1. Thomas Anthony Marino was born on August 13,1952 and is an American politician and attorney, who served as a United States Representative from Pennsylvania from 2011 to 2019.
23 Facts About Tom Marino
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Tom Marino represented the from January 3,2011 to January 3,2019, and the from January 3 to January 23,2019, when he resigned to work in the private sector.
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On September 1,2017, President Donald Trump nominated Tom Marino to be Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, commonly known as the "drug czar".
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Tom Marino withdrew on October 17,2017, following reports that he had been the chief architect behind a bill that protected pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors and crippled the DEA's ability to combat the US opioid epidemic.
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Two weeks after being sworn in for his fifth term, Tom Marino announced his resignation from Congress, effective January 23,2019, to work in the private sector.
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Tom Marino was born on August 13,1952, and raised in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
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At age 30, Tom Marino enrolled in the former Williamsport Area Community College.
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In 2002, Marino was appointed the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania by President George W Bush.
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On October 12,2007, Tom Marino resigned from his role as US Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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In 2010, Tom Marino decided to challenge incumbent Democratic US Congressman Chris Carney of Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district.
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In 2014, Tom Marino faced off against Independent Nick Troiano and Democrat Scott Brion.
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Tom Marino ranked third among Pennsylvania's congressional delegation in Americans for Prosperity's 2012 scorecard and fifth in the Club for Growth's 2012 scorecard.
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The new district was no less Republican than its predecessor, and Tom Marino easily won a fifth term, defeating Democrat Marc Friedenberg with 66 percent of the vote.
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On January 17,2019, two weeks after being sworn in for a new term, Tom Marino announced his resignation from the House, to be effective January 23,2019.
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Tom Marino believed that the mentally ill and criminals should not be able to obtain guns.
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In October 2017, The Washington Post and 60 Minutes reported that Tom Marino was the chief advocate of a 2016 bill that hobbled the ability of the Drug Enforcement Administration to combat the opioid epidemic.
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Tom Marino introduced the bill, the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, in 2014 and again in 2015; it failed both times.
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Tom Marino said that during a July 2014 conference call he informed congressional staffers the bill would cause more difficulties for the DEA if it pursued corporations which were illegally distributing such drugs.
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In September 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Tom Marino to serve as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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Trump said he would "look into" reports about Tom Marino, putting his nomination in question.
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In 2023, Tom Marino announced he would run for District Attorney of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, which he held once before.
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Tom Marino ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and received the most votes as a write-in in the Democratic primary.
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In February 2019, Tom Marino said health issues led to his January resignation from Congress.