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7 unusual facts about Sam Brownback


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Sam Brownback, governor of Kansas and former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate (2008)

Conflict minerals

In April 2009, Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced the Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009 (S. 819) to require electronics companies to verify and disclose their sources of cassiterite, wolframite, and tantalum.

Jang Gil-su

In a letter sent to South Korean Ambassador to the US Yang Sung-chul on August 13, 2002, Senator Sam Brownback, supported by Senator Edward Kennedy, invited teenage defector Jang Kil-soo and his family to a photograph exhibition and reception in their honor to be held in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in early September, and the senators urged the South Korean government to allow Jang to visit it.

Kathleen Stephens

On July 31, 2008 Senator Sam Brownback lifted his objection to the nomination of Stephens to be the US ambassador to South Korea, removing a key obstacle to her confirmation.

Neglected tropical disease research and development

It gained interest by Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas who championed its introduction in the FDA Amendments Act of 2007.

Pete Worden

During the 2004 Congressional Session he worked as a Congressional Fellow with the Office of Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), where he served as Senator Brownback’s chief advisor on NASA and space issues.

March 2004 – December 2004, Congressional Fellow assigned to the office of Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) on detail as a Research Professor of Astronomy from the University of Arizona, Washington, DC.


Laura Lederer

During the drafting of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, from 1998 to 2000, she served as a witness in Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House International Relations Committee hearings held by Representatives Chris Smith and Sam Gejdenson and the late Senator Paul Wellstone and Senator Sam Brownback, testifying on the global nature and scope of the problem of trafficking in persons.

Phillip Jauregui

Additionally, Jauregui is a past and current participant in the Values Action Team of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, chaired by Senator Sam Brownback and Congressman Joe Pitts, respectively.

Porkbusters

The first bill that we are focusing on is sponsored by seven Senators who have styled themselves the "Fiscal Responsibility Team": Tom Coburn, Sam Brownback, Jim DeMint, John Ensign, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, and John Sununu.

Republican Party presidential debates, 2008

Seven candidates attended-- Brownback, Huckabee, Hunter, Paul, Tancredo, and newly announced candidate Alan Keyes and John H. Cox, a candidate who had then not appeared in any of the other debates.

Saddleback Church

The summit featured 60 speakers, including Senators Barack Obama and Sam Brownback.

Stauffer Communications

Mary Stauffer Brownback, daughter of John Stauffer and granddaughter of Oscar Stauffer, is married to Kansas Governor and former U.S. Senator Sam Brownback.


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