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Pete Stark

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Pete Stark
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 3, 1973
Preceded by George Paul Miller
In office
1993–1995
Preceded by Ron Dellums
Succeeded by Committee Abolished
Born November 11, 1931 (1931-11-11) (age 79)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birth name Fortney Hillman Stark, Jr.
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Deborah Roderick
Residence Fremont, California
Alma mater MIT (B.S.)
University of California, Berkeley (M.B.A.)
Occupation Banking Executive
Politician
Committees Ways & Means Committee
Religion Unitarian Universalism[1][2][3]
Website petestark.com
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch Air Force
Years of service 1955-1957
Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. (born November 11, 1931) is the U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district, serving since 1973. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Currently he is the 6th most senior Representative as well as 8th most senior member of Congress overall.
The district lies in southwestern Alameda County and includes Alameda, Union City, Hayward, Newark, San Leandro and Fremont, as well as parts of Oakland and Pleasanton.[4]

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life and education

Stark was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in general engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1953.[5] He served in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1957. After leaving the Air Force, Stark attended the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and received his MBA in 1960. Stark enjoyed living in the Bay Area so much that he decided to settle there after graduating.[citation needed]
In 1963, Stark founded Security National Bank, a small bank in Walnut Creek. Within 10 years it grew to a $100 million company with branches across the East Bay.[citation needed]

[edit] Congressional career

In 1972, Stark moved to Oakland to run in the Democratic primary against 14-term incumbent U.S. Representative George Paul Miller in what was then the 8th district. He won the nomination by a 34-point margin, but in the 1972 general election, his victory was a 5-point margin. He has since been re-elected 18 times, and has only dropped below 60 percent of the vote twice, in 1980 and in 1990. Due to redistricting, his district has changed numbers twice, from the 8th (1973–75) to the 9th (1975–93) to the 13th (since 1993).
Currently, Stark is the longest-serving member of Congress from California. Stark ran against George P. Miller, "For Miller being in Washington—too long, elected in 1944." He has been a ranking member of the Banking and Currency Committee and Ways and Means Committee. He also served as chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia in the 103rd Congress.
He was unopposed for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 election[6] and was re-elected in the general election with 76.3% of the vote.[7]
When Ways & Means Chairman Charlie Rangel stepped down in March, 2010, it was briefly presumed that Stark, as the next most senior Democrat, would assume the chairmanship, but the position went, instead, to Sander Levin.[8]

