darin lahood REP

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/141227/republicans-war-science-just-got-frighteningly-real">https://newrepublic.com/article/141227/republicans-war-science-just-got-frighteningly-real</a>
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text-align: left; background: url(" images="images" sort_both.png="sort_both.png" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" rgb="rgb" vertical-align="vertical-align" middle="middle" box-sizing="box-sizing" content-box="content-box" border-bottom="border-bottom" px="px" solid="solid" cursor="cursor" pointer="pointer" width="width"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Cash on Hand</font></th><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="DataTables_Table_0" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Last Report: activate to sort column ascending" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 18px; text-align: left; background: url(" images="images" sort_both.png="sort_both.png" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" rgb="rgb" vertical-align="vertical-align" middle="middle" box-sizing="box-sizing" content-box="content-box" border-bottom="border-bottom" px="px" solid="solid" cursor="cursor" pointer="pointer" width="width"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Last Report</font></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr role="row" class="odd"><td style="padding: 8px 10px; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: content-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00037031" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Darin LaHood (R)  </a><span class="fa fa-trophy fa-lg" title="Winner" style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgb(255, 215, 0), rgb(178, 34, 34)); -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; padding-left: 5px; display: inline-block; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 0.75em; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; vertical-align: -15%;" /></font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 8px 10px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: content-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,529,337</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 8px 10px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: content-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,207,879</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 8px 10px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: content-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$321,459</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 8px 10px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: content-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">December 31, 2016</font></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style="padding: 8px 10px; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: content-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Junius Rodriguez (D)</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 8px 10px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: content-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$58,570</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 8px 10px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: content-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$59,963</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 8px 10px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: content-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="padding: 8px 10px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top; box-sizing: content-box;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">December 16, 2016</font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="padding: 5px 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> Incumbent</font></p><h2 class="ruleAbove" style="margin: 2em 0px 0.2em; clear: left;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Outside Groups Spending Money in this Race</font></h2><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><i>Click group name to see on which candidates they have spent money supporting/opposing</i>
 </font><div id="key" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="float: right;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">View: C = Conservative, L = Liberal, X = Bi-Partisan, U = Unknown</font></span><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline; white-space: nowrap; float: right;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><li style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: inside; display: inline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/grn.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" />In Support</font></font></font></font></li> <li style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: inside; display: inline;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/red.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 20px;" /> In Opposition</li> <li style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: inside; display: inline;"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/yel.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px; margin-left: 20px;" /> Support and Oppose</li></ul><div style="clear: both;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/n.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px; margin-left: 15px;" /> = No disclosure of donors<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/p.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px; margin-left: 15px;" /> = Partial disclosure of donors<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/y.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px; margin-left: 15px;" /> = Full disclosure of donors</font></div></div><div id="cmtes_wrapper" class="dataTables_wrapper no-footer" style="position: relative; clear: both; zoom: 1;"><table class="DataTable dataTable no-footer" id="cmtes" role="grid" style="border-spacing: 0px; width: 574px; margin: 0px auto; clear: both; box-sizing: content-box; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17);"><thead><tr role="row"><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="cmtes" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Committee: activate to sort column ascending" style="vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 10px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); background-image: url(" images="images" sort_both.png="sort_both.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" background-position="background-position" right="right" center="center" cursor="cursor" pointer="pointer" width="width" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Committee</font></th><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="cmtes" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Type: activate to sort column ascending" style="vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 10px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); background-image: url(" images="images" sort_both.png="sort_both.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" background-position="background-position" right="right" center="center" cursor="cursor" pointer="pointer" width="width" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Type</font></th><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="cmtes" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="View: activate to sort column ascending" style="vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 10px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); background-image: url(" images="images" sort_both.png="sort_both.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" background-position="background-position" right="right" center="center" cursor="cursor" pointer="pointer" width="width" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">View</font></th><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="cmtes" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="All 2016Total†: activate to sort column ascending" style="vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 10px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); background-image: url(" images="images" sort_both.png="sort_both.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" background-position="background-position" right="right" center="center" cursor="cursor" pointer="pointer" text-align="text-align" width="width" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">All 2016
Total†</font></th><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="cmtes" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Last WeekTotal: activate to sort column ascending" style="vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 10px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); background-image: url(" images="images" sort_both.png="sort_both.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" background-position="background-position" right="right" center="center" cursor="cursor" pointer="pointer" text-align="text-align" width="width" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Last Week
Total</font></th><th class="sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="cmtes" rowspan="1" colspan="1" aria-label="Last 24 HoursTotal: activate to sort column ascending" style="vertical-align: middle; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 10px 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); background-image: url(" images="images" sort_both.png="sort_both.png" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" background-position="background-position" right="right" center="center" cursor="cursor" pointer="pointer" text-align="text-align" width="width" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Last 24 Hours
