Reply #45: Gerald Kleczka [View All]

[MrBenchley]

"Congressman Jerry Kleczka represents Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District, consisting of the City of Milwaukee and the suburbs of West Milwaukee, St. Francis, Cudahy, South Milwaukee, and part of West Allis.  He was first elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly at age 24, and in 1974 he won a seat in the State Senate.  He soon assumed leadership posts as Assistant Majority Leader and co-chair of the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance Committee.
In 1984 Kleczka was elected to Congress in a special election following the death of Rep. Clement Zablocki.  Kleczka has won 11 consecutive races and was re-elected November 5, 2002 with 87% of the vote.
Kleczka has also developed legislation to protect elderly residents of high-rise public housing from physical harm.  His legislation brought widespread praise and resulted in Milwaukee becoming the first city in the nation to provide elderly-only public housing.
A leading advocate of personal privacy issues in Congress, Kleczka co-sponsored legislation signed into law that makes identity theft a crime.  This year he has reintroduced the Personal Information Privacy Act, which would make it illegal for a business to withhold products or services if a consumer refused to furnish a Social Security number for identification purposes.
An active voice in the community, Kleczka is a member of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Brady Street Area Association, and America's Black Holocaust Museum."

And he's for gun control...