Michael J. Rogers is a former U.S. Representative for. A member of the Republican Party, Rogers served from 2001 to 2015. From 2011 to 2015, he was Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Rogers has a contract to speak on national-security topics on CNN. He is also an executive producer for the CNN program Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies.
He was first elected in 1994. In 1998, he won a second term with 68% of the vote.
Tenure
He represented three counties: Clinton, Livingston, and Shiawassee. He served as Majority Leader from 1999 to 2000. Rogers wrote legislation creating the Michigan Education Savings Plan, which allows Michigan families to set aside tax-free funds for educating their children when they are ready for college or vocational training.
He was elected as a Republican from the 8th District of Michigan to the United States House of Representatives in one of the nation's closest congressional races of 2000. He defeated Democratic State Senator Dianne Byrum by 111 votes to win the District 8 seat left open by Debbie Stabenow. However, he was reelected six times with almost no difficulty after the district was redrawn to be much friendlier to Republicans. Rogers usually ran up large margins in the areas of the district outside heavily Democratic Lansing, the district's largest city.
Tenure
Rogers' measure to make education savings plans free of federal taxes was adopted in 2003. His health savings account program for low-income families who are covered by Medicaid was signed into law on February 8, 2008. In 2006, he cosponsored H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act. He has also introduced pain care management legislation pertaining to Americans who are restricted by severe, chronic pain. Rogers was the primary sponsor of the Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act, H.R. bill 5037, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on May 29, 2006. This bill is designed to ban protests on Federal Lands from occurring near the funerals of soldiers that were killed in action. The CBO has said that Rogers's H.R. 1206 to make it easier for states to obtain waivers from some Medical Loss Ratio requirements would add $1.1 billion to the deficit between 2013 and 2022. In November 30, 2011 Congressman Rogers introduced the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. "The bill would allow the government to share all of its classified cyber-security knowledge with private companies, forming knowledge-sharing agreements that would hopefully keep China out of American computer networks. The catch is that the information shared is a two-lane street—companies would also be allowed to share private data with the federal government, provided there is a reasonable 'cyber threat.'" "In the current version, most personal information would be stripped from data shared with the government, and the bill no longer defines intellectual property theft as something relating to national security "We think we're making huge progress with the privacy groups, so they understand what we're trying to accomplish, which isn't anything nefarious," Rogers said" Rogers has reaffirmed his support for the NSA's programs, stating on October 30, 2013, "You can't have your privacy violated if you don't know your privacy is violated." Rogers introduced and supported the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015, a bill that would authorize a variety of intelligence agencies and their appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. The total spending authorized by the bill is classified, but estimates based on intelligence leaks made by Edward Snowden indicate that the budget could be approximately $50 billion. Rogers said that members of Congress "have somehow decided over the last year that our intelligence services are the problem... they are part of the solution." In March 2014, Rogers announced he would not seek an 8th term in Congress. He later launched "Something to Think About", a daily radio segment. Former Michigan State Senator Mike Bishop won the Republican primary and defeated Democratic challenger Eric Schertzing.
* As chair of the full committee, he may serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees.
Personal life
Rogers is the youngest of five sons. His father was a public school teacher-administrator-football coach and his mother was the director of a local Chamber of Commerce. Rogers' older brother Bill was a state representative in Michigan. He resides in Howell, Michigan. His wife, Kristi Rogers, previously served as the CEO and as a managing director of Aspen Healthcare Services, and now is a managing partner for Principal to Principal. Rogers also sits on the Board of Directors.