[edit] Committee assignments

[edit] Caucuses

[edit] Controversial statements

Stark has been known to make controversial statements through his political career.
In August 1990, Stark drew controversy for calling Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Wade Sullivan, an African American, "a disgrace to his race" for supporting Bush Administration policies that Stark called "bankrupt and damaging to minority members." Stark was criticizing Sullivan's opposition to proposals for federally sponsored national health insurance when Stark had introduced legislation for national health insurance at the time, and said that Sullivan had been influenced by George H. W. Bush administration officials such as Office of Management and Budget Director Richard Darman and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu to change his positions on both abortion and health care. Sullivan replied in a statement, saying in part, "I guess I should feel ashamed because Congressman Stark thinks I am not a 'good Negro.' As a Cabinet member who has spent almost four decades of my life dedicated to healing,...[I] am unable to express my own views without being subject to race-based criticism by those who are not ready to accept independent thinking by a black man." Stark later apologized for the controversy.[9]
In May 2004, Stark responded to a constituent Army National Guard member's letter critical of Stark's recent vote on the war in Iraq by immediately calling the service member's telephone and leaving a feisty response on voicemail which was later broadcast on San Francisco's talk radio station KSFO. Stark's harsh voicemail was transcribed as follows:
“ Dan, this is Congressman Pete Stark, and I just got your fax. And you don't know what you're talking about. So if you care about enlisted people, you wouldn't have voted for that thing either. But probably somebody put you up to this, and I'm not sure who it was, but I doubt if you could spell half the words in the letter, and somebody wrote it for you. So I don't pay much attention to it. But I'll call you back later and let you tell me more about why you think you're such a great goddamn hero and why you think that this generals [sic] and the Defense Department, who forced these poor enlisted guys to do what they did, shouldn't be held to account. That's the issue. So if you want to stick it to a bunch of enlisted guys, have your way. But if you want to get to the bottom of people who forced this awful program in Iraq, then you should understand more about it than you obviously do. Thanks.[10][11] ”
On October 18, 2007, Stark made the following comments on the House floor during a debate with Congressman Joe Barton of Texas: "Republicans sure don't care about finding $200 billion to fight the illegal war in Iraq. Where are you going to get that money? Are you going to tell us lies like you're telling us today? Is that how you're going to fund the war? You don't have money to fund the war or children. But you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the President's amusement."[12][13] Following the initial criticism to his statements, when asked by a radio station if he would take back any of his statements, Stark responded "Absolutely not. I may have dishonored the Commander-in-Chief, but I think he’s done pretty well to dishonor himself without any help from me."[14] The same day, his office also issued a press release, saying in part, "I have nothing but respect for our brave men and women in uniform and wish them the very best. But I respect neither the Commander-in-Chief who keeps them in harms [sic] way nor the chickenhawks in Congress who vote to deny children health care."[15] Five days later on October 23, after the House voted down a censure resolution against Stark sponsored by Minority Leader John Boehner, he said, "I apologize for this reason: I think we have serious issues before us, the issue of providing medical care to children, the issue about what we’re going to do about a war that we’re divided about how to end."[16]
Other controversies include singling out "Jewish colleagues" for blame for the Persian Gulf War and referring to Congressman Stephen Solarz of New York (who co-sponsored the Gulf War Authorization Act) as "Field Marshal Solarz in the pro-Israel forces." in 1991.[17] In 1995, during a private meeting with Congresswoman Nancy Johnson of Connecticut, he called Johnson a "whore for the insurance industry" and suggested that her knowledge of health care came solely from "pillow talk" with her husband, a physician. His press secretary, Caleb Marshall, defended him in saying, "He didn't call her a 'whore,' he called her a 'whore of the insurance industry.'"[17] In a 2001 Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health hearing on abstinence promotion, he referred to Congressman J. C. Watts of Oklahoma, an African American, as "the current Republican Conference Chairman, whose children were all born out of wedlock."[17] In 2003, when Stark was told to "shut up" by Congressman Scott McInnis of Colorado during a Ways and Means Committee meeting due to Stark's belittling of the chairman, Bill Thomas of California, he replied, "You think you are big enough to make me, you little wimp? Come on. Come over here and make me, I dare you. You little fruitcake."[17]
In an older video taped interview with Jan Helfeld concerning the size of the national debt, Stark stated that the size of the national debt is a reflection of the nation's wealth. When pressed if the nation should take on more debt in order to have more wealth, Stark threatened Helfeld and said, “You get the fuck out of here or I’ll throw you out the window.”[18]
On August 27, 2009, Stark suggested that his moderate Democratic colleagues were "brain dead" for proposing changes to the health care reform bill being considered by Congress. Saying that they "just want to cause trouble," Stark claimed, "they're for the most part, I hate to say, brain dead, but they're just looking to raise money from insurance companies and promote a right-wing agenda that is not really very useful in this whole process" during a conference call.[19]
The San Francisco Chronicle editorialized on Stark, "Only a politician who assumes he has a job for life could behave so badly on a semi-regular basis by spewing personalized invective that might get him punched in certain East Bay taverns. Would-be challengers sometimes sense a whiff of opportunity, but the reality of taking on a 16-term Democrat in solidly liberal terrain is nothing short of daunting. Surely there must be someone along the shoreline between Alameda and Fremont who could represent the good citizens of the district with class and dignity. It's not the case now."[20]
During a town hall meeting, a constituent who opposed Barack Obama's health care plan told Stark, "Mr. Congressman, don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining." Stark responded with, "I wouldn't dignify you by peeing on your leg. It wouldn't be worth wasting the urine."[21]
At a July 24, 2010 town hall meeting, Stark answered a question about Congress' Constitutional authority to impose health care by saying "The Federal Government can do most anything in this country." [22][23]

