Mary Miller 1Mary Miller IL-15

Current Position: US Representative of IL 15th District since 2021
Affiliation: Republican
District:  encompassing the majority of Central Illinois.  
Upcoming Election:

Miller is a member of the Freedom Caucus and has been described as on the “far right” of the Republican Party. Miller is married to state representative Chris Miller, who represents much of the eastern portion of his wife’s district. They own a farm in Oakland, near Charleston, where they grow grain and raise cattle. They have seven children and 17 grandchildren.

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I will not sit on the sidelines and watch our Constitution be trampled on. We are not descendants of the fearful.

Congresswoman Mary Miller Apologizes For Quoting Hitler In Speech Outside Capitol, Accuses Others Of

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Current Position: US Representative of IL 15th District since 2021
Affiliation: Republican
District:  encompassing the majority of Central Illinois.  
Upcoming Election:

Miller is a member of the Freedom Caucus and has been described as on the “far right” of the Republican Party. Miller is married to state representative Chris Miller, who represents much of the eastern portion of his wife’s district. They own a farm in Oakland, near Charleston, where they grow grain and raise cattle. They have seven children and 17 grandchildren.

Featured Quote: 
I will not sit on the sidelines and watch our Constitution be trampled on. We are not descendants of the fearful.

Congresswoman Mary Miller Apologizes For Quoting Hitler In Speech Outside Capitol, Accuses Others Of

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Mary MillerCongresswoman Mary Miller represents the 15th District of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives, where she serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and serves as the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Mary is also the Chairwoman of the Congressional Family Caucus and a proud member of the House Freedom Caucus and Republican Study Committee, where she fights for conservative, Constitutional principles including the Right to Life, the Second Amendment, border security, and election integrity.

Mary is a wife, mother of seven, grandmother of twenty, and local farmer who serves as a voice for families and farmers ignored by D.C. insiders in the swamp.

On the House Agriculture Committee, Mary collaborates with fellow farmers to address the challenges they face and is working to craft a Farm Bill that protects vital programs and the interests of American energy and agriculture. She has also introduced legislation, such as the No Solar Panels on Fertile Farmland Act to protect prime Illinois farmland from being overrun by Chinese solar panels and wind turbines. She also introduced legislation to ban China and our adversaries from purchasing U.S. farmland and to stop the Biden EPA from infringing on farmers and ranchers with burdensome Waters of the United States (WOTUS) regulations.

As the Vice Chair of the House Education & Workforce Committee, Mary worked to pass the Parents Bill of Rights Act in the House, which included several of her bills to defend parental rights and protect children from radical gender ideology. On the Committee, Mary also confronted Biden’s Acting Secretary of Labor for enacting policies surrounding the unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandate.

Mary graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a B.S. in Business Management and completed graduate coursework in education. She received her teaching certification from the State of Illinois. Mary and her husband Chris still run their 4th generation family farm raising cattle, corn, and soy.

Personal

Full Name: Mary Miller

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Chris; 7 Children

Birth Date: 08/27/1959

Birth Place: Naperville, IL

Home City: Oakland, IL

Religion: Christian

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Education

Graduated, Elementary Education, Eastern Illinois University

BS, Business Management, Eastern Illinois University, 1981

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 15, 2021-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 15, 2022

Professional Experience

Former Employee, Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

Offices

WASHINGTON DC OFFICE
1529 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC  20515

Phone: (202) 225-5271
Fax: (202) 225-5880

EFFINGHAM DISTRICT OFFICE
101 North 4th St.
Suite 302
Effingham, IL  62401

Phone: (217) 240-3155

HARRISBURG DISTRICT OFFICE
100 E. Locust Street
Harrisburg, IL  62946

DANVILLE DISTRICT OFFICE
201 North Vermilion Street
Suite 325
Danville, IL  61832

Phone: (217) 703-6100

Contact

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Politics

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Finances

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Committees

Congresswoman Miller belongs to the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

On the House Agriculture Committee, Mary worked with both parties to pass rural broadband legislation, fund vital crop insurance programs, and allow milk back into the school lunch program. She has also introduced legislation to stop the Biden EPA from infringing on farmers and ranchers with burdensome Waters of the United States (WOTUS) regulations.

On the House Education & Labor Committee, Mary stood up to the Biden Administration’s attempts to push Critical Race Theory and extremist indoctrination in our public schools. Mary also advocates for small businesses in downstate Illinois who are being crushed by harmful labor regulations from the Biden Administration that are forcing our jobs overseas.

Congresswoman Miller is also a member of the following caucuses:

House Freedom Caucus

Second Amendment Caucus

Pro-Life Caucus

Border Security Caucus

Election Integrity Caucus

School Choice Caucus

Agriculture Research Caucus

Rural Broadband Caucus

Congressional Fertilizer Caucus

Beef Caucus

Biofuels Caucus

Small Business Caucus

Values Action Team

New Legislation

Sponsored and Cosponsored

Issues

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District

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The 15th congressional district of Illinois is currently located in central Illinois. It was located in eastern and southeastern Illinois until 2022. It is currently represented by Republican Mary Miller.

