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Encyclopedia > David Davis (Tennessee politician)
David Davis


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 4, 2007
Preceded by Bill Jenkins
Succeeded by Incumbent

Born November 06, 1959 (1959-11-06) (age 47)
Unicoi, Tennessee
Political party Republican
Spouse Joyce Davis
Children Matthew and Rachel
Religion Baptist

David Lee Davis (born November 6, 1959) is a Republican politician from Tennessee and a former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 6th district, which is composed of parts of Washington County and Hawkins County. He is currently serving as U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... The current boundaries of Tennessees 1st District The 1st Congressional District of Tennessee is a congressional district in northeast Tennessee. ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... William Lewis Bill Jenkins (born November 29, 1936) is a politician from the state of Tennessee. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Unicoi is a town located in Unicoi County, Tennessee. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... The Tennessee House of Representatives, in American politics, is the lower house of the state legislature of Tennessee, formally called the Tennessee General Assembly. ... Washington County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... Hawkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... The current boundaries of Tennessees 1st District The 1st Congressional District of Tennessee is a congressional district in northeast Tennessee. ...

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Early career

David Davis obtained a 13 week certification in respiratory therapy from East Tennessee State University in 1979 and received a mail-order A.A.S. in respiratory therapy from California College[1][2] in 1983. In 1991, he received a B.S. in Organizational Management from Milligan College. He is currently president of Shared Health Services, Inc. and the former president of Advanced Home Health Care, Inc.[3] Respiratory therapy is categorized as an allied health profession in the United States and Canada. ... East Tennessee State University (abbreviated ETSU) was founded on October 2, 1911. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... The cover of the first Eatons catalog, published in 1884. ... An associate degree is an academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, business colleges and some bachelors degree-granting colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years. ... Respiratory therapy is categorized as an allied health profession in the United States and Canada. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Milligan College is a church-related liberal arts college founded in 1866 located in Milligan College, Tennessee. ...


Political career

U.S. Representative

While Davis has only filed two bills within the U.S. House of Representatives as the original sponsor (one Davis bill was to create a federal "American Eagle Day"), he has signed on as cosponsor to other pending legislation including H.R.621, a House resolution that seeks to "...amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to restore the Medicare treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment to that in effect before enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005."[4]


In 2007, U.S. Rep.Davis also cosponsored H.R.1398 to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 by providing that manure shall not be considered to be a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.[5]H.R. 1398 has been referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.


U.S. House Office Staff of Rep. David Davis

Chief of Staff: Brenda Otterson
Scheduler: Karen Kaumeier
Legislative Director: Richard Vaughn
Press Secretary: Timothy A. Hill (brother of Tennessee State Representative Matthew Hill) Matthew Hill Matthew Hill is an American Indian [1], Tennessee politician, and elected as a member of the Tennessee General Assembly (104th 2005-2006; 105th 2007-2008). ...


Tennessee State State Representative

Davis was elected to the 101st General Assembly presenting parts of Washington County, Tennessee abd Hawkins County, Tennessee. Davis was a member of the Transportation Committee, the Government Operations Committee, and the Public Safety and Rural Roads Subcommittee while serving with the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee General Assembly is the formal name of the legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. ... Washington County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... Hawkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. ...


Davis was also a delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business.


While in the Tennessee General Assembly, Davis voted aye twice in transportation committee to allow illegal immigrants to apply for Tennessee driver licenses (2001 H.B. 983)[6] and also filed legislation on February 3, 2005 (2005 H.B 714)[7] for changing county wheel tax legislation that (if enacted) would have taken away the ability of Tennessee citizens to vote aye or nay on local wheel tax referendum questions and give Tennessee county commissioners the sole authority to enact wheel taxes with a simple majority vote.


2006 elections

During May 2006, U.S. House of Representatives candidate David Davis appointed then Leitner Pharmaceuticals lobbyist (also being a former King Pharmaceuticals lobbyist) and Tennessee Conservative PAC Treasurer James "Jim" L. Holcomb[8][9] to serve as his Tennessee First Congressional District Campaign Co-Chairman.[10]


David Davis was elected during the 2006 U.S. House general election to replace retiring Bill Jenkins, who formerly represented the Tennessee 1st U.S. House District. Davis was elected in the 2006 federal elections over Democratic opponent and City Councilman Rick Trent of Morristown, Tennessee.[11] President Bush meets with Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer (then House Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively) at the Oval Office in the White House. ... William Lewis Bill Jenkins (born November 29, 1936) is a politician from the state of Tennessee. ... The current boundaries of Tennessees 1st District The 1st Congressional District of Tennessee is a congressional district in Northeast Tennessee. ... Morristown is a city in Tennessee, United States. ...


