Congressman Michael G. Oxley was elected into the in the House of Representatives as a spokesperson on behalf of the fourth district of Ohio in 1992.

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Congressman Michael G. Oxley was elected into the in the House of Representatives as a spokesperson on behalf of the fourth district of Ohio in 1992. The fourth district of Ohio encompasses the major cities of Mansfield, Lima, Findlay, and Marion. (house.gov) Congressman Oxley is a very predominant Republican in the House of Representatives. In 1984 Oxley was first elected as a Republican to Congress by “special election”. He was elected to fill the position caused by the death of United States Representative Tennyson Guyer. (bioguide.congress.com)

        

Before congressman Oxley was appointed to the House, he had many other careers that set him up for congress. He graduated from the University of Miami with a law degree.  In 1969 Oxley was employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While working as FBI agent Oxley authored the Crime Victims Restitution Act, which requires all criminals convicted of federal crimes to make restitution to their victims (house.gov).  Additionally, between the years of 1970 and 1980, Oxley held numerous elective positions. Oxley was a member of the Ohio state house of representatives, a delegate to Ohio state Republican conventions, and a delegate to Republican National Conventions (bioguide.congress.com)

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Now in his eleventh term as congressman, Oxley is also the head of the Committee on Financial Services. According to the government ran webpage of financial services, it states that “the Committee oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking, and housing industries. The Committee also oversees the work of the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, the SEC, and other financial services regulators.”  Committees are very important to the decision process behind policymaking. “Most of the real work of Congress goes on in committees, and committees dominate congressional policymaking in all its stages” (Government in America).

          

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