Ralph Regula
| Ralph Regula | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Bow |
| Succeeded by | John Boccieri |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from the 29t district |
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In office January 3, 1967–January 3, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Districts Created |
| Succeeded by | Richard Reichel |
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Ralph Straus Regula December 3, 1924 Beach City, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Regula (b. 1926) |
| Residence | Navarre, Ohio |
| Alma mater | Mount Union College, William McKinley School of Law |
| Occupation | attorney |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
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| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1944–1946 |
Ralph Straus Regula (born December 3, 1924 in Beach City, Ohio) was the United States Representative for Ohio's 16th congressional district from 1973 to 2009. He retired in January 2009 after 18 consecutive terms. He is a member of the Republican Party. In the 110th Congress (2007–2009), he was the second longest serving Republican member of the House of Representatives (after Bill Young of Florida).
Regula was ranking minority member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Labor, Health, Human Services and Education funding in the 110th Congress. The subcommittee's budget, the largest discretionary domestic account, was over $140 billion. Regula, a former teacher and principal, was a Congressional leader in pushing for alternative solutions in improving reading skills, developing teacher training and increasing Pell Grant funding so that poorer and middle class students can obtain two and four year degrees. Regula also increased by millions of dollars the amount of federal money committed to research in fighting cancer, heart disease and birth defects. Regula was a member of the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership and supports stem cell research.
Regula was also a Congressional leader in alternative energy sources. He was an early champion of fuel cell technology and he has directed federal funding back to his home state, Ohio, which is recognized as a national leader in fuel cell research and development. Additionally, Regula was a proponent of clean coal. Ohio and its neighboring states have an abundant supply of coal and Regula believes that it could help alleviate the nation's energy problems because larger energy users, such a large manufacturers, could use clean coal rather than natural gas. Such utilization would help reduce home energy costs and free up the demand for natural gas. Additionally, he was the impetus behind what was to ultimately become the AmericaView Consortium, started in 1998 as OhioView with the goal of supporting the delivery and use of Landsat imagery for civilian applications.
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