Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith is a Republican Congressman from Texas who has held office for more than 14 years. He is one of the wealthiest members of Congress.
Lamar Smith Is a fiscal conservative who voted for a balanced budget amendment and for ending taxpayer support of presidential campaigns. He also voted against Obama's raising of the debt ceiling. [1]
He is responsible for introducing the controversial SOPA bill into the House of Representatives as an attempt to curb online piracy and copyright infringement.
Rep Smith has introduced, and voted for, a number of bills which placed restrictions on abortion and has a 100% rating from the National Right to Life Committee.
In June of 2011 Smith became embroiled in a controversy over his opposition to the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2011 which would have ended the prohibition of marijuana at a federal level. The bill was introduced by Barney Frank. Smith announced that he had no intention of giving the bill a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee, of which he is the chairman, thus causing the bill to never reach the floor.
However, Richard Mack, former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona and upcoming challenger for Smith's House seat, called Smith a RINO.[2]