ELECTED SERVICE • 7-Term Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives • Chair of the House Health, Education and Welfare Committee • Chair of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation Study Commission • Member of the Joint Committee on Health Care Oversight
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY WORK • Director of Pawtucket School Department’s Alternative Learning Program • Member of New England Board of Higher Education • Merit Badge Counselor with the Boy Scouts of America • Member of Warwick Firefighters Association • Member of Save the Bay
PERSONAL PROFILE
Joe with his wife Diane, with daughter, Katie, son, Bill, and Bill’s girlfriend, Katie Kearns.
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• Graduate of Pilgrim High School and Boston University • Master’s in Educational Administration from Providence College • Communicant of St. Peter’s Church
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s Rhode Island House of Representative Dear Fellow District 19 Resident, ing our neighborhood I have had the honor and pleasure of serv ntatives for more than 12 in the Rhode Island House of Represe deal, passing legislation years. We have accomplished a great their families, making that protects nursing home residents and affordable and promotes health insurance more accessible and pping out of school. strategies to prevent students from dro will continue to fight for There is still difficult work ahead. I eting violent crimes and tougher public safety measures, targ ullying. In addition, I electronic harassment known as cyberb to capture all the state promise to do everything possible to educate our children funding that our community deserves and provide other essential services. od, I respectfully ask for To keep advocating for our neighborho your vote on November 4th.
CHAMPION FOR INCREASED EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY • Created statewide purchasing system for educational supplies, goods and services, resulting in savings for every school district • Authored and passed dropout prevention bill, featuring a combination of early intervention for at risk students and strategies to bring students back into class • Authored and passed the law mandating federal background check for all school employees
As a member of the Joint Committee on Health Care Oversight, Representative McNamara has worked to pass legislation to make health insurance more available and affordable.
ADVOCATING FOR STRONGER HEALTH & SAFETY
Sincerely,
• Authored legislation providing a procedure for the civil commitment of sexually violent predators to the Department of Mental Health beyond their criminal sentences
Joe McNamara State Representative
• Co-authored and passed through the House of Representatives the “cyberbullying bill” to reduce incidents of electronic harassment
Diane McNamara, Treasurer Paid for by Friends of Joe McNamara,
• Authored and passed nationally heralded Graduated License Bill credited with reducing traffic fatalities among our young people
As the first elected official calling for the dredging of Pawtuxet Cove, Representative McNamara worked with our Congressional Delegation, including Congressman Langevin, and US Army Corps of Engineers to see it to completion.
DELIVERING FOR OUR COMMUNITY • Authored the Airport Monitoring Act that mandated the monitoring of specific and late evening flights, as well as the filing of reports with the state that are made available to the public • Wrote and worked to pass the Permanent Noise Monitoring Act for TF Green Airport • Examined the operations of TF Green Airport and other state airports as Chairman of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation Study Commission
On November 4th Elect
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