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{{Infobox Representative
| name=Jefferson B. Miller
| nationality=american
| image name=Jeff Miller.jpeg
| state and district=[[United States House of Representatives, Florida District 1|Florida 1]]
| party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| term=January 2001–Present
| preceded=[[Joe Scarborough]]
| succeeded=Incumbent (2006)
| date of birth=[[June 27]], [[1959]]
| place of birth=[[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]], [[Florida]]
| dead=alive
| date of death=
| place of death=
| religion=[[United Methodist]] ([[Christian]])
}}

Politician '''Jefferson B. Miller''' (born June 27 1959) has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the [[First District of Florida]]. His district includes all of [[Escambia County, Florida|Escambia]], [[Santa Rosa County, Florida|Santa Rosa]], [[Okaloosa County, Florida|Okaloosa]], [[Walton County, Florida|Walton]], [[Holmes County, Florida|Holmes]], and [[Washington County, Florida|Washington]] Counties.

He is up for reelection on November 7, 2006.

==Early life and education==
Mr. Miller was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, and received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/061/000039941/ Jeff Miller at NNDB]</ref> from the [[University of Florida]] in 1984.<ref>[http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4152&SessionId=51 Jeff Miller's Florida House of Representatives Profile]</ref> He was a real estate broker and a deputy sheriff before taking public office.<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Bio.Home Jeff Miller's Profile]</ref> Miller lives in [[Chumuckla]], Florida, which is located about 20 miles northeast of [[Pensacola]].

==Political Career==
===Florida House of Representatives===
Mr. Miller was a member of the [[Florida House of Representatives]] from 1998 to 2001.<ref>[http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4152&SessionId=51 Jeff Miller's Florida House of Representatives Profile]</ref> During his three years there, he was a member of the committes on [http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/committeesdetail.aspx?CommitteeId=1919&SessionId=51 Utilities & Telecommunications], [http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/committeesdetail.aspx?CommitteeId=2004&SessionId=51 Congressional Redistricting], [http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/committeesdetail.aspx?CommitteeId=1915&SessionId=51 Council for Ready Infrastructure], and [http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/committeesdetail.aspx?CommitteeId=2001&SessionId=51 Rules, Ethics & Elections].

===United States House of Representatives===
Mr. Miller entered the House in a special election to replace [[Joe Scarborough]] in 2001.

He has served on the following committees:
*107th Congress<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Bio.Home Jeff Miller's Profile]</ref>
** [[United States House Committee on Armed Services|House Armed Services Committee]]
*** [[United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Total Force|Subcommittee on Total Force]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20021214215835/armedservices.house.gov/about/subcommittees.html House Armed Services Subcomittee membership list, 107th Congress]</ref>
*** [[United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Research and Development|Subcommittee on Military Research and Development]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20021214215835/armedservices.house.gov/about/subcommittees.html Armed Services Committee Website, 107th Congress]</ref>
** [[United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Committee on Veterans’ Affairs]]
*108th Congress<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Legislation.Committees Jeff Miller's Committee Membership]</ref>
** [[United States House Committee on Armed Services|House Armed Services Committee]]
*** [[United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness|Subcommittee on Readiness]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040603230108/armedservices.house.gov/about/subcommittees.html House Armed Services Subcomittee membership list, 108th Congress]</ref>
*** [[United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities|Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities]]<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040603230108/armedservices.house.gov/about/subcommittees.html House Armed Services Subcomittee membership list, 108th Congress]</ref>
** [[United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Committee on Veterans’ Affairs]]
*109th Congress<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Legislation.Committees Jeff Miller's Committee Membership]</ref>
** [[United States House Committee on Armed Services|House Armed Services Committee]]
*** [[United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness|Subcommittee on Readiness]]<ref>[http://armedservices.house.gov/about/subcommittees.html House Armed Services Subcomittee membership list]</ref>
*** [[United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities|Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities]]<ref>[http://armedservices.house.gov/about/subcommittees.html House Armed Services Subcomittee membership list]</ref>
*** [[United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Projection Forces|Subcommittee on Projection Forces]]<ref>[http://armedservices.house.gov/about/subcommittees.html House Armed Services Subcomittee membership list]</ref>
** [[United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs|Committee on Veterans’ Affairs]]
** United States Select Bipartisan Committee on Hurricane Katrina Preparation/Response Investigation]]<ref>[http://www.vote-smart.org/committee.php?comm_id=73 Vote Smart info on Hurricane Katrina Preparation/Response Investigation Committee]</ref>