With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+22, it is one the most Republican-leaning districts in Illinois.[2] In most of the district, there are no elected Democrats above the county level, and Donald Trump carried over 65% of the district’s vote in both of his bids for president.

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Wikipedia

Mary E. Miller (née Meyer; born August 27, 1959) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois’s 15th congressional district since 2021.[1] She serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Education & Labor. Miller is a member of the Freedom Caucus and has been described as on the “far right” of the Republican Party.[2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

Born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Annette (Jesh) and Harvey Meyer,[6][7][8] Miller graduated from Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Illinois.[9] She earned a Bachelor of Science in business management and did some graduate coursework in education at Eastern Illinois University, but did not complete a graduate degree.[10]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2020

Miller speaking at a Turning Point USA event in 2020

Miller announced her candidacy to represent Illinois’s 15th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives in the 2020 elections to succeed retiring incumbent John Shimkus.[11] She won the Republican Party nomination,[12] the real contest in Illinois’s most Republican district, and won the general election with over 70% of the vote. Miller focused her campaign on providing support to farming and bringing manufacturing back to Illinois.[13]

Miller sided with President Donald Trump‘s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was compromised by voter fraud, calling it “tainted”.[14][15]

2022

In May 2022, the Washington Examiner criticized Miller for employing Bradley Graven, “a man convicted of soliciting sex with a minor, to assist with her re-election campaign.”[16][17] Graven was also seen driving Miller around, raised money for her campaign, and was reportedly responsible for collecting over half the signatures needed to qualify her for the ballot.[16][18]

After the 2020 redrawing of the Illinois electoral map, Miller won the June 2022 Republican primary by approximately 14 points against fellow incumbent Rodney Davis, whose more moderate views became a liability in the newly redrawn 15th district.[19] Miller had also been endorsed by Donald Trump; Davis had supported the ultimately unsuccessful formation of a January 6 commission in May 2021.[20] Redistricting left her home in Oakland just outside the district. Members of the House are required only to live in the state they represent.

Tenure

On January 6, 2021, when Congress met to formally count the votes of the Electoral College and certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, Miller was one of the members of the House of Representatives who objected to the votes of Arizona and Pennsylvania.[21]

Committee assignments

For the 118th Congress:[22]

Caucus memberships

Political positions

Miller is a member of the Freedom Caucus and has been described as being on the “far right” of the Republican Party.[2][3][4][5]

LGBT rights

On March 2, 2021, Miller introduced the Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act, which would ban transgender girls in schools from using bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity.[25]

Miller criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the Equality Act and same-sex marriage, saying, “She doesn’t represent the American people, and Americans need to wake up and realize that the Left does not represent the traditional values of the American people.”[26]

Miller voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which codified parts of Obergefell v. Hodges. She wrote in a Facebook post, “This attacks the traditional family. All of these initiatives are deeply unpopular with the American people, and I will always vote NO against the radical agenda of the Left.”[27]

President Biden and the Biden administration

Miller has accused President Joe Biden of having a plan to “flood our country with terrorists, fentanyl, child traffickers, and MS-13 gang members”, and also said that “under President Biden’s leadership the left has weaponized the federal government to go after the American people. We face an unprecedented assault on the American way of life by the radical left.”[28]

Miller has supported efforts to impeach Biden. During the 117th United States Congress, Miller was co-sponsor of four resolutions to impeach Biden.[29]

During the 117th Congress, Miller also co-sponsored resolutions to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland[30][31] and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.[32] In the 118th Congress, she has co-sponsored resolutions to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas[33] and Vice President Kamala Harris.[34]

Capitol Police medals

In June 2021, Miller was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6.[35]

Foreign policy

Europe

In February 2022, Miller co-sponsored the Secure America’s Borders First Act, which would prohibit the expenditure or obligation of military and security assistance to Ukraine over the U.S. border with Mexico.[36]

Miller voted against H.R. 7691, the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, which would provide $40 billion in emergency aid to the Ukrainian government.[37][38]

Miller was one of 18 Republicans to vote against Sweden and Finland joining NATO.[39]

Middle East and Africa

In June 2021, Miller was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.[40][41]

Miller was one of 15 representatives to vote against H.R. 567: Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act of 2021, which would establish an interagency program to assist countries in North and West Africa to improve immediate and long-term capabilities to counter terrorist threats, and for other purposes.[42]

In 2023, Miller was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.[43][44]

Myanmar

On March 19, 2021, Miller was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning the Myanmar coup d’état that overwhelmingly passed, for reasons reported to be unclear.[45]

