Roscoe+Bartlett

"Project Vote Smart - Representative Roscoe G. Bartlett - Biography." //Project Vote Smart - American Government, Elections, Candidates and Voting//. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. [].
 * He was born on June 3rd, 1926
 * He was born in Moreland,Kentucky
 * He lives in Frederick,Maryland
 * His religion is seventh-day Adventist
 * He is currently a U.S. House Representative
 * He represents the 6th district
 * He was first elected on November 3rd, 1992
 * He was last elected on November 2nd, 2010
 * He is a Republican
 * He has 10 children with his wife Ellen
 * He has 17 grandchildren
 * He has 2 great grandchildren
 * Signal Honor,JohnsHopkinsUniversity
 * PhD, Human Physiology, University of Maryland-College Park, 1952
 * MS, Human Physiology, University of Maryland-College Park, 1948
 * BS, Theology and Biology,ColumbiaUnionCollege, 1947
 * Representative,United StatesHouse of Representatives, 1992-present
 * Candidate,United StatesHouse of Representatives, 1982
 * Candidate,United StatesSenate, 1980
 * Priority Issues: War inIraq, Improving our Terrorism Defenses, Defense of Marriage, 2nd Amendment

"Biography." //Representative Roscoe Bartlett//. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. [].
 * Considers himself a citizen-legislator, not a politician
 * Pursued successful careers as a professor, research scientist and inventor, small business owner, and farmer
 * In the 112th Congress, Bartlett serves as Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee.
 * He also serves on the Small Business Committee due to his ten years of experience as a small business owner.
 * He is one of three scientists in Congress
 * Dr. Bartlett is also a senior member of the Science, Space and Technology Committee
 * Dr. Bartlett annually donates scholarships for district residents who are undergraduate students majoring in mathematics, science or engineering at the colleges located in Maryland’s Sixth district
 * Dr. Bartlett worked for more than twenty years as a scientist and engineer on research and development programs for the military and NASA
 * 19/20 of his patents are held by the U.S. government for his inventions of life support equipment used by military pilots, astronauts, search and rescue personnel, and firefighters.
 * In 2008 Slate magazine hailed Congressman Bartlett as one ofAmerica’s most powerful octogenarians
 * The Mason-Dixon Line betweenPennsylvaniaandMarylandmarks the northern border of the Sixth District which encompasses central and westernMaryland
 * Its eastern border is the Susquehanna River south ofPhiladelphia
 * Traveling west, it covers roughly the northern third of both Harford andBaltimoreCounties
 * The Sixth District includes all of Carroll andFrederickCountiesand a portion of northernMontgomeryCounty
 * Continuing west, the Sixth District takes in the Appalachian counties of Washington, Allegany, and Garrett
 * The Potomac River defines the district's southern border withVirginiaandWest Virginia
 * The Sixth District’s largest cities are Frederick, Hagerstown, Cumberland, and Westminster
 * He joined IBM and worked there on numerous biomedical engineering and defense-related projects
 * With IBM's assistance, he formed his own research and development company, Roscoe Bartlett and Associates
 * His company built more than 100 homes in Frederick County, many of them solar powered

"Representative Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland's Congressional District 6: Voting and Cosponsorship Record, Activity Scorecard, Contact Info and Background from That's My Congress." //That's My Congress//. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. [].
 * Roscoe Bartlett has positively acted to support 9% of a slate of progressive policies
 * He supported the idea of requiring military interrogations to be videotaped
 * He also supported the presidential records act amendments of 2009
 * He voted against the spying on Americans without the establishment of probable cause
 * Roscoe Bartlett has pushed forward 63% of a slate of regressive policies
 * He supports the concept that it is religion and morality alone, which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand
 * He supports discrimination and wants it written back into the Constitution
 * He doesn't support equality in the workplace
 * He doesn't support the protection against mortgage fraud or limiting coverage to those who have made good-faith efforts to stay current on their mortgage payments
 * He supports the taking away of birthright citizenship from people born in the Americas if their parents aren't permanent residents or citizens
 * He doesn't support the enrollment of poor children in the State Children Health Insurance Program
 * He also wants to revoke federal funding for local schools that do choose to make post-coital contraception available.
 * He supports the prohibition of same-sex marriage in Washington, DC
 * He also supports the prohibition of gay people to enroll in the military
 * He supports the boy scouts of America who attack the civic values of equality and respect for diversity
 * He is against the prevention of perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions
 * He supports the creation of a new standard of low funding for the social security trust fund
 * He supports the taking away of money from programs that help poor people and diverting it into programs that tell people what to do with their bodies
 * He tried to push construction workers' wages further down at the historical moment when their economic security was at it's lowest
 * He supports the spending of billions of dollars to make two versions of an engine, with identical performance, for the same airplane F-35

"Roscoe Bartlett on the Issues." //OnTheIssues.org - Candidates on the Issues//. Web. 09 Oct. 2011. [].


 * Voted NO on additional $825 billion for economic recovery package
 * Voted YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions
 * Voted YES on more funding for nanotechnology R&D and commercialization
 * Voted NO on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons
 * Voted YES on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests
 * Voted NO on requiring states to test students
 * Voted NO on enforcing limits on CO2 global warming pollution
 * Voted YES on speeding up approval of forest thinning projects
 * Voted NO on four weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees
 * Voted NO on supporting democratic institutions in Pakistan
 * Voted YES on promoting free trade with Peru
 * Voted NO on Senate pay raise
 * Voted YES on decreasing gun waiting period from 3 days to 1
 * Voted NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program
 * Voted YES on permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns
 * Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border
 * Voted NO on increasing minimum wage to $7.25
 * Voted YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits
 * Voted YES on making the Bush tax cuts permanent
 * Voted YES on banning Internet gambling by credit card