CliffStearns was elected in 1988 to the U.S. House of Representative, his only elected office.
Stearns is a leading advocate for increasing funding for the VA. For years, Stearns pushed for establishing a VA cemetery in the Jacksonville area, and his proposal was enacted leading to a new VA cemetery set to open in 2009.
Veterans Affairs: Stearns is a leading advocate for increasing funding for the VA. For years, Stearns pushed for establishing a VA cemetery in the Jacksonville area, and his proposal was enacted leading to a new VA cemetery set to open in 2009.
Stearns, the minority leader of the House Energy and Commerce committee, repeated yesterday that he would like to hold hearings about the use of illegal performance enhancers in wrestling some time late this month, but that it's up to committee chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.).
Stearns said he wants the WWE to fully explain how it tests performers, since it obviously isn't catching too many on its own.
Stearns said he hopes hearings on steroids will goad the WWE into toughening its drug program the way previous Congressional hearings - including before his own committee when he was chairman - did for Major League Baseball.
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