Abortion

On June 25, 2022, the day after the Supreme Court of the United States issued Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Miller spoke at a rally with Donald Trump and called the decision a “historic victory for white life”. Later that night, her spokesman said that Miller had misread her notes and meant to say “right to life”.[46][47]

Immigration

Miller sponsored Representative Brian Babin‘s bill, H.R.140 – Birthright Citizenship Act of 2021, which would eliminate birthright citizenship.[48]

Miller sponsored H.R. 6202, the American Tech Workforce Act of 2021, introduced by Representative Jim Banks. The legislation would establish a wage floor for the high-skill H-1B visa program, thereby significantly reducing employer dependence on the program. The bill would also eliminate the Optional Practical Training program that allows foreign graduates to stay and work in the United States.[49]

In 2023, Miller voted for an amendment that would eliminate funding for immigration and refugee Assistance.[50]

Religious freedom

Miller has called for the return of the role of God in public schools.[51] She has also expressed support for Christian nationalism.[52]

Family leave

Miller introduced and sponsored H.R.1980 – Working Families Flexibility Act of 2021. This bill would cap the accrual of any non-union employee, per year, to 160 hours of compensated time off in lieu of overtime pay (the equivalent of 20 days if working 8 hours a day, or 4 weeks if calculated by a 40-hour work week) and prohibits the interference of employers with regard to forcing an employee to take the compensated time off.[53][54][55]

Unions

Miller sponsored H.R.6579 – Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 2022, which would require companies to put workers on the board. This has been described as “company unions”.[56][57][58]

Trade

Miller expressed support for then-President Donald Trump‘s protectionist trade policies, expressing the feeling that farmers were taken advantage of in past trade deals such as NAFTA.[59]

Big Tech

In 2022, Miller was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.[60][61]

Comment about Hitler

On January 5, 2021, two days into her House term, Miller issued a prepared speech to the conservative group Moms for America.[62][63] She quoted Adolf Hitler, saying: “Each generation has the responsibility to teach and train the next generation. You know, if we win a few elections, we’re still going to be losing unless we win the hearts and minds of our children. This is the battle. Hitler was right on one thing: he said, ‘Whoever has the youth has the future.'”[64][65]

A number of groups and politicians condemned the comment, criticized Miller, and urged the Republican party to do likewise. Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider called her language “wrong and disgusting” and urged Miller “to apologize”.[64] Public statements were issued by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Anti-Defamation League (ADL), World Jewish Congress, and multiple lawmakers, including Adam Kinzinger and Illinois governor J. B. Pritzker.[66][67][68][69][70][71] U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, and the Illinois legislative Jewish caucus called for Miller’s resignation.[72][70][67] On January 14, Schakowsky said that she would introduce a measure to censure Miller.[73] ADL Midwest regional director David Goldenberg shared with Miller’s office a list of 12 anti-Semitic incidents and 17 instances of white supremacist propaganda in the 15th district in 2019 and 2020 in an effort to make Miller aware of “what was going on in and around her district”, he said, including information about extremist activity.[74]

On January 7, Miller’s office tweeted that her remarks had been intended to compare alleged youth indoctrination efforts by “left-wing radicals” to those of Hitler, while nonetheless encouraging Republicans to aggressively appeal to the youth as a means to collective power.[63] On January 8, Miller apologized for having quoted Hitler in the message, but accused critics of twisting her words.[62][75]

2024 Republican primary

Miller tweeted her endorsement for Trump the night of his campaign launch.[76]

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Miller was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.[77]

Personal life

Miller is married to state representative Chris Miller, who represents much of the eastern portion of his wife’s district. They own a farm in Oakland, near Charleston, where they grow grain and raise cattle.[78][79] They have seven children and 17 grandchildren.[9][13] The Millers are members of Oakland Christian Church.[80][81]

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Mary Miller IL-15

Current Position: US Representative of IL 15th District since 2021
Affiliation: Republican
District:  encompassing the majority of Central Illinois.  
Upcoming Election:

Miller is a member of the Freedom Caucus and has been described as on the “far right” of the Republican Party. Miller is married to state representative Chris Miller, who represents much of the eastern portion of his wife’s district. They own a farm in Oakland, near Charleston, where they grow grain and raise cattle. They have seven children and 17 grandchildren.

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John Shimkus

Current Position: US Representative of IL District 15 since 1997
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2021 US Senator

John M. Shimkus has served in the Army, as a high school teacher, a county treasurer, and now as a Member of the United States House of Representatives for the 15th District of Illinois.

Among his duties in Congress, John is a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Republican Leader of its Environment & Climate Change Subcommittee. He also serves on the Health and Communications & Technology Subcommittees; the NG9-1-1, Recycling, Coal, Steel, and Baltic Caucuses; as well as the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents.

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