Ralph Regula
Ralph Regula
Ralph Straus Regula 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, he was the second longest serving Republican member of the House of Representatives...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 December 1924
CountryUnited States of America
years land parks
In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.
forests ambivalent
The American public is somewhat ambivalent about what they expect out of thenational forest.
achieve build dreams fiber forest obviously rate reasonable terms wood
They obviously like to have wood fiber at a reasonable rate to build theirhomes, to achieve their dreams in terms of housing. But they also like themultiple use of the Forest Service.
center fund priorities sure
My priorities are to make sure we get the prescription drug bill, that we fund the research in NIH adequately, and that we fund the Center for Disease Control adequately.
teacher military teaching
We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching.