Congressman Steve King Headlines Latest CPAC Guest Announcements!

CPAC is starting to surpass even my own expectations! Brooklyn GOP Radio is proud to announce FOUR new guests that have agreed to sit down with us while we're in Washington D.C. at CPAC. So, without any further ado...

Congressman Steve King (R-IA):

Steve King grew up in a law enforcement family in Storm Lake, Iowa. King was elected to Congress in 2002 to represent Iowa's fifth congressional district. He brings the concerns and ideas from people of the fifth district with him to work on the Agriculture Committee. He has long been dedicated to adding value as close to the corn stalk and bean stubble as possible, as many times as possible. The Fifth District ranks first in the nation for hogs and pigs and is one of the most productive areas in the nation for renewable fuels. King's very first bill in Congress was an expansion of a tax credit to small ethanol and biodiesel producers. His language was included in the Energy Users Act of 2005, which President George W. Bush signed into law.

As 97% of Iowa's businesses are small business, King received a special waiver to serve on the House Small Business Committee so he could work to restrict government regulations that impede the growth of business and jobs.King is also a member of the House Judiciary Committee, where he sits on the Constitution Subcommittee and the Immigration Subcommittee. He believes the Constitution means what it says and that it should be read in light of the intent of our founding fathers. King is never caught without a copy of the Constitution in his coat pocket. King also chairs the Conservative Opportunity Society, a powerful and legendary House caucus that is best known for energizing Republicans to regain the majority of the House of Representatives in 1994.

Fox News Radio's Todd Starnes: Host of FOX News & Commentary, Todd will join us to tell us about his new book "Dispatches From Bitter America". In his book, Starnes references how President Obama once declared that people who cling to their guns are bitter Americans. So Starnes, who describes himself as a “gun-toting, chicken-eating, son of a Baptist,” decided to travel across the country to determine if what the president said was true. His book is filled with hilarious satire and biting commentary on the culture war.

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CPAC brings together many groups that advocate for different policy initiatives. Russell and I agreed that we wanted to bring awareness to many of these groups whose missions we agree. Here are the first of two of what I'm sure will become many:

Marc Levin, Sr. Policy Advisor - Right to Crime: Marc is the director of the Center for Effective Justice at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and senior policy director of Right on Crime, a conservative criminal justice reform group that advocates for policies that will save money, lower incarceration costs, but most importantly, decrease crime. Levin is an Austin, TX attorney and an accomplished author on legal and public policy issues. Levin has served as a law clerk to Judge Will Garwood on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Staff Attorney at the Texas Supreme Court. In 1999, he graduated with honors from the University of Texas with a B.A. in Plan II Honors and Government. In 2002, Levin received his J.D. with honors from the University of Texas School of Law. Levin’s articles on law and public policy have been featured in national and international media outlets that regularly turn to him for conservative analysis of states’ criminal justice challenges.

Bob Vandervoort, Executive Director - ProEnglish: ProEnglish is the nation's leading advocate of official English. The organization works through the courts and in the court of public opinion to defend English's historic role as America's common unifying language, and to persuade lawmakers to adopt English as the official language at all levels of government. As Executive Director,Bob Vandervoort manages the ongoing projects of ProEnglish and its publicity. He has a wide variety of campaign and legislative experience at both the federal and state level and has worked on Capitol Hill and at the Maryland State Legislature in Annapolis. He has a law degree from DePaul University and a BA in history and international relations from Boston University.

Both Marc and Bob are participants of different policy discussions during CPAC 2012.

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What an amazing lineup - TWO Congressmen, talk personalities, policy advocates... and it's going to keep getting better! Keep checking back for more great announcements from Brooklyn GOP Radio about our CPAC coverage!