33 Facts About Tim Roemer

Timothy John Roemer was born on October 30,1956 and is an American diplomat and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003 as a Democrat from Indiana's 3rd congressional district.

Tim Roemer served as US Ambassador to India from 2009 to 2011.

Tim Roemer was born in 1956 in South Bend, Indiana.

Tim Roemer's grandfather, William F Roemer, was a philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame; and his grandmother was an elementary school teacher.

Tim Roemer graduated from Penn High School in 1975 and worked at various jobs from the age of 14 to help pay for college.

Tim Roemer entered politics by serving on the staff of US Representative John Brademas of Indiana while still in college.

In 1990, Tim Roemer ran and won as a Democrat in 1990 to represent Indiana's 3rd congressional district, his boss' former district, serving six terms in Congress from 1991 to 2003.

Tim Roemer voted in favor of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, and the Caribbean Basin Initiative.

Tim Roemer opposed the North American Free Trade Agreement, feeling it provided incentives for businesses to move out of the country.

Tim Roemer voted against presidential fast-track trade promotion authority, believing that the United States should have been stricter in its enforcement of existing agreements.

Tim Roemer was the principal author of the Ed-Flex bill, which encouraged states to seek innovative approaches to education.

Tim Roemer was the chief sponsor of the "Transition to Teaching" bill that helped address teacher shortages by recruiting and training professionals to become teachers.

Tim Roemer was the lead sponsor of the five-year reauthorization of Higher Education Act, which reduced interest rates on student loans, increased Pell Grants, increased funding for teacher training, and expanded aid to families.

Tim Roemer was a principal sponsor of the AmeriCorps national service program, and a co-author of a bill to expand Head Start services to provide childcare coverage for women moving from welfare to work.

Tim Roemer co-wrote legislation on reauthorizing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and wrote an amendment to tax relief legislation for teacher certification of professionals in outside fields.

Tim Roemer co-authored "School-to-Work" legislation to help non-college-bound high school students learn skills to prepare them for the workforce.

Tim Roemer was one of the first members of Congress to call for a Cabinet-level federal executive department to oversee national security, and was an original sponsor of the legislation to create the Department of Homeland Security.

Tim Roemer advocated a "civilian reserve corps" to train more fluent speakers in foreign languages for the Intelligence Community.

Tim Roemer was a candidate for chair of the Democratic National Committee.

Tim Roemer lost to Howard Dean, who had unsuccessfully sought the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination.

Tim Roemer was criticized as too conservative for the post, due to his anti-abortion stance and his oft-mentioned vote in 1993 against the President Bill Clinton economic plan.

Tim Roemer is a moderate Democrat, voting more liberally on some foreign policy issues and conservatively on social issues.

Tim Roemer served as a distinguished scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Tim Roemer became a partner at Johnston and Associates, a public and legislative affairs consultancy.

Tim Roemer was later selected as the president of the Center for National Policy.

Tim Roemer served on the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, a bipartisan commission created by Congress in 2007.

Tim Roemer was nominated by President Barack Obama as the 21st US Ambassador to the Republic of India on May 27,2009.

Tim Roemer's nomination was confirmed by the US Senate on July 10,2009, he was sworn in on July 23,2009, in the State Department's ceremonial Benjamin Franklin Treaty Room and he presented his credentials to Indian President Pratibha Patil on August 11,2009.

Ambassador Tim Roemer travelled throughout India during his two years, visiting 17 states.

Tim Roemer was the first Ambassador in over 10 years to visit Jammu and Kashmir, including a September 20,2010, visit to the city of Leh to bring relief supplies to 400 rural families affected by a recent flash flood.

In May 2011, Tim Roemer received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Notre Dame and gave the commencement address to The Graduate School.

Indian politician Shashi Tharoor wrote that Tim Roemer resigned the post following India's decision to reject two American aircraft manufacturing tenders worth US$10 billion.

Tim Roemer's father-in-law Johnston was a Democratic politician who served as a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1972 to 1997.