Total</font></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cmte=C00495010&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Conservative Campaign Cmte</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/y.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px;" /></font></td><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PAC</font></td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px; background-color: rgb(158, 194, 158);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$4,251</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cmte=C00193441&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Illinois Agricultural Assn</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/y.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px;" /></font></td><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PAC</font></td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;" /><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px; background-color: rgb(158, 194, 158);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$129</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cmte=C00053553&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">National Rifle Assn</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/y.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px;" /></font></td><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PAC</font></td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px; background-color: rgb(158, 194, 158);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$8,780</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cmte=C00509893&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">National Right to Life Victory Fund</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/p.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px;" /></font></td><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">SuperPAC</font></td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px; background-color: rgb(158, 194, 158);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$50</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cmte=C70000716&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">NRA Institute for Legislative Action</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/n.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px;" /></font></td><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">501c</font></td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px; background-color: rgb(158, 194, 158);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$5,210</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cmte=C00524355&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Patriots for Economic Freedom</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/y.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px;" /></font></td><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Carey</font></td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px; background-color: rgb(158, 194, 158);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,335</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cmte=C00548214&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Person to Person PAC</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/y.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px;" /></font></td><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">SuperPAC</font></td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px; background-color: rgb(232, 229, 134);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$3,099</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cmte=C00571588&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Restoration PAC</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/y.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px;" /></font></td><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">SuperPAC</font></td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px; background-color: rgb(158, 194, 158);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,249</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/indexpend.php?cmte=C90013145&cycle=2016" style="background: transparent; text-decoration: none;">US Chamber of Commerce</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/races/img/n.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; height: 10px; width: 10px;" /></font></td><td style="box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">501c</font></td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">C</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px; background-color: rgb(158, 194, 158);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$100,150</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; box-sizing: content-box; padding: 8px 10px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$0</font></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"></font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">https://science.house.gov/news/press-releases/former-noaa-scientist-confirms-colleagues-manipulated-climate-records</font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">off BS</font></p><h1 class="title" id="page-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; padding: 15px 15px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Former NOAA Scientist Confirms Colleagues Manipulated Climate Records</font></h1></div><div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">ny ag push back:</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">...</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Honorable Lamar Smith July 26, 2016 Page 7 of 10</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> the vague and shifting statements of purpose by the Chair and Committee members “leave the matter in grave doubt.” See id. at 206. The Subpoena does not describe the investigation’s subject matter or how the material sought might further the Committee’s inquiry. Nor has the Committee pointed to any specific authorizing resolution.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> Other sources shed minimal light on the inquiry’s true goal: The May 18, 2016 letter professed (at 1) that the Committee was “conducting oversight of a coordinated attempt to deprive companies, nonprofit organizations, and scientists of their First Amendment rights and ability to fund and conduct scientific research free from intimidation and threats of prosecution.” The letter went on to question the state investigators’ “impartiality and independence” and their use of state “taxpayer dollars” (at 4), and whether the investigations “run counter to an attorney general’s duty to serve” the public interest or “amount to an abuse of prosecutorial discretion” (at 1).  The letter of June 17, 2016 (at 2) shifted the focus from state to federal taxpayers, relaying a new purpose of “ensuring that all scientists, especially those conducting taxpayer-funded research, have the freedom to pursue any and all legitimate avenues of inquiry.” </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The letter concluded (at 3–4) by stating that “[t]<b>he Committee’s investigation is intended to determine whether” the various state investigations were “chill[ing] scientific research, including research that is federally-funded</b>.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> The letter of July 6, 2016 (at 2) goes farther, calling it “a goal of this Committee” to protect the ability of all scientists “to conduct research uninhibited by the potential adverse effects of investigations by law enforcement”—now apparently without regard for whether the investigation is lawful or chills protected speech, as distinguished from unprotected speech, including speech used to perpetrate fraud.  </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Finally, at a press conference about the Subpoena, the Chair and several Committee members returned to the premise that state officials were abusing their discretion. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">According to Rep. <b>Darin LaHood (R-IL</b>), “[p]rosecutors shouldn’t be in this business. It really is an abuse of power.” To Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX), the Attorneys General are acting “way beyond the scope of their job duties.” According to Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH), the Attorneys General “are using taxpayer dollars from their states to manufacture charges to send a political message,” which “demonstrates a clear deviation from the legal duties of an Attorney General and the possible abuse of their judgment.</span>” Chairman Smith likened the investigations “to a form of extortion” to prod settlements, so that the Attorneys General “can obtain funds for their own purposes.”5 As the Supreme Court has held, “an authoritative specification” of the investigation’s subject matter is “necessary for the determination of pertinency.”</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Darin McKay LaHood</b> (born July 5, 1968) is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Republican</a> politician from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Peoria, Illinois</a>, who is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United States Representative</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 18th congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Illinois's 18th congressional district</a>. Prior to being elected to Congress, he was a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Illinois Senate</a> representing the seven-county 37th legislative district.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[1]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">LaHood is the son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_LaHood" title="Ray LaHood" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Ray LaHood</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-WJBC_2-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-WJBC-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ray_LaHood_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-Ray_LaHood-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[3]</a></sup> the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Transportation" title="United States Secretary of Transportation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United States Secretary of Transportation</a> and before then the seven term congressman from the district his son currently represents. He has called himself a fiscal conservative focused on budget issues.<sup id="cite_ref-appointment_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-appointment-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[4]</a></sup> While his father was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_Party(United_States)#Moderates" title="Factions in the Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">moderate Republican</a>, LaHood is considered to be more conservative.