Stephen Lynch
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Categories: 110th Congress | Massachusetts Democrats
| Stephen Lynch | |
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| U.S. Representative – MA-09 | |
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| Party | Democratic |
| Assumed office October 16, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Moakley |
| Committees | |
| Born | March 31, 1955 |
| Spouse | Margaret Lynch |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Congressman Stephen F. Lynch, Democrat, represents the 9th Congressional District of Massachusetts.
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Background
Representative Lynch was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 31, 1955 and raised in the public housing projects of South Boston. [1]
Upon graduation from South Boston High School in 1973, Rep. Lynch entered the Ironworkers Apprenticeship Program and later joined his father as a member of Boston’s Ironworkers Local 7. He worked as a structural ironworker for 18 years and was eventually elected to serve as president of The Iron Workers Union, the youngest president in the history of the 2000 member union. [2]
Rep. Lynch continued his education at Wentworth Institute of Technology on nights and weekends, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management. He later received a law degree from Boston College Law School and was admitted to both the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Bar Associations. [3]
In 1994, Rep. Lynch was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. After just fourteen months in office, he was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in a special election. In the Senate, he served as the Chair of the Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor. [4]
In 1999, he earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. [5]
Rep. Lynch was first sworn in to the United States Congress in October 2001, following the sudden passing of legendary Congressman John Moakley. [6]
Iraq
Lynch's voting record clearly shows his support of the war. He declined to co-sponsor the Murtha Bill (HJR 73) or the McGovern Bill (HR 4232). From the Massachusetts delegation, only Lynch and Richard Neal refused to co-sponsor this bill. In March 4, 2005, Lynch participated in a Forum sponsored by WGBH at UMass-Boston; here is a partial transcript:
"I did want to distinguish my positions with those of my colleagues (Reps. Meehan and Frank), with great respect, on two points. One, I did support the decision to give the President the power to use military force in Iraq, back in November of, well, several years ago, at the beginning of this war. I did so not because it was a move to democracy or a hunt for weapons of mass destruction, but those were certainly on the table; my own reasoning after meeting with, countless times with the President's staff and also representative of the previous Administration, the Clinton Administration, my reasons were for, frankly, to remove Saddam Hussein from power."
Source (from video timecode from 18:39): http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=1840
Lynch is one of three Massachusetts Democratic Representatives to renounce their votes in favor of going to War in Iraq and become critics of the war. The other two are Ed Markey and Marty Meehan. The other 7 members of the state's Democratic delegation in the U.S. House opposed the Republican war from the beginning. The reversal gives Massachusetts a united voice in favor of peace. Source: Andrew Miga. "Mass. Democrats Emerge As Iraq War Critics." Associated Press. November 26, 2005.
However, if he remains truly critical of the War in Iraq, he did not show it when he was the only member of the Massachusetts delegation to vote for the "Stay the Course" resolution (HR 861) on June 16, 2006. Source: http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2006&rollnumber=288
Committees
- House Committee on Financial Services
- Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
- Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- House Committee on Government Reform
- Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
- Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Caucuses
- Co-founder of the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus
Contact
Washington DC Office
319 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-8273
Fax: (202) 225-3984
Boston Office
88 Black Falcon Avenue
Suite 340
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 428-2000
Fax: (617) 428-2011
Brockton Office
Brockton Federal Building
166 Main Street
Brockton, MA 02301
Phone: (508) 586-5555
Fax: (508) 580-4692
e-mail: stephen.lynch@mail.house.gov
GovTrack link
External Links
Related areas
Congress: MA-Sen, MA-01, MA-02, MA-03, MA-04, MA-05, MA-06, MA-07, MA-08, MA-09, MA-10,
State: MA-Gov, Massachusetts Senate, Massachusetts House, Massachusetts elections, 2008, Massachusetts election results
Counties: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk
Counties Without Government Structure: Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Worcester
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