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Congresswoman Melissa Hart was first elected to Congress in 2000. Hart is the first Republican woman ever to represent Pennsylvania in either house of Congress.

Before her election to Congress, Hart served for ten years in the Pennsylvania Senate, where she chaired the Senate Finance Committee and earned a reputation as a tireless advocate for Pennsylvania taxpayers

In 2003, Congresswoman Hart was appointed a member of the Republican Whip Team, the group of legislators responsible for guiding the party’s agenda through Congress.
Hart serves on the Committee on Ways and Means which has broad jurisdiction on critical issues such as economic policy, international trade, welfare, Social Security, Medicare and health care policy.

A native of the North Hills of Pittsburgh, Hart is a graduate of North Allegheny High School, Washington & Jefferson College, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Hart is running for re-election in a district with a Democratic advantage in voter registration of more than 55,000. She has won six elections in solidly Democratic districts by running aggressive, grass-roots campaigns that involve volunteers—Republicans and Democrats alike—from throughout the district who share her commitment to building a brighter future for our region and for the entire nation.

Congresswoman Hart has a reputation for Protecting the Unborn and has sponsored the following pro-life legislation:

Hart sponsored H.R. 1997, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act or “Laci and Connor’s Law.” Before this legislation was passed, if an unborn child was murdered, the family has no legal recourse for the loss of the child. H.R. 1997 created criminal liability under federal law for the injury or death to an unborn child if the assailant commits a violent act against the pregnant mother. This legislation passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. President Bush signed it into law on April 1, 2004.

Hart cosponsored the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. This legislation, which passed both the House and the Senate, prohibits the barbaric procedure known as Partial Birth Abortion. President Bush signed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban into law on November 5, 2003.

After learning that a number of public schools had offered the morning after pill to their students without parental consent, Hart sponsored the School Children Health Protection Act. (H.R. 926) which denies federal funds to a school that provides the “morning after pill.” Our schools should not act as pharmacists, especially when parents are not involved in the decision.

Congresswoman Hart cosponsored H.R. 1357, the Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005, which makes it a crime under federal law to clone a human embryo for reproductive or therapeutic purposes.

HART COSPONSORED THE CHILD INTERSTATE ABORTION NOTIFICATION ACT which prohibits the transporting of a minor across state lines to avoid laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions. This legislation passed by the House of Representatives with a vote of 270 to 157. The legislation is currently being considered by the Senate.

Congresswoman Hart Co-sponsored THE RU-486 SUSPENSION AND REVIEW ACT along with 70 of her colleagues in the House of Representatives. H.R. 1079 provides for the suspension of the distribution of the drug RU-486 pending a review by the Comptroller General of the United States of whether the Food and Drug Administration followed proper procedures in approving the drug.

The Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act was sponsored by Melissa Hart. It authorizes $79 million in federal funding to launch a cord blood inventory and research system, and it provides $158 million for the reauthorization and expansion of the ongoing federal bone marrow transplant program. The bill also brings cord blood and bone marrow stem cell data under a new program to provide an easy, single access point for information for doctors and patients. This bill passed the House of Representatives by an overwhelming majority of 431 to 1.

Congresswoman Hart and a number of her colleagues have joined together in urging the Bush Administration to block any American foreign aid dollars from funding organizations that promote or perform abortions abroad.