1998 Distinguished Public Policy Lecture
EVANSTON --- Rep. John Porter (R-10th) of Illinois will present a program on "The New Social Security -- True Retirement Security for All Americans" on Friday, May 8 at Northwestern University's Evanston campus.
Part of the 1998 Institute for Policy Research's Distinguished Public Policy Lecture Series, the talk will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center, 633 Clark St. It is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow.
Serving his 10th term in the House of Representatives, Porter gained recognition as one of Congress' most fiscally conservative members from the National Taxpayers Union, Watchdogs of the Treasury Inc. and other groups. In 1992, he was one of six House members named "Taxpayer Superheros" by the Grace Commission's Citizens Against Government Waste.
Porter is a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and the chairman of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee. He also serves on the Foreign Operations Subcommittee and the Military Construction Subcommittee; and he is founder and co-chair of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, a voluntary bipartisan association of Congress members working to identify, monitor and end human rights violations worldwide.
His leadership on environmental issues includes his 1992 appointment as a member of the official U.S. Congressional Delegation to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), better known as the Earth Summit.
The Congressman received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and after graduating with distinction from the University of Michigan Law School, he served as an Honor Law Graduate Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. From 1963 until his election to Congress, he practiced law in Evanston; and he also served three terms, from 1973 through 1979, in the Illinois House of Representatives.
4/3/98