| Lisa McClain | |
| Office: | Secretary of the House Republican Conference |
| Leader: | Kevin McCarthy Mike Johnson |
| Term Start: | January 3, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Richard Hudson |
| Office1: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan |
| Term Start1: | January 3, 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Paul Mitchell |
| Birth Name: | Lisa Carmella Iovannisci |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Stockbridge, Michigan, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Michael McClain |
| Children: | 4 |
| Education: | Lansing Community College Northwood University (BBA) |
| Signature: | 2021 McClain Signature.svg |
Lisa Carmella McClain (Iovannisci; born April 7, 1966)[1] [2] is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2021, representing the state's 9th congressional district since 2023.[3] A member of the Republican Party, McClain serves in congressional leadership as Secretary of the House Republican Conference.
McClain was born and raised in Stockbridge, Michigan.[4] She graduated from Stockbridge Junior / Senior High School in 1984. She attended Lansing Community College and earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from Northwood University.
McClain worked at American Express for 11 years, and from 1998 to 2019, served the Hantz Group.[5] [6]
After incumbent Congressman Paul Mitchell opted to retire from the United States House of Representatives, McClain announced her candidacy for .[7] [8] [9] She defeated state Representative Shane Hernandez in the August 4 Republican primary[10] and Democratic nominee Kimberly Bizon in the November 3 general election.[11] President Donald Trump endorsed McClain.
On February 7, former President Donald Trump once again endorsed Lisa McClain in the 2022 midterm elections.[12] McClain won election to the state's redrawn 10th Congressional District, defeating all other candidates with 63.9% of the vote. Democrat Brian Jaye finished second with 33.2% of the vote.[3]
On December 7, 2023, Representative McClain sponsored a resolution to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) for pulling a fire alarm in the house on September 30 of that same year. She stated he "knowingly pulled a fire alarm to cause chaos and stop the House from doing business"[13]
McClain, along with all other Senate and House Republicans, voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.[18] In 2022, McClain voted against the Inflation Reduction Act.[19] McClain joined the majority of the House in voting to pass the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 to suspend the debt ceiling.
In 2022, McClain voted against the Respect for Marriage Act codifying Loving v. Virginia and Obergefell v. Hodges, recognizing marriages across state lines regardless of "sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals."[20]
Alongside Representative Elissa Slotkin and Representative John Moolenaar, McClain introduced the Patient Advocate Tracker Act to broaden access to information technology pertinent to patient advocacy in the Veterans Health Administration.[21] President Biden signed the bill into law on September 16, 2022.[22]
In August 2021, McClain sponsored a bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to 13 service members who were killed by a suicide bomber during the evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at the Hamid Karzai International Airport during the withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2020–2021).[23] President Biden signed the bill into law on December 16, 2021.[24]
In June 2022, McClain joined the majority of House Republicans in voting against the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
On January 6, 2021, McClain voted against accepting Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.
At a 2022 Trump rally, McClain falsely claimed that Trump had "caught Osama bin Laden."[25] [26] [27]
McClain and her husband, Michael, have four children and live in Romeