Former Members Of Congress To Visit Muhlenberg College
Former Congressmen Mickey Edwards and Romano Mazzoli will be on Muhlenberg College’s campus from October 28 – 30 and will participate in a colloquial lunch with students, faculty and staff on October 30 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. in Seegers Union room 111-112.Monday, October 22, 2007 01:59 PM
Following introductions and brief remarks, the former Congressmen will lead an informal Q & A about current public issues, including electoral politics, the war in Iraq, social and economic policy and other pertinent issues.
Edwards was a Republican member of Congress from Oklahoma for 16 years (1977-1992). He was a member of the House Republican leadership, including deputy Minority Whip and Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, and served on the House Budget and Appropriations committees. After leaving the Congress, Edwards taught at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government for 11 years. Edwards was one of the funding trustees of the Heritage Foundation and national chairman of the American Conservative Union.
He has served as co-chairman of Citizens for Independent Courts, a national organization devoted to preserving judicial independence, and is co-chairman of Citizens for the Constitution, a national organization concerned with limiting the use of constitutional amendments as a substitute for the normal legislative process. Edwards is a regular political commentator on NPR's "All Things Considered" and his newspaper columns have appeared in various publications.
Mazzoli served in the Kentucky State Senate (1968-1970) and in the United States House of Representatives (1971-1995) as a Democrat. While in Congress, Mazzoli was Chairman of the Immigration, International Law and Refugees Subcommittee for twelve years. He also served on the House Small Business, Intelligence and District of Columbia Committees. Mazzoli authored the Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration Reform and Control Act, later known as the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, cosponsored with Republican Senator Alan Simpson. The bill enacted the first U.S. laws to sanction employers who hired undocumented aliens; it also granted an amnesty for aliens already living and working in the United States.
Mazzoli is a member of the American, the Kentucky, the Louisville and the Federal Bar Associations and is Counsel to the law firm of Stites & Harbison in its Louisville office. He serves on various professional and civic organizations and boards including those of Spalding University, the University of Louisville, the Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Cathedral Heritage Foundation, St. Xavier High School, the Louisville Community Foundation and Boy's Haven.
This event is sponsored by several offices on campus, specifically: the Department of Political Science, the Faculty Committee on Lectures & Forums, Pi Sigma Alpha, the Career Center, the Public Health minor program, the Department of Media & Communication, the Dean of Academic Life, the Office of the President, the Muhlenberg College Democrats and the Office of Student Activities.
