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Congressman Don Manzullo was born in Rockford, IL on March 24, 1944
to Frank and Catherine Manzullo. In 1962, he graduated from Auburn
High School in Rockford and went on to earn his Bachelor of Arts
degree at American University (1967) and his Juris Doctor at
Marquette University (1970).
Don and Freda Manzullo were married in 1982 and are the proud
parents of Neil (24), Noel (22), and Katie (19). In
December of 2007, they welcomed Beth into their family when she and
Neil married.
In 1992, Don won his first elected office – the U.S. House of
Representatives. Since that time, it has been his honor to serve
the people of the
16th Congressional District of
Illinois, which includes the counties of Winnebago,
Boone, Stephenson, JoDaviess, Ogle, Carroll, the majority of McHenry
County and parts of DeKalb and Whiteside counties.
In the 110th Congress, he sits on the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, where he is the top Republican on the
Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment and a
member of the Subcommittee on International Terrorism,
Nonproliferation and Trade. He continues to serve on the Financial
Services Committee, where he sits on the Subcommittee on Capital
Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises and the
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade
and Technology.
Congressman Manzullo is continuing his mission to strengthen
manufacturing in America and create good-paying jobs for the people
of northern Illinois and throughout our nation. As the top
Republican on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific
and the Global Environment, Manzullo continues his work to level the
playing field for U.S. manufacturers competing in the global
marketplace. As Chairman of the U.S.-China Interparliamentary
Exchange from 1999 to 2006, Manzullo continually engaged China’s
leaders on the country’s unfair trade practices, including currency
manipulation, piracy and illegal business subsidies. Manzullo
continues to co-chair the 80-member House Manufacturing Caucus,
which he founded in 2003. Manzullo is also a member of the Council
on Competitiveness’ Steering Committee to the National Innovation
Initiative, and he chairs the House Republican Policy Committee Task
Force on Manufacturing.
As Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Small Business from 2001
to 2006, Manzullo held more than 60 hearings on the state of
manufacturing in America and introduced numerous pieces of
legislation to make U.S. companies more competitive so they can
expand and create jobs. Manzullo earned the reputation as Congress’
champion of manufacturing and a fierce advocate for job creation in
northern Illinois. His “Agenda to Restore Manufacturing in America”
outlines 17 priorities to preserve U.S. manufacturing and put
Americans back to work. The plan’s highlights include providing tax
relief to companies that keep jobs in America; forcing China and the
other East Asian countries to stop manipulating their currencies to
give themselves an unfair cost advantage over American companies;
requiring the federal government to comply with Buy American laws;
preserving America’s Defense Industrial Base; reducing the surging
cost of health care; and many others.
One of the priorities in the plan, encouraging job creation in
America, was accomplished in October 2004 when President Bush signed
into law the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, which provides a 9
percent tax deduction for manufacturing production in the United
States. Manzullo led the fight in Congress to include the domestic
manufacturing benefits, which keep jobs in America, and to share
them with small businesses.
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