26 Facts About Phil Gingrey

John Phillip Gingrey was born on July 10,1942 and is an American physician and former politician who served as a US Representative for from 2003 to 2015.

Phil Gingrey is a member of the Republican Party.

Since leaving Congress, Gingrey has worked as a senior adviser at the District Policy Group in Washington, DC, which is the lobbying arm of the Drinker Biddle law firm.

On March 27,2013, Phil Gingrey announced he would be a candidate in the 2014 race for US Senate in his home state, he was unsuccessful, later losing in the May 20,2014 Republican primary, placing fourth.

Phil Gingrey became a member of the Gamma Alpha chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity and was the President of the fraternity his senior year.

Phil Gingrey entered politics when he ran for the Marietta School Board, a body of which he was three times named chairman.

Phil Gingrey served two terms as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 1999 to 2003.

Phil Gingrey is a founding member and co-chairman of the GOP Doctors Caucus, a group of 20 health care providers in the House of Representatives.

Colbert asked Phil Gingrey if he was a "Georgia peach" and Phil Gingrey responded in the affirmative.

In 2008 Phil Gingrey signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any global warming legislation that would raise taxes.

In November 2011, it was reported that Phil Gingrey allegedly received stock benefits, potentially in violation of congressional ethics rules, from his role as an investor and board member of two Georgia banks.

In December 2014, the House Ethics Committee publicly released findings that Phil Gingrey had given special privilege to the Bank of Ellijay in TARP discussions, that Phil Gingrey should not have aided the bank since it was not in his district.

Representative Phil Gingrey assisted a bank he thought of as a constituent organization by having his office help set up informational meetings through which bank officers could inquire about how TARP funds were going to be allocated.

Phil Gingrey had served as co-chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus.

In March 2013, Phil Gingrey officially announced he would run for the open senate seat vacated by Republican US senator Saxby Chambliss.

Phil Gingrey was defeated in the Republican primary on May 20,2014, coming in 4th in a field of eight.

Phil Gingrey writes a regular column on the firm's website called "Phil on the Hill" where he writes about policy topics such as health care, the federal budget, annual appropriations, regulatory reform, and life sciences.

Phil Gingrey is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.

Phil Gingrey remains a licensed physician who practices on a volunteer basis for low-income Georgians at the Good Samaritan Clinic in Smyrna, Georgia.

Phil Gingrey supported the reauthorization of the federal Children's Health Insurance Program, which is a program that provides matching funds to states for health insurance to families with children.

Phil Gingrey argued that President Trump took a step toward promoting stability with his nomination of Alex Azar as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Phil Gingrey has written several op-eds for The Hill newspaper on a wide variety of topics.

In January 2017, shortly before Donald Trump's inauguration, Phil Gingrey wrote in support of Trump's pick of Tom Price as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

In November 2017, Phil Gingrey penned an op-ed where he argued that the government should not interfere with the patient-physician relationship.

Phil Gingrey believes they are important decision-making tools for practitioners, and he supports reauthorization of the agency in 2019.

Phil Gingrey is married to the former Billie Ayers of Newnan, Georgia; they have four children and 13 grandchildren.