[edit] Maryland real estate taxes controversy

For two years, Stark was allegedly claiming his waterfront Maryland home as his primary residence in order to claim a homestead exemption to reduce his local real estate taxes.[24] Under Maryland law, in order to qualify, the owner must register to vote and drive in Maryland—Stark uses a California address for those purposes.[25]
On December 24, 2008, the House Ethics Committee began an investigation to Stark using his Maryland residence as his primary residence while claiming to live in San Lorenzo, where neighbors in the area Stark claims to live have never seen him. The home Stark claims to reside and also where he is registered to vote is actually owned and occupied by his in-laws.[26]

[edit] Political views

[edit] Budget

Stark voted against the bipartisan May 2008 farm subsidy bill, which was supported by most House Democrats and over half of House Republicans, in part because of its cost.[27]
He also voted against both readings of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, which gave $700 billion dollars to troubled investment banks. Stark argued that "the proposed bailout will only help reckless speculators who have been caught on the wrong side of the come line." Criticizing the bill as corporate welfare, he said "The bill before us today is basically the same three-page Wall Street give-away first put forth by President Bush" before the vote on the first bailout.[28][29]

[edit] Health care

Stark is known to have a longstanding interest in health care issues and was critical of the fate of the uninsured under the George W. Bush administration.[30]
Along with John Conyers, in April 2006 Stark brought an action against President Bush and others alleging violations of the Constitution in the passing of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which cut Medicaid payments.[31] The case, Conyers v. Bush, was ultimately dismissed for lack of standing in November of the same year.[32]

[edit] Iraq War

Pete Stark speaks at a Town Hall meeting in January 2007 in San Leandro, CA.
Pete Stark was an early opponent of the Iraq War, speaking on the House floor against the resolution authorizing military force against Iraq, on October 10, 2002. In part he said, "Well then, who will pay? School kids will pay. There'll be no money to keep them from being left behind—way behind. Seniors will pay. They'll pay big time as the Republicans privatize Social Security and rob the Trust Fund to pay for the capricious war. Medicare will be curtailed and drugs will be more unaffordable. And there won't be any money for a drug benefit because Bush will spend it all on the war. Working folks will pay through loss of job security and bargaining rights. Our grandchildren will pay through the degradation of our air and water quality. And the entire nation will pay as Bush continues to destroy civil rights, women's rights and religious freedom in a rush to phony patriotism and to courting the messianic Pharisees of the religious right."[33]
In January 2003 Stark supported a reinstatement of the draft, partly in protest against the call to war but also saying, "If we're going to have these escapades, we should not do it on the backs of poor people and minorities."[34] In October 2004, Stark was one of only two members of Congress to vote in favor of the Universal National Service Act of 2003 (HR 163), a bill proposing resumption of the military draft.[citation needed]
He has not voted for any bills to continue funding the Iraq war, but has voted 'present' for some. In a statement posted on his website he explained, "Despite my utmost respect for my colleagues who crafted this bill, I can't in good conscience vote to continue this war. Nor, however, can I vote 'No' and join those who think today's legislation goes too far toward withdrawal. That's why I'm making the difficult decision to vote 'present'."[35] Stark was the only member of Congress to take this position.

[edit] 2008 financial crisis

On September 25, 2008, Stark and Peter DeFazio signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proposing a one quarter of one percent “transaction tax” on all trades in financial instruments including stocks, options, and futures. On September 29, 2008, Stark voted against HR 3997, the bailout bill backed by President Bush, House Speaker Pelosi and presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, and the bill subsequently failed to pass. Explaining his vote, Stark stated, "President Bush tells us that we face unparalleled financial doom if this $700 billion bailout is not approved today. He and his Treasury Secretary—a former Wall Street fat cat—tell us that we have reached the point of 'crisis.' That is a familiar line from this President. It sounds like the disastrous rush to war in Iraq and the subsequent stampede to enact the Patriot Act. As I opposed the Iraq War and the Patriot Act, I stand in opposition to his latest rush to judgment."[36]
On October 3, 2008, Stark voted against HR 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. With this vote, Stark became the sole member of the House of Representatives from the San Francisco Bay Area to oppose the bill.[37] Explaining his vote, Stark stated, "You're getting the same kind of misinformation now, the same kind of rush to judgment to tell you that a crisis will occur. It won't. Vote 'no.' Come back and help work on a bill that will help all Americans." [37]

