Matthew James Salmon was born on January 21,1958 and is an American politician who served as a US representative from Arizona from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2013 until 2017.
27 Facts About Matt Salmon
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Matt Salmon regained a congressional seat in the 2012 election.
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On February 25,2016, Salmon announced his retirement from politics.
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In June 2016, Arizona State University announced that Matt Salmon would join his undergraduate alma mater as vice president for government affairs in the office of government and community engagement.
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Matt Salmon was a candidate in the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election.
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Matt Salmon moved to Tempe at age 12 and graduated from Mesa High School in 1976.
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Matt Salmon is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Matt Salmon lived in Taiwan from 1977 to 1979 as a missionary and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.
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Matt Salmon was a Sunday School teacher, cubmaster, and gospel doctrine teacher with his church.
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Matt Salmon was offered the position of director of public relations with US West in 1990, but declined the position after deciding to run for state senate.
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Matt Salmon was one of many candidates nationwide who pledged to serve only three terms in Congress.
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Matt Salmon honored his campaign term limits pledge and did not seek re-election to a fourth term in 2000.
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Matt Salmon was instrumental in obtaining the January 29,2000, release of US-based academic researcher Song Yongyi from detention in China on spying charges.
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In 2013, Matt Salmon was one of a few dozen Republicans who attempted to defund the Affordable Care Act by allowing a government shutdown.
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Matt Salmon proposed an amendment to the United States Constitution limiting House members to three terms in office and Senators to two.
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Matt Salmon opposes abortion and has opposed federal funding of abortions as well as family-planning assistance that includes abortions.
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Matt Salmon voted to ban gay couples adopting children and opposes gay marriage.
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Matt Salmon's son led the Arizona Log Cabin Republicans; he left the group to focus on medical school.
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Matt Salmon is a fiscal conservative and has often caused rifts and defections in his own party to oppose increasing the deficit.
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Matt Salmon has strictly opposed raising the debt limit and any new spending without matching cuts.
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Matt Salmon believes government agencies and institutions should undergo reform, not expansion, to meet their needs.
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Matt Salmon signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, stating he would never vote for legislation to increase taxes on Americans.
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Matt Salmon opposes new government spending unless it has a plan to initiate some spending cut that will offset the loss.
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Matt Salmon has voted to cut various taxes, such as the estate and marriage taxes.
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Matt Salmon was a cosponsor of a bill that would prevent political bias causing any discrimination in tax treatment.
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In 2011, Matt Salmon signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any climate change legislation that would raise taxes.
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Matt Salmon was endorsed by Ted Cruz and the Club for Growth, among others.