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On January 4, 2005, Richard Burr was sworn-in to serve North Carolina in the United States Senate.
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, Richard established himself as a passionate legislator on health care issues and worked to restore accountability to the federal government.
As Senator, Richard continues to focus on job growth across North Carolina by working to ensure a robust economic environment and strong public schools. He is dedicated to finding common-sense solutions to increase access to affordable, quality health care for all North Carolina families. He is a vocal advocate for our men and women in the military and their families, and for the growing population of veterans across North Carolina.
In the Senate, Richard serves as ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee where he works to improve the quality of health care and service veterans receive. Burr also sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee; the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee; and the Indian Affairs Committee.
The son of a minister, Richard and his family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina when he was a young child. After graduating from Wake Forest University, he began his career far from the halls of Congress by spending seventeen years in business with Carswell Distributing, a wholesale commercial products company.
He currently serves as a Board Member of Brenner Children’s Hospital.
Richard and his wife, Brooke, have two sons. | 2008 Republican Platform Committee Continues to Grow, RNC Chairman Duncan Announces Platform Committee Co-Chairman
WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Robert M. “Mike” Duncan today announced that U.S. Sen. Richard Burr will serve as Co-Chairman of the 2008 Republican Platform Committee. Burr, a leader on health care and other critical issues in the U.S. Senate, will join Platform Committee Chairman U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) in helping to outline the Party’s key positions and core values.
“Richard Burr is an exemplary leader in the U.S. Senate, and he will be a great asset to the 2008 Platform Committee,” Duncan said. “As Republicans continue to work together to elect John McCain this fall, I am confident this team will help develop a forward-looking platform that is grounded in our Party’s core values of fiscal responsibility, national security, and individual responsibility.”
After serving 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Richard Burr was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He has quickly become a leader within the Senate, pouring his energies into a wide variety of issues such as health care reform and efforts to eliminate wasteful spending. Burr serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, where he works to improve the quality of health care veterans receive. Burr also sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee; the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee; and the Indian Affairs Committee.
I am honored to have the opportunity to serve as Co-Chair for the Republican Party Platform Committee at the 2008 National Convention,” Burr said. “I’m looking forward to working with this team and the Republican delegates from across the country to help build a platform that illustrates our conservative Republican Party beliefs.”
The Republican Party Platform Committee – composed of one man and one woman from each state and territory – will meet in Minneapolis, Minn., during the last week of August to help outline the Party’s key positions and core values. ###
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2008 Republican National Convention Welcomes Interns from Across the United States, Twenty-six to experience history firsthand, help with convention preparations
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Welcoming a group of college students from across the nation, the 2008 Republican National Convention today announced the names of 26 interns who will assist in preparations for the convention, which will be held at the Xcel Energy Center, Sept. 1-4.
"We are proud to welcome these 26 young people to our team. They, along with the hundreds of intern applicants from across the country, represent the future of our party," President and CEO Maria Cino said. "I can say with certainty that these students and recent graduates have a significant and historic opportunity to help the Republican Party put on the most exciting and energetic convention in our history, as well as nominate Sen. John McCain to be the next President of the United States.
"I began my career as an intern, and it is my hope that all of our interns will learn the lessons and skills which will help them throughout their careers, and their future roles as leaders in the Republican Party," Cino added. |
In keeping with the convention's commitment to environmentally friendly practices, prospective intern candidates applied online through the convention's website,
www.GOPConvention2008.com, starting in February. Convention internships are unpaid positions requiring interns to live in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area from June 2 through Sept. 4. Interns from outside the metro area are provided local accommodations, but they are responsible for all costs involved. Transportation to the convention headquarters and events will be provided.
Intern assignments range from delegate services, preparing to welcome and house 45,000 people to Minneapolis-Saint Paul; to convention communications and operations, assisting in presenting the vision of Sen. McCain to the American people through a press corps of 15,000 journalists - second only to the Olympic Games. Interns will also participate in professional development activities, and participate in community service projects through the convention's American Neighbor Volunteer Program.
The intern roster is as follows:
* Arthur Anthony (Millbrook, N.Y.), 19, St. Lawrence University (N.Y.), 2011
* Katherine LeFlore Barbour (Ridgeland, Miss.), 19, Millsaps College (Miss.), 2011
* Timothy R. Blodgett (Canton, Ohio), 25, Regent University, 2008
* Henry M. Brickell (New York, N.Y.), 19, University of Chicago, 2011
* Erin M. Callanan (Rochester, N.Y.), 19, Alfred University (N.Y.), 2010
* John M. Castellano, Jr. (Blaine, Minn.), 21, Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.), 2009
* Susan H. Closmore (Hugo, Minn.), 21, University of Minnesota, 2009
* Samuel W. Cowan (Edina, Minn.), 19, Hamilton College (N.Y), 2011
* Talia M. Daly (Saint Paul, Minn.), 22, University of Notre Dame, 2008
* Thomas C. Datwyler (Hudson, Wis.), 21, Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.), 2009
* Stephanie A. Dobies (Palm Harbor, Fla.), 25, Fordham University, 2007
* Weston J. Eiler (Juneau, Alaska), 23, Willamette University/University of Alaska, 2008
* Robert L. Evans (Edina, Minn.), 19, University of Minnesota, 2011
* Katelyn T. Galbraith (Ballston Spa, N.Y.), 24, Western New England College of Law, 2009
* Elizabeth A. Heil (Bloomington, Minn.), 20, Hillsdale College (Mich.), 2010
* Jessica M. Hodek (Saint Paul, Minn.), 25, Michigan State University College of Law, 2010
* Jessica Klaric (Douglaston, N.Y.), 20, Dartmouth College, 2009
* S. Daniel Leydorf (Annapolis, Md.), 20, University of Maryland, 2009
* Alex L. Lockman (Brockton, Mont.), 20, Harvard University, 2010
* Abigail F. Madlock (Roseville, Minn.), 18, Century College (Minn.), 2012
* Carly S. McWilliams (Millbrook, N.Y.), 21, Hamilton College (N.Y.), 2009
* Jessica J. Rondeau (Saint Paul, Minn.), 21, University of Dallas, 2009
* Stuart E. Saulters (Grenada, Miss.), 23, Mississippi State University, 2008
* Mitchell C. Stepleton (Boulder, Colo.), 19, Macalester College (Minn.), 2010
* Richard W. Walters (Oxford, Miss.), 18, University of Mississippi, 2011
* Carrie Jo Zimmerman (River Falls, Wis.), 19, St. Olaf College (Minn.), 2011
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