About John
After
serving seven terms in the Georgia General Assembly, in 1992
John was first elected to the US House of Representatives. He
currently represents the 7th District of Georgia. This includes
portions of Gwinnett, Walton, Barrow, Newton and Forsyth
counties.
In the beginning of his Congressional career, John was appointed
to the Republican Steering Committee, which is responsible for
assigning Members of the House of Representatives to both serve
on and chair various committees in the House. Determined to
maintain a Republican majority in the House, John accepted a key
position in the Republican Party leadership by becoming the
Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee from
1996 – 1998.
John was re-elected to the Ways and Means Committee and will
continue to serve on the Subcommittee on Oversight and the
Subcommittee on Select Revenue, which serves as the chief
subcommittee on tax policy.
The Ways and Means Committee is an exclusive, or "A" list,
committee in the House, and therefore, it will be John's only
committee in the 110th Congress.
Throughout his political career, John has held the belief that
the individual, not government, can make better decisions for
their families. With this principle guiding him, John has always
opposed fiscal irresponsibility in government, from his 12 years
in the Democrat-dominated Georgia legislative to his current
Congressional position. Perhaps John is best known for his
leadership to reduce the tax burden of the IRS on the
individual. John’s plan is known as the Fair Tax, which is
designed to abolish all federal income taxes, including payroll
taxes, self-employment taxes, capital gains taxes, gift taxes
and death taxes, and replaces them all with one simple,
straightforward federal sales tax. All of this would allow the
American people to keep 100% of their paychecks.
Born September 9, 1942, in Deer River, Minnesota (population
800), Linder graduated from the University of Minnesota with
both a bachelor's degree and a doctorate in dental surgery. John
served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force from 1967 to 1969.
Upon completion of his military service, Linder moved to Georgia
in 1969 where he began his private dental practice. In 1977
Linder founded Linder Financial Corp., an asset-based lending
institution providing financial assistance to small and
entrepreneurial businesses throughout the South, serving as
President of that company until his election to Congress in
1992. Married for 45 years, John and his wife, Lynne, have two
adult children and four grandsons.
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Contact
Linder for Congress
P.O. Box 4026
Duluth, GA 30096
Email Address:
john@JohnLinder.com
Phone : 770.495.3767
Fax: 770.495.1522
www.johnlinder.com
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6/28/09 Representative John Linder (GA-07) joined his
colleagues on the bi-partisan Water Caucus, with 55 Members
including two Senators, to discuss and debate our nation’s
looming water crisis. This well-attended event featured a
number of our country’s notable mayors, business executives and
financial analysts, including former Mayor of Augusta Bob...
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