CBP agents, nearly 4,000 new detention beds, money for opioid detection and other border enforcement measures.

Kevin Yoder opposed sanctuary cities, which are jurisdictions that do not strictly enforce federal immigration laws, and has pushed legislation to withhold Homeland Security funds from those jurisdictions.

Kevin Yoder sponsored the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, which would remove the per-nation cap on employment-based green cards, which the Cato Institute estimates is causing a backlog of anywhere between 230,000 and 2 million Indian nationals in the system, forcing them to wait between 50 and 250 years for green cards.

In March 2017, ProPublica reported that Kevin Yoder had said that the quality of health care in the country had declined due to the Affordable Care Act, an assertion that ProPublica found to be without proof and in contradiction to some data.

In 2016, Kevin Yoder tried to convince "the most ardent or strident conservatives in the House of Representatives to get them to embrace research" as a fiscally and morally responsible thing to fund.

In 2017, Kevin Yoder vocally opposed the Trump Administration's proposed budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health.

In 2017, Kevin Yoder voted for a Congressional Review Act resolution repealing an Obama-era Federal Communications Commission rule regarding internet privacy.

Kevin Yoder broke ranks, siding with 190 Democrats when he voted against allowing internet providers to snoop on users and sell their personal online history.

In September 2017, Kevin Yoder voted against a bipartisan deal to increase the debt ceiling while providing relief to the communities devastated by Hurricane Harvey.

Kevin Yoder supported President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, saying that the costs of the agreement outweighed the benefits.

Kevin Yoder has a 100 percent voting record from the National Right to Life Committee for his abortion-related voting record.

Kevin Yoder has a "D" rating from NORML for his voting history regarding cannabis-related causes.

Kevin Yoder opposes veterans having access to medical marijuana if recommended by their Veterans Health Administration doctor and if it is legal for medicinal purposes in their state of residence.

Kevin Yoder has a zero rating from the Human Rights Campaign for his LGBT rights voting record.

Kevin Yoder opposed same-sex marriage and believed it was federal overreach legalizing it nationally.

In February 2009, Kevin Yoder was pulled over for speeding on the K-10 expressway.

The officer cited Kevin Yoder for speeding and for refusing to take the breathalyzer test, and then let Kevin Yoder drive himself home.

Kevin Yoder pleaded guilty to refusing law enforcement's request for a breath test and paid a $165 fine.

In 2012, Politico reported that about a year earlier, on August 4,2011, Kevin Yoder partook in a late-night dip in the Sea of Galilee while on a fact-finding trip to Israel with other members of Congress.

Kevin Yoder apologized to his constituents and said in a statement that "it was dark out with visibility limited to only a few feet," and said he was in the water for about 10 seconds before climbing out.

Kevin Yoder continued, "Part of the reason I made that decision at that moment was there was really nobody in the vicinity who could see me," he said.