Steve Chabot

Steven Joseph "Steve" Chabot (born January 22, 1953) is an American politician who has been the United States Representative for Ohio's 1st congressional district since 2011. Chabot, a member of the Republican Party, previously represented the district from 1995 to 2009.

Early life, education, and pre-political career

Chabot was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1953 to Gerard Joseph and Doris Leona (née Tilley) Chabot; paternally, he is of French-Canadian descent. He graduated from La Salle High School in Cincinnati in 1971, and then from the College of William and Mary in 1975, earning a B.A. in history. He went on to obtain a Juris Doctor degree from Northern Kentucky University's Salmon P. Chase College of Law, in Highland Heights, Kentucky, in 1978. He worked as an elementary school teacher in 1975–1976 while taking law classes at night.

As a practicing attorney from 1978 to 1994, Chabot handled domestic disputes and the drafting of wills as a sole practitioner. He operated out of small law office in Westwood.

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Famous quotes by Steve Chabot:

"We all know the president's behavior has been reprehensible. President Clinton, however, refuses to admit what all of us know is true. To this day, he continues to deny and distort. He continues to dispute the undeniable facts that are before the Senate and before the American people."
"If we're serious about ending, destroying, stopping international terrorism, we absolutely have to target Saddam Hussein."
"Their nutrition is much better than it was prior to them being there. They are getting adequate food, adequate health care. They are provided with a Koran and the opportunity to pray five times a day. There is an arrow in the cells pointing toward Mecca so they know which direction Mecca is. So really, I think they are being humanely treated when one considers the circumstances under which they were captured."
"We're getting a lay of the land. We're finding out where the microphones are, how they'll operate, which tables we're going be sitting at, how to present the exhibits -- the basic details that one wants to be familiar with when you're presenting a trial."
"That, in my view, would be a real mistake. We need to continue to hold these detainees and perhaps others in the future to prevent them from rejoining the terror war against the United States or our allies and to prevent future attacks against our people."
"It's one of those topics that always comes up at constituent meetings. It concerns people because I think most people think that we ought to have more control over our borders."
"It's almost ludicrous that Feingold in the Senate has put up this idea of censuring Bush."
"Basically, what President Bush is trying to do is defend the country against another terrorist attack. He got advice, as far as I know, from the Justice Department and others who said that this is legal. To censure him at this point and just to automatically say that what he did was illegal is completely premature and, I think, irresponsible."
"He'd be the guy pushing for the impeachment of President Bush. He has been talking about it publicly."
"There is insufficient support for the police and safety and law enforcement, in general, in the city council."
"Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that, it ought to be done by the will of the people."
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