Davis won only 22% of the votes cast during the strongly contested 2006 Tennessee Ist Congressional District Republican Primary, but managed to secure the primary nomination after the Tennessee Republican Party Primary Board refused to allow Republican challenger and runner-up Richard Venable a recount due to a 576 vote count difference reported between Venable and Davis during the 2006 primary elections.[12] According to a related article published within the Kingsport Times-News, "...Tennessee law authorizes a recount in the case of a tie vote, an indication of voter fraud, voting machine malfunctions or tabulation problems, and "any other instance the court or body with jurisdiction of a contested election finds that a recount is warranted." Veneable had reportedly sought the 1st District primary vote count due to fact the "less that seven-tenths of one percent" (i.e.: 0.007) of the Tennessee 1st District Republican Primary votes determined the outcome of the 2006 primary election and that in Sullivan County long lines at polling places had discouraged voters.[13] An election recount takes place in the event that the initial vote tally during an election is extremely close, and that therefore a recount of the ballots is necessary to insure an accurate result. ... Electoral fraud is the deliberate interference with the process of an election. ... A voting machine is a device to record and register votes to be counted as per any voting system, with or without printing a ballot for the voter to verify. ...


Political connection to Altace, pharmaceutical industry

During many of his political campaigns, Rep. Davis has accepted many generous campaign contributions from former King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CEO and current Leitner Pharmaceuticals, LLC CEO John M. Gregory, Gregory family members, and corporate executives employed within both the King and Leitner pharmaceutical companies founded by Gregory. Gregory is also noted as an important campaign contributor to conservative Republican and anti-abortion political action committees in Tennessee such as the Tennessee Right To Life PAC[14], the State of Franklin PAC[15], and the Tennessee Conservative PAC.[16] Gregory financed and founded the Tennessee Conservative PAC as the political action committee's original president[17]. John Munford Gregory (1804 - 1884) was a U.S. political figure and governor of Virginia from 1842 to 1843. ... In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group organized to elect or defeat government officials in order to promote legislation, often supporting the groups special interests. ...


During 1994, the U.S. National Right to Life Committee announced an anti–RU-486 U.S. boycott , tageting all Hoechst pharmaceutical products including Altace and by September 17 the anti-abortion organization, Pharmacists For Life International, joined the NRLC anti–RU-486 boycott "...against the American subsidiary of Hoechst, AG Hoechst-Roussel, Hoechst-Celanese, its generic subsidiary Coply Pharmaceuticals and the agricultural Hoechst subsidiary" while asking U.S. consumers to "...focus on key Hoechst drugs which have the most economic impact rather than taking an across-the-board shotgun approach" and specifically targeting Altace as a boycott list item.[18][19] The National Right to Life Committee is a right to life/pro-life organization, that was founded in in Detroit as a non-sectarian, non-partisan group, opposed to abortion, euthanasia and infanticide. ... Mifepristone is a synthetic steroid. ... Look up Boycott in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ramipril (marketed as Tritace® or Altace®) is an Angiotensin_converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. ... Ramipril (marketed as Tritace® or Altace®) is an Angiotensin_converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. ...


Hoechst merged with Marion Merrill Dow of Kansas City, Missouri in 1995, forming the Hoechst U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary Hoechst Marion Roussel (HMR). Altace was bringing in under $90 million in U.S. revenues for HMR and Hoechst had stopped promoting Altace within the United States.[20], and King Pharmaceuticals President Jefferson "Jeff" Gregory also began negotiations in 1995 with Hoechst to acquire U.S. distribution rights to Altace.[21] Ramipril (marketed as Tritace® or Altace®) is an Angiotensin_converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. ... King Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company based in Bristol, Tennessee. ... Ramipril (marketed as Tritace® or Altace®) is an Angiotensin_converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. ...


