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12 Facts About Vaneta Becker

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Vaneta Becker is an American politician who serves as a Republican Senator in the Indiana Senate representing Senate District 50, which contains portions of Vanderburgh and Warrick County in the southern part of the state.

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Vaneta Becker sits on the Health and Provider Services Committee and chairs its Public Health Subcommittee having moved on from the Chairmanship of the Provider Services Subcommittee.

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Vaneta Becker is the ranking member of the standing committee on Commerce, Public Policy and Interstate Cooperation.

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Vaneta Becker has been a real estate broker in Southwestern Indiana since 1975.

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Vaneta Becker's husband, Andy Guarino, was a principal with Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation.

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Vaneta Becker was first elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1981 and served until 2005.

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Vaneta Becker replaced Greg Server who was elevated to the Indiana Senate.

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Vaneta Becker sits on numerous Interim Study Committees: the Evansville State Hospital Advisory Committee, Indiana Commission on Excellence in Health Care, Health and Child Care Issues Evaluation Committee, Health Finance Commission, Indiana Commission for Women, and the Prescription Drug Advisory Committee.

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When Server was named to the Mitch Daniels administration, Vaneta Becker was elected by a party caucus to replace him.

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Vaneta Becker is a Co-Chair on the Advisory Board of the Office of Women's Health through the Indiana State Department of Health.

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Vaneta Becker is a member of the American Heart Association and the United Methodist Church.

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In December 2011, Vaneta Becker made headlines when she proposed legislation that set standards for the performance of the national anthem, including a fine of $25 to be levied against any individual that makes deliberate changes to the song.