[edit] Atheism

"[I am a] Unitarian who does not believe in a Supreme Being. I look forward to working with the Secular Coalition to stop the promotion of narrow religious beliefs in science, marriage contracts, the military and the provision of social service."
Statement from Stark, January 2007[2]
Stark is the first openly atheist member of Congress, as announced by the Secular Coalition for America.[38] Stark acknowledged his atheism in response to an SCA questionnaire sent to public officials in January 2007.
On September 20, 2007, Stark reaffirmed his atheism by making a public announcement in front of the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard, the Harvard Law School Heathen Society, and various other atheist, agnostic, secular, humanist, and nonreligious groups.[39] The American Humanist Association named him their 2008 Humanist of the Year,[40] and he now serves on the AHA Advisory Board.

[edit] Electoral history

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972[41]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark 101,024 52.9%

Republican Lew M. Warden, Jr. 89,948 47.1%
Totals 190,972 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1974[42]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark 87,854 70.6%

Republican Edson Adams 36,522 29.4%
Totals 124,376 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1976[43]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 116,398 70.8%

Republican James K. Mills 44,607 27.1%

Peace and Freedom Albert L. Sargis 3,386 2.1%
Totals 164,391 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1978[44]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 88,179 65.4%

Republican Robert S. Allen 41,138 30.5%

Peace and Freedom Lawrance J. Phillips 5,562 4.1%
Totals 134,879 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1980[45]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 90,504 53.8%

Republican William J. "Bill" Kennedy 67,265 40%

Libertarian Tod Mikuriya 10,465 6.2%
Totals 168,234 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1982[46]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 104,393 60.7%

Republican William H. "Bill" Kennedy 67,702 39.4%
Totals 172,095 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1984[47]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 136,511 69.9%

Republican J.T. Eager Beaver 51,399 26.3%

Libertarian Martha Fuhrig 7,398 3.8%
Totals 195,308 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1986[48]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 113,490 69.7%

Republican David M. Williams 49,300 30.3%
Totals 162,790 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1988[49]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 152,866 73.0%

Republican Howard Hertz 56,656 27.0%
Totals 209,522 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1990[50]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 94,739 58.4%

Republican Victor Romero 67,412 41.6%
Totals 162,151 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1992[51]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark 123,795 60.2%

Republican Verne Teyler 64,953 31.6%

Peace and Freedom Roslyn A. Allen 16,768 8.2%
Totals 205,516 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1994[52]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 97,344 64.6%

Republican Larry Molton 45,555 30.2%

Libertarian Robert "Bob" Gough 7,743 5.2%
Totals 150,642 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1996[53]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 114,408 65.2%

Republican James S. Fay 53,385 30.4%

Libertarian Terry C. Savage 7,746 4.4%
Totals 175,539 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1998[54]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 101,671 71.2%

Republican James R. Goetz 38,050 26.6%

Natural Law Karnig Beylikjian 3,066 2.2%
Totals 142,787 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2000[55]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 129,012 70.5%

Republican James R. Goetz 44,499 24.3%

Libertarian Howard Mora 4,623 2.6%

Natural Law Timothy R. Hoehner 2,647 1.4%

American Independent Don J. Grundmann 2,365 1.2%
Totals 183,146 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2002[56]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 86,495 71.1%

Republican Syed R. Mahmood 26,852 22.1%

Libertarian Mark W. Stroberg 3,703 3.1%

American Independent Don J. Grundmann 2,772 2.2%

Reform John J. Bambey 1,901 1.5%
Totals 121,723 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2004[57]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 144,605 71.7%

Republican George I. Bruno 48,439 24.0%

Libertarian Mark W. Stroberg 8,877 4.3%
Totals 201,921 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2006[58]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 110,756 74.9%

Republican George I. Bruno 37,141 25.1%
Totals 147,897 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2008[59]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage

Democratic Fortney H. "Pete" Stark (incumbent) 166,829 76.5%

Republican Raymond Chui 51,447 23.5%
Totals 218,276 100%
Voter turnout  %

Democratic hold

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