Hoechst underwent a 1997 realignment wherein its various businesses were transferred to independent companies, including Nutrinova on April 2, and the anti-abortion group Concerned Women For America announced during a National Right To Life Committee press briefing at the National Press Club that the anti–RU486 boycott against the U.S. subsidiaries of Hoechst AG & Roussel Uclaf by the NRTLC "...will be more narrowly focused onto the HMR prescription drugs Allegra, Cardizem, Seldane, Claforan, Lasix, DiaBeta, and Nicoderm" — and Altace is auspiciously no longer included by Concerned Women For Americas as a boycotted Hoechst Marion Roussel product.[22] Nutrinova is a global manufacturer of food constituents. ... Concerned Women for America is a conservative Christian political action group active in the United States. ...


The King Pharmaceuticals wholly owned subsidiary Monarch Pharmaceuticals, Inc. acquired ownership of the U.S. distribution and marketing rights to Altace and other Hoescht products from Hoescht AG subsidiary Hoechst Marion Roussel of Kansas City, Missouri on December 18, 1998, and[23] following a January 1999 merger with Rhône-Poulenc, Hoechst assummed the new corporate identity of Aventis). King Pharmaceuticals, the worlds 45th largest pharmaceutical company, is based in Bristol, Tennessee. ... Ramipril (marketed as Tritace® or Altace®) is an Angiotensin_converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. ... Rhône-Poulenc was a French chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1928 with the merger of Société Chemique des Usines du Rhône and Établissements Poulenc Frères. ... Aventis was formed in 1999 when Rhône-Poulenc S.A. merged with Hoechst AG. The merged company was based in Strasbourg, France. ...


Then State Senator Ron Ramsey organized an August 1999 lobbying airlift from Northeast Tennessee aboard King Pharmaceuticals owned corporate aircraft and flew to Nashville meeting with TennCare Director Brian Lapps that was also attended by State Representatives Jason Mumpower, Steve Godsey, and David Davis at the request of King Pharmaceuticals lobbyist[24] and former Tennessee State Senator James "Jim" L. Holcomb. The meeting was successful in placing the recently acquired Monarch Pharmaceuticals (a King Pharmaceuticals subsidiary) branded drug Altace onto the TennCare Preferred Drug List within only 33 days.[25] Lapps resigned as TennCare Director underdate of September 27, 1999.[26] Ronald Lynn Ron Ramsey (born November 20, 1955) is the current Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate; by virtue of his speakership, he also the Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. ... King Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company based in Bristol, Tennessee. ... Jason Mumpower Jason Mumpower (born September 22, 1973) in Bristol, Tennessee, is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 3rd District, which consists of all of Johnson County and part of Sullivan County. ... Steve Godsey Steve Godsey is the County Mayor of Sullivan County, Tennessee. ... King Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company based in Bristol, Tennessee. ... Ramipril (marketed as Tritace® or Altace®) is an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure. ... TennCare is Tennessees Medicaid waiver program that provides more than one million Tennesseans with health care. ...


Aventis went on in 1994 to merge with Sanofi-Synthélabo, forming Sanofi-Aventis as the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world. Sanofi-Synthélabo was formed in 1999 when Sanofi merged with Synthélabo. ... Sanofi-aventis (Euronext: SAN, NYSE: SNY), headquartered in Paris, France, is one of the 3 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, along with Pfizer,GlaxoSmithKline. ...


Reported Sources of Major Income

The following information pertaining to major income is from the 2006 Statement of Interests form filed by Rep. David Davis (including the income of his wife) with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance:[27]

  • State of Tennessee (Representative, Tennessee General Assembly)
  • Shared Health Services
    207 E. Main Street
    Johnson City, TN 37604
  • Value Mark III Fund — USAllianz PNC Bank
    P.O. Box 824240
    Philadelphia, PA 19182
  • Endeavor Fund
    4333 Edgewood Road NE
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499
  • Prudential Fund
    P.O. Box 856002
    Louisville, KY 40285

