1. Nicholas Valentino Lampson was born on February 14,1945 and is an American politician who is a former Democratic Congressman representing the 22nd Congressional District and the 9th Congressional District of Texas.
64 Facts About Nick Lampson
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Nick Lampson is a lifelong resident of Southeast Texas and a second-generation Italian-American.
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Nick Lampson's grandparents came to the United States from Italy one hundred years ago and settled in Stafford, where they had farms and were founding members of their church.
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Nick Lampson's parents grew up, met, and married in Fort Bend County.
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Nick Lampson is one of six children born to a welder and a homemaker.
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Nick Lampson's father died when he was 12 years old, and Lampson took his first job at that young age sweeping floors to supplement the family's income.
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Nick Lampson's mother received $19 per month from Social Security as long as he stayed in school.
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Nick Lampson's mother earned her GED on her 80th birthday.
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Nick Lampson taught high school science at Hebert High School in Beaumont.
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In 1976, Nick Lampson was elected tax assessor-collector for Jefferson County and served nearly twenty years.
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Nick Lampson instituted an emphasis on customer service, successfully pushed for major upgrades in computer technology, and reduced the cost of collecting taxes by $3 million a year.
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Nick Lampson resigned from his post in order to run for congress.
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Nick Lampson was one of the prime targets of a controversial mid-decade redistricting in 2003.
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Nick Lampson was one of several Democratic incumbents that were successfully removed from office as a direct result of Tom Delay's controversial mid-decade redistricting plan.
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On May 4,2005, Nick Lampson announced his candidacy in Texas's 22nd congressional district, which had been held by DeLay for 20 years.
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Nick Lampson had briefly considered a so-called "kamikaze" run against DeLay.
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Nick Lampson moved to Stafford, a city halfway between Houston and Sugar Land, where his grandparents immigrated to from Italy.
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However, Nick Lampson had represented all of the 22nd's portion of Galveston County, as well as part of its share of Houston, during his first stint in Congress.
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Nick Lampson announced on August 17,2006, that three major police associations had endorsed him: the National Association of Police Organizations, the International Union of Police Associations, and the Texas State Police Coalition.
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Nick Lampson ran only for the full term, facing Republican Houston City Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs.
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Nick Lampson officially returned to Congress on January 4,2007.
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Nick Lampson faced reelection in 2008 against Pete Olson, an attorney and a former aide to Senators Phil Gramm and John Cornyn.
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Olson and Nick Lampson agreed to a debate on the issues on October 20,2008, in Rosenberg, Texas.
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Nick Lampson carried the Galveston County portion of the district, but could not overcome a 15,900-vote deficit in Harris County.
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The devastation felt by the Smither family and the determination of the volunteers inspired Nick Lampson to establish the first-ever United States House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children.
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Nick Lampson authored the Protecting Our Children Comes First Act of 2007.
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Nick Lampson introduced and passed the SAFE Act of 2007 in the House.
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Nick Lampson won support for numerous projects benefiting Southeast Texas, including the Neches River Salt Water Barrier, funding for improving areas of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, port upgrades, and coastal and beach improvement projects.
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Nick Lampson co-sponsored the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
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Nick Lampson co-sponsored the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002.
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Nick Lampson included language in the US Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007 waiving the local funding match required under the Stafford Act.
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Nick Lampson established a reputation as a vocal advocate of the International Space Station, human space flights, and increased federal funding in support of NASA.
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In 2008, twelve house members led by Nick Lampson successfully urged House leaders to add $2 billion to NASA's budget in The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008.
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Additional legislation supported by Nick Lampson includes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000, the Commercial Space Transportation Competitiveness Act of 2000, the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004, the US Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2008.
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Nick Lampson introduced the Amendment to the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2003, seeking to allow NASA to help Russia purchase additional Soyuz and Progress vehicles if the President notifies Congress they are needed to ensure the safety of the crew aboard the International Space Station and to maintain its operational viability while the Space Shuttle fleet is grounded; it influenced the Bush administration's policy and led to passage of the Iran Nonproliferation Amendments Act of 2005.
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Nick Lampson was instrumental in passage of the US Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004.
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Nick Lampson participated in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and served as chairman of the Congressional Study Group on Germany, an inter-parliamentary assembly between the German Bundestag and the US House of Representatives.
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Nick Lampson was involved in the effort to expand NATO to include all of the Baltic States following the dissolution of the USSR.
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Nick Lampson was a member of the Cuba Working Group and a proponent of lifting trade embargoes.
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Nick Lampson co-sponsored the Cuban Food and Medicine Security Act of 1999, Bridges to the Cuban People Act of 2001, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2002, Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2003, Bridges to the Cuban People Act of 2003, and Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2007.
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In 2002, Nick Lampson helped facilitate a deal to allow 30,000 metric tons of grain to be shipped to Cuba from the Port of Galveston for the first time in forty years.
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Nick Lampson's position on abortion was that it is a personal matter.
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Nick Lampson believed in balanced energy policies supporting both traditional fossil fuel activities and viable renewable energy sources.
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Nick Lampson encouraged research and development in new energy technologies.
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Nick Lampson was an original co-sponsor of the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act.
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Nick Lampson introduced the Industrial Energy Efficiency Research and Development Act of 2007.
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Nick Lampson was one of fifteen Democrats that voted against a bill that set a time table of withdrawing troops from Iraq by December 2008.
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Nick Lampson voted in favor of an Impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton in 1998.
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Nick Lampson was one of only 31 Democrats to cross party lines to support it; they were referred to as "The group of 31".
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The 14th had been shifted well to the east in redistricting, and now included roughly 85 percent of the territory Nick Lampson had represented during his first stint in Congress.
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Nick Lampson only carried his home county of Jefferson County and was unable to overcome the partisan lean of a district that was significantly redder than the territory he had previously represented.
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Nick Lampson ran for county judge of Jefferson County in 2018.
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Nick Lampson focused his campaign on securing relief for victims of Hurricane Harvey and diversifying the economic development of Jefferson County.
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Nick Lampson has worked on seniors' issues at the local and national levels as a director of the Area Agency on Aging.
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Nick Lampson served as a delegate to the 1995 White House Conference on Aging.
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Nick Lampson is active with local organizations such as the American Heart Association, Land Manor, and the Young Men's Business League.
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Nick Lampson is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
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Nick Lampson was chair of the 1995 Bishop's Faith Appeal at the Diocese of Beaumont.
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In 2012, Nick Lampson was honored as one of the "Legends of Galveston" at the Hilton Galveston Island Resort.
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In 2008, Nick Lampson was honored by the US Chamber of Commerce with their prestigious "Spirit of Enterprise Award" in recognition of his pro-business voting record.
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Nick Lampson was recognized as the Outstanding Young Man of Beaumont in 1978 by the Texas Jaycees.
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Nick Lampson is married to Susan Floyd-Nick Lampson, a retired special education teacher and former Ms.
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Nick Lampson is a former healthcare executive and currently consults for tech and energy companies.
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Nick Lampson underwent a successful quadruple bypass surgery on March 25,2007, at the Texas Heart Institute.