54 Facts About Pat Tiberi

Patrick Joseph Tiberi is an American lobbyist and politician who served as the US representative for from 2001 to 2018.

Pat Tiberi's district included communities north and east of Columbus.

Pat Tiberi is a member of the Republican Party, and previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 2000.

Pat Tiberi briefly served as Chair of the new Republican Main Street Congressional Caucus from September 7,2017.

In October 2017, Tiberi announced his plan to resign from Congress in January 2018 to lead the Ohio Business Roundtable.

Pat Tiberi was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Italian immigrants, Rina and Joe Pat Tiberi.

Pat Tiberi attended the city's Woodward Park Middle school and Northland High School.

Pat Tiberi graduated from Ohio State in 1985 with a degree in journalism.

Pat Tiberi was the first person in his family to graduate from college.

Pat Tiberi was later awarded an honorary doctorate in the Humanities by Capital University in May 2005.

Pat Tiberi was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1993, and he soon rose to the position of House Majority Leader.

Pat Tiberi authored legislation that made it easier for returning military veterans to receive federal jobs and provided for more federal assistance to caregivers of incapacitated adults.

Pat Tiberi was described as loyal to former House Speaker John Boehner.

When Boehner resigned his speakership and was replaced by Paul Ryan, Pat Tiberi sought to replace Ryan as the chairperson of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means.

Pat Tiberi was considered a potential candidate for the Republican Party's nomination for the Senate in the 2018 election, but he declined to run.

Pat Tiberi spoke at a Ripon Society forum and addressed the IRS targeting controversy and tax reform.

Pat Tiberi voted against an amendment by Bill Pascrell before the Ways and Means Committee to request President Trump's federal income tax returns.

Pat Tiberi opposed the amendment as politically motivated and inviting a slippery slope.

Pat Tiberi said that President Trump's firing of James Comey as the director of the FBI raised "many questions" amidst the FBI's investigation over Russia's involvement in the 2016 presidential election.

Pat Tiberi did not support the appointment of a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation.

Pat Tiberi said that he would support the appointment of a special prosecutor if the relevant congressional subcommittees recommended it.

Pat Tiberi called town hall meetings "not productive" and "shouting matches".

Pat Tiberi held town hall meetings, including one for Tea Party members of Newark in August 2011 and one on Iran in September 2015.

Pat Tiberi cosponsored legislation that would require a commission to host town halls regarding reforms to Medicare and Social Security.

Pat Tiberi joined many of his Republican congressmen in refusing to schedule town halls over the February 2017 recess.

Pat Tiberi, following a majority of his Republican colleagues in the House, did not hold a public meeting with constituents during the May 2017 recess, instead he joined Speaker Paul Ryan at a roundtable with businessmen and a Republican fundraiser at the home of Les Wexner.

Pat Tiberi was critical of the Affordable Care Act and expressed agreement with House Speaker Paul Ryan's framework to replace it.

On February 17,2017, Pat Tiberi told the Ripon Society that his plan to change the ACA was more complex than a single piece of legislation.

Pat Tiberi's comments suggested that he no longer thought a full repeal of the ACA was necessary.

The ad accused Pat Tiberi of blocking President Trump's efforts to repeal the ACA.

Pat Tiberi refused to hold town hall meetings to discuss healthcare policy during the February and Easter 2017 congressional recesses.

Pat Tiberi's proposed replacement of the ACA would have defunded the Medicaid expansion.

Pat Tiberi co-sponsored legislation with Greg Walden to prevent this practice in the event that the ACA is repealed.

Pat Tiberi supported the AHCA bill that would partially repeal and replace the ACA through the budget reconciliation process.

Pat Tiberi voted for an amended version of the bill that passed the House on May 4,2017.

The CBO analysis of the final version Pat Tiberi voted for concluded that the legislation would cause 23 million to be left without health insurance, including one million Ohioans.

Pat Tiberi voted to repeal Internet privacy rules established by the FCC.

Pat Tiberi's only public statement on the issue was a tweet to an opinion article on Forbes' website.

Pat Tiberi voted to eliminate rules in the Fair Labor Standards Act that required time-and-a-half compensation for working overtime.

Pat Tiberi received an 86 from the Retire Safe-Positions and a 10 from Alliance for Retired Americans-Lifetime Score.

Pat Tiberi wrote and sponsored the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006.

Pat Tiberi supported reform to the No Child Left Behind bill.

Pat Tiberi introduced legislation to improve local flexibility by allowing some school districts to go to the Secretary of Education and present their own plan for the allocation of Title 1 federal funding for approval.

Pat Tiberi's goal was to introduce reform to give the president the authority to rid congressional bill of unrelated spending in bills.

Pat Tiberi wanted to bring reform through a searchable database that would include an assessment of every piece of federal funding and the Education Oversight Subcommittee that he was appointed Vice-Chairman to in his first year in Congress.

In 2014, Pat Tiberi cosponsored legislation called the Save American Workers Act of 2013 that would make a 40 hours, instead of 30, the standard definition of full-time work.

Pat Tiberi ran for and won the House seat that was vacated by nine-term incumbent and House Budget Committee chairman John Kasich, who retired to work as a consultant for Lehman Brothers.

Pat Tiberi won by nine points in a district that had long been considered to be far friendlier to the Democrats than the neighboring 15th, despite Kasich's long tenure.

However, Pat Tiberi never faced another contest nearly that close, in part because his district was redrawn after the 2000 census.

Pat Tiberi won reelection after defeating former Democratic Congressman Bob Shamansky.

Pat Tiberi defeated Democratic nominee Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks in the general election.

Pat Tiberi defeated Democratic nominee James Reese and Green party nominee Robert Fitrakis in the general election.

Pat Tiberi defeated Democratic nominee Ed Albertson and Green party nominee Joe Manchik in the general election.

Pat Tiberi received the title of Knight, which was conferred by the Italian ambassador to the United States Claudio Bisogniero, in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, in May 2013.