ENG:Charles William "Bill" Young (born December 16, 1930) is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 13th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1971. He is a member of the Republican Party, and is currently the longest-serving Republican member of Congress. He was Chairman of Appropriations from 1999 to 2005 and still retains a seat on that committee.
Early life, education, and early career
Young was born in Harmarville, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, in 1930. He grew up in a Pennsylvania coal town in a shotgun shack. His father abandoned the family and a flood washed away their home at age 6. An uncle had a hunting camp in Florida, so the family moved there when he was 16. Young dropped out of St. Petersburg High School to support his ill mother and was wounded in a ...
Charles William "Bill" Young (born December 16, 1930) is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 10th congressional district, serving since 1971. , positive
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Congressman Young and Jack Kindinger proudly display the plaque recognizing "Phase III," the third addition to the C.W. Bill Young Marine Science Complex on the USGS campus. , positive
St. Petersburg College honored Congressman C.W. “Bill” Young Friday for his efforts in bringing the Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions to the college. More than 200 people attended the noon luncheon at the Seminole Campus. “We want people to learn what their government is all about,” Young said. He also said the institute will offer elected and appointed officials an idea of what they need to know. “What do I do next” was something Young said he asked himself when he was first elected. “That is the story of this institute,” he said.
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We all know House Republicans are in the mood to cut spending on as many federal programs as possible as the clock ticks towards the deadline on coming to an agreement on raising the debt ceiling.
But were you aware that there is a proposal floating among GOP lawmakers to outright abolish the Antiquities Act? That act, passed over 100 years ago, has been used as a critical tool to protect historic, cultural, and scenic national treasures across the country going back to Teddy Roosevelt to grant National Monument status to our public lands.As early as Tuesday, a proposal included in a budget ...
It looks like United States Congressman C.W. “Bill” Young (R-Fla.)will be running for re-election in 2012.
State Senator Jack Latvala (R-St. Petersburg)made the announcement as he was introducing Congressman Young before a crowd of hundreds of wildly enthusiastic Republican activists at last night’s Reagan Day Dinner at the Marriott St. Petersburg. The dinner is an annualfundraising eventput on by the PinellasCounty Republican Executive Committee (PCREC).
The money quote came at about the 4:23 markin Latvala’ssix-minute introduction of Young, when he made the somewhat ...