<sup id="cite_ref-Announces_5-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-Announces-5" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[6]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#Early_life" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Early life</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#Career_as_an_attorney" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Career as an attorney</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#Political_career" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Political career</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#US_House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">US House of Representatives</span></font></a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#2015_special_election" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.1.1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">2015 special election</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3.1.2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Tenure</span></font></a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#Personal_life" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Personal life</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">6</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">External links</span></font></a></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: " linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" background="background" none="none" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darin_LaHood&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">LaHood was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria,Illinois" title="Peoria, Illinois" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Peoria, Illinois</a> to Ray and Kathy LaHood, as the eldest of four siblings, and went to Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute there.<sup id="cite_ref-darin_7-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-darin-7" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[7]</a></sup> He graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loras_College" title="Loras College" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Loras College</a> in Iowa, and later went on to receive his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">J.D.</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Marshall_Law_School(Chicago)" title="John Marshall Law School (Chicago)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John Marshall Law School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-darin_7-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-darin-7" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[7]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: " linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" background="background" none="none" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Career_as_an_attorney">Career as an attorney</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darin_LaHood&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Career as an attorney" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">LaHood was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecutor" title="Prosecutor" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">prosecutor</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazewell_County,Illinois" title="Tazewell County, Illinois" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Tazewell County</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%27s_attorney" title="State's attorney" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">state's attorney</a>'s office and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United States Attorney</a>'s Office for the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Attorney_for_the_District_of_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">District of Nevada</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Las Vegas, Nevada" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Las Vegas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[8]</a></sup> On returning to Peoria in 2005, he took up private law practice; as of 2011 he is in the Peoria law firm of Miller, Hall & Triggs.<sup id="cite_ref-appointment_4-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-appointment-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: " linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" background="background" none="none" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_career">Political career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darin_LaHood&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Political career" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">He ran for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_County,Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Peoria County</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%27s_attorney" title="State's attorney" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">state's attorney</a> in 2008, losing to twenty-year incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_W.Lyons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin W. Lyons (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Kevin Lyons</a> by a margin of 43,208 to 36,449. He has also been involved in several other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Republican</a> campaigns, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brady(politician)" title="Bill Brady (politician)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Bill Brady</a>'s 2010 campaign for governor and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rutherford" title="Dan Rutherford" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Dan Rutherford</a>'s campaign for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Treasurer" title="Illinois Treasurer" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Illinois Treasurer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-appointment_4-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-appointment-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">He was appointed to the Illinois Senate on February 27, 2011, at the age of 42,<sup id="cite_ref-appointment_4-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-appointment-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[4]</a></sup> and took office March 1, the day after<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Risinger" title="Dale Risinger" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Dale Risinger</a> retired.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[9]</a></sup> When appointed, LaHood announced he would run for election to a full term in 2012, which he won, running unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-appointment_4-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-appointment-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[10]</a></sup></font></p><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="US_House_of_Representatives">US House of Representatives</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darin_LaHood&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: US House of Representatives" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h3><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="2015_special_election">2015 special election</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darin_LaHood&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2015 special election" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h4><div role="note" class="hatnote" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_18th_congressional_district_special_election,2015" title="Illinois's 18th congressional district special election, 2015" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Illinois's 18th congressional district special election, 2015</a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">On July 7, 2015, LaHood defeated Mike Flynn 69%-28% in the GOP Primary to become the Republican candidate for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 18th congressional district" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Illinois's 18th congressional district</a>, replacing Aaron Schock. He faced the Democratic candidate Rob Mellon in the September 10 special general election,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[11]</a></sup> easily defeating him with a large percentage of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[12]</a></sup> He was sworn in by House Speaker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John Boehner</a> on September 17, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[13]</a></sup></font></p><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tenure">Tenure</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darin_LaHood&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Tenure" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h4><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">LaHood was appointed to two House committees after his special election win in September 2015. He currently serves on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Natural_Resources" title="United States House Committee on Natural Resources" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">House Committee on Natural Resources</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[14]</a></sup> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Science,Space_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Committee on Science, Space and Technology" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">Committee on Science, Space, and Technology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-15" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">[15]</a></sup></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">On May 25, 2016, LaHood introduced legislation through the Science, Space, and Technology Committee that approved the <i>Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Modernization Act of 2016</i>. The NITRD Program was originally authorized by the High Performance Computing Act of 1991. NITRD is the federal government's primary research portfolio on transformative high-end computing, high-speed networking, high capacity systems software, cybersecurity, and related advanced information technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[16]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: " linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" background="background" none="none" rgb="rgb"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darin_LaHood&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Personal life" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">LaHood lives in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunlap,_Illinois" title="Dunlap, Illinois" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Dunlap</a> with his wife Kristen; they married in 1992. They have three children: McKay, Lucas, and Teddy.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_LaHood#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[18]</a></sup></font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div>