Mike Rogers (Michigan politician)

He was first elected in 1994. In 1998, he won a second term with 68% of the vote.[3]

He represented three counties: Clinton, Livingston, and Shiawassee. He served as Majority Leader from 1999 to 2000.

Rogers wrote legislation creating the Michigan Education Savings Plan, which allows Michigan families to set aside tax-free funds for educating their children when they are ready for college or vocational training.[4]

• United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2006
• United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2008
• United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010
• United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012

He was elected as a Republican from the 8th District of Michigan to the United States House of Representatives in one of the nation's closest congressional races of 2000. He defeated Democratic State Senator Dianne Byrum by 111 votes to win the District 8 seat left open by Debbie Stabenow.[5] However, the district was redrawn to be much friendlier to Republicans in the 2002 round of redistricting. It lost its share of heavily Democratic Genesee County while being pushed further east into the solidly Republican northern portion of Oakland County and also gaining Republican-leaning Clinton County, north of Lansing. From 2002 onwards, Rogers was continuously reelected with little difficulty. He usually ran up large margins in the areas of the district outside heavily Democratic Lansing, the district's largest city.

Mike Rogers at Hudson Institute talked about Clear and Present Danger: Confronting the Cyber Threat from China and Russia

Mike Rogers and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter talked during the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress Eisenhower award dinner

Rogers' measure to make education savings plans free of federal taxes was adopted in 2003 (see Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001). His health savings account program for low-income families who are covered by Medicaid was signed into law on February 8, 2008.[6]

In 2006, he cosponsored H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act[7] and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.[8] He has also introduced pain care management legislation pertaining to Americans who are restricted by severe, chronic pain.[9]

Rogers was the primary sponsor of the Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act, H.R. bill 5037, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on May 29, 2006. This bill is designed to ban protests on Federal Lands from occurring near the funerals of soldiers that were killed in action.

The CBO has said that Rogers's H.R. 1206 to make it easier for states to obtain waivers from some Medical Loss Ratio requirements would add $1.1 billion to the deficit between 2013 and 2022.[10]

In November 30, 2011 Congressman Rogers introduced the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).[11] "The bill would allow the government to share all of its classified cyber-security knowledge with private companies, forming knowledge-sharing agreements that would hopefully keep China (and other countries and hackers) out of American computer networks. The catch is that the information shared is a two-lane street—companies would also be allowed to share private data with the federal government, provided there is a reasonable 'cyber threat.'"[12] "In the current version, most personal information would be stripped from data shared with the government, and the bill no longer defines intellectual property theft as something relating to national security "We think we're making huge progress with the privacy groups, so they understand what we're trying to accomplish, which isn't anything nefarious," Rogers said"[13]

Rogers has reaffirmed his support for the NSA's programs, stating on October 30, 2013, "You can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated."[14][15]

Rogers introduced and supported the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (H.R. 4681; 113th Congress), a bill that would authorize a variety of intelligence agencies and their appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.[16][17] The total spending authorized by the bill is classified, but estimates based on intelligence leaks made by Edward Snowden indicate that the budget could be approximately $50 billion.[18][19] Rogers said that members of Congress "have somehow decided over the last year that our intelligence services are the problem... they are part of the solution."[16]

In March 2014, Rogers announced he would not seek an 8th term in Congress.[20] He later launched "Something to Think About", a daily radio segment.[21] Former Michigan State Senator Mike Bishop won the Republican primary and defeated Democratic challenger Eric Schertzing.[22]

• Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Health
• Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Chairman)
  • As chair of the full committee, he may serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees.