Years served: Appointed March 2011 - Present
Committee assignments: Environment; Gaming (Minority Spokesperson); Human Services; Transportation; Energy; Committee of the Whole.
REFORM (or the lack thereof)
LaHood voted against reducing the size and cost of government.
LaHood voted against SB173 - a bill that would have reduced the size and cost of government through consolidation or elimination of unnecessary units of local government. Illinois now has almost 7,000 taxing districts – far exceeding the number of any other state. Republican lawmakers had an incredible opportunity to strike a blow for limited government, but instead they chose big government over reform. (2011)
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