==Issues==
Jeff Miller typically votes with the Republican bloc. Here are specific issues:

===Security===
*Anti-Dubai Port Deal<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Articles.Detail&Editorial_id=50 Jeff Miller on Dubai Port Deal]</ref>
*Pro-defense spending<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=3 Jeff Miller on Defense]</ref>
*Pro-increased veterans' benefits<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=7 Jeff Miller on Veterans' Benefits]</ref>
*Pro-Iraq occupation

===Economics===
*Pro-making President Bush's tax cuts permanent<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=5 Jeff Miller on Taxes]</ref>
*Pro-Social Security reform/privitization<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=16 Jeff Miller on Social Security]</ref>
*Pro-media diversification<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=28 Jeff Miller on Telecommunications] states that he supported [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h108-2052 H.R. 2052: Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act]</ref>
*Anti-"A la carte" cable television<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=28 Jeff Miller on Telecommunications]</ref>
*Anti-farm subsidies-- Voted against the farm bill <ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=19 Jeff Miller on Agriculture]</ref>
*Pro-free trade<ref>Voted Aye on DR-CAFTA: [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-3045 H.R. 3045: Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act]</ref>

===Science & Education===
*Pro-education vouchers<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=8 Jeff Miller on Education]</ref>
*Anti-stem cell research<ref>Voted Nay on [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-810 H.R. 810: Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005]</ref>

===Energy & the Environment===
*Pro-business / anti-consumer
*Anti-Technology and Manufacturing<ref>Voted Nay on [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-250 H.R. 250: Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2005]</ref>
*Pro-drilling in Alaska's [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]]<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=4 Jeff Miller on the Environment]</ref>
*Anti-offshore drilling in [[Gulf of Mexico]]<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=15 Jeff Miller on Offshore Drilling]</ref>

===Foreign Policy===
*Anti-United Nations<ref>[http://www.gulf1.com/elected/miller/0222a.htm Jeff Miller on the United Nations]</ref>

===Social Policy===
*Pro-life<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=11 Jeff Miller on Abortion]</ref>
*Anti-church and state separation<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=13 Jeff Miller on the Judiciary]</ref>
*Pro-Immigration reform (i.e., reducing illegal immigration)<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=18 Jeff Miller on Immigration]</ref>
*Pro-NRA / Anti-gun control<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=29 Jeff Miller on 2nd Amendment Rights]</ref>

===Politics & Law===
*Anti-house ethics rules<ref>[http://www.dccc.org/houseofscandal/members/JeffMillerFL-1.html Just how tangled up in the GOP Culture of Corruption is Jeff Miller?]</ref>
*Anti-lobbying reform<ref>Voted Nay on [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hr109-648 H. Res. 648: To eliminate floor privileges and access to Member exercise facilities for registered lobbyists...]</ref>
*Pro-cutting congressmembers' pay<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=137 Jeff Miller on Government Reform]</ref>
*Pro-medical malpractice reform<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.Detail&Issue_id=9 Jeff Miller on Healthcare]</ref>

==Family==
Mr. Miller is married to the former [[Vicki Griswold]], and has two sons (Scott and Clint)<ref>[http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4152&SessionId=51 Jeff Miller's Florida House of Representatives Profile]</ref> and two grandchildren.<ref>[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Bio.Home Jeff Miller's Profile]</ref>


==External links==
*[http://jeffmiller.house.gov/ Official Website], via house.gov
*[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400279 GovTrack.org's Summary of Jeff Miller]
**[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votingrecord.xpd?people=400279 Voting Record]
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/FL/Jeff_Miller.htm Jeff Miller on the Issues]
*[http://www.opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=FL&Year=2006 2006 Election Information]
*[http://www.vis.org/candlist/Candidates.aspx?pid=87 2006 Florida CD 1 Candidate List from VIS]
*[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m001144/ Voting record maintained by the Washington Post]

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{{succession box
| title=[[Florida House of Representatives|Florida Representative, 1st District]]
| before=[[Jerrold Burroughs]]
| after=[[Greg Evers]]
| years=1998 - 2001}}
{{Incumbent succession box
| title=[[United States House of Representatives, Florida District 1|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 1st District]]
| before=[[Joe Scarborough]]
| start=2001}}
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