References

  1. ^ Maric College, Modesto Campus Moves To New Facility On June 7
  2. ^ Maric College — Health Care
  3. ^ Tennessee Blue Book,102nd & 103rd General Assemblies — David Davis, bio.
  4. ^ http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d110:FLD004:@1(Rep+Davis+David%20%20):')
  5. ^ The Library of Congress — Thomas Search. Legislation sponsored/cosponsored by David Davis.
  6. ^ 102nd General Assembly Archives — HB0983
  7. ^ http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/info/Leg_Archives/104GA/bills/BillText/HB0714.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.tennesseeconservative.org/bio_Holcomb.php
  9. ^ http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/05/03/67699687.shtml?Element_ID=67699687
  10. ^ http://www.rightforcongress.com/releases/release/3016723/9962.htm
  11. ^ Trent confident of success in race against Davis. Johnson City Press. August 5, 2006. p.5a
  12. ^ [http://www.davis.citymaker.com/articles/article/3372072/56631.htm Denial clears the way for David Davis to be the official GOP nominee in the November congressional election. August 24, 2006.]
  13. ^ "Venable seeks recount in GOP congressional primary". Kingsport Time-News. Hank Hayes. August 21, 2006.
  14. ^ "John Gregory uses checkbook to promote conservative causes." Hank Haynes. September 3, 2006.
  15. ^ "Campaign Finance Reform Bill Fails." Andy Spears. May 3, 2005.
  16. ^ "Tennessee Conservative PAC -About Us." Brett Holcomb.
  17. ^ "John M. Gregory:Founder and Chairman". Brett Holcomb.
  18. ^ "3) Pharmacists For Life Joins International Boycott." Life Communications. November, 1994.
  19. ^ "Abortion Foes To Boycott Drugs (Altace) Made By RU-486 Manufacturer." The Virginia-Pilot. Associated Press. July 8, 1994.
  20. ^ "Faith Healers: The born-again Gregory brothers worked a financial miracle from cast-off drug brands." Forbes. Zina Moukheiber. October 28, 2002.
  21. ^ "Faith Healers: The born-again Gregory brothers worked a financial miracle from cast-off drug brands." Forbes. Zina Moukheiber. October 28, 2002.
  22. ^ "Boycott of New Drug 'Allegra' Aimed at Protecting Women & Children From Dangers of RU-486." Concerned Women For America. April 2, 1997.
  23. ^ "Monarch Pharmaceuticals acquired." sanofi-aventis Group. December 18, 1998.
  24. ^ go4truth.org AP news article "Leading Democrats castigate King Pharmaceuticals." September 30, 2004
  25. ^ "Leading Democrats castigate King Pharmaceuticals." Associated Press. September 30, 2004
  26. ^ " TennCare chief Lapps resigns." Tennessean. Bonna M. de la Cruz. September 28, 1999.
  27. ^ Tennessee 2006 State of Interests — David Davis

See Also

Ronald Lynn Ron Ramsey (born November 20, 1955) is the current Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate; by virtue of his speakership, he also the Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. ... Dewey Rusty Crowe, born April 2, 1947, is a Tennessee politician and a member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 3rd district, which encompasses Washington County and Carter County. ... Jason Mumpower Jason Mumpower (born September 22, 1973) in Bristol, Tennessee, is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 3rd District, which consists of all of Johnson County and part of Sullivan County. ... Steve Godsey Steve Godsey is the County Mayor of Sullivan County, Tennessee. ... Matthew Hill Matthew Hill is an American Indian [1], Tennessee politician, and elected as a member of the Tennessee General Assembly (104th 2005-2006; 105th 2007-2008). ... Rhône-Poulenc was a French chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1928 with the merger of Société Chemique des Usines du Rhône and Établissements Poulenc Frères. ... Hoechst AG was a German life-sciences company that became Aventis after its merger with Rhône-Poulenc S.A. in 1999. ... Ramipril (marketed as Tritace® or Altace®) is an Angiotensin_converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. ... “Securities and Exchange Commission” redirects here. ...

External links

  • U.S. Congressman David Davis official House site
  • David Davis for U.S. Congress official campaign site
  • Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  • Federal Election Commission — David Davis campaign finance reports and data
  • On the Issues — David Davis issue positions and quotes
  • OpenSecrets.org — David Davis campaign contributions
  • Project Vote Smart — Representative David Davis (TN) profile
  • SourceWatch Congresspedia — David Davis profile
  • Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: David Davis voting record
  • David Davis's profile at the Tennessee General Assembly website
  • Search the Tennessee Online Campaign Finance Database for records filed by Davis.
Political offices
Preceded by
William L. Jenkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 1st congressional district

2007–Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent


 
 

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