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| Alan Grayson | |
|---|---|
| U.S. Representative from Florida's 8th Congressional District From: January 3, 2009 – Present | |
| Predecessor | Ric Keller |
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) |
| Information | |
| Party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Lolita Grayson |
| Religion | Jewish |
Alan Mark Grayson (born March 13, 1958 in Bronx, New York) is a Democratic U.S. Representative from Florida's 8th congressional district, having been elected by a 52%-48% margin in the 2008 election. Grayson spent a career as a lawyer, and was ranked the 12th-wealthiest member of Congress. [1] He currently serves on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Science and Technology.
Quotes
Grayson has gained national prominence for controversial comments regarding conservative leaders.
- In his first month in office he refered to radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh as a "has-been loser."
- During a floor speech on health care Grayson stated that "Republicans want you to die quickly." [2] After calls to apologize, Grayson said that "I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven’t voted sooner to end this holocaust in America." [3]
- In October 2009, Grayson called an adviser for Federal Reserves Chairman Ben Bernanke a "K Street whore." [4]
- In an interview on MSNBC's Hardball, Grayson said that "I have trouble listening to what [Cheney] says sometimes because of the blood that drips from his teeth while he’s talking, but my response is this: he’s just angry because the president doesn’t shoot old men in the face. But by the way, when he was done speaking, did he just then turn into a bat and fly away?" [5] Later on an interview on the same program, he told former Vice President Cheney to STFU, an abbreviation for "shut the f-ck up." [6]
- In December 2009 Grayson called for a conservative activist to be jailed for launching a website criticizing him. [7]
External Links
References
- ↑ http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/10/01/who-is-alan-grayson-anyway/
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27726.html
- ↑ http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/09/rep-grayson-doesnt-apologize-compares-health-care-shortcomings-to-holocaust/comments/page/2/
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/27/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5425045.shtml
- ↑ http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1009/Alan_Grayson_v_Chris_Matthews.html
- ↑ http://wdbo.com/localnews/2009/12/grayson-tells-cheney-to-stfu.html
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/grayson-wants-critic-jailed-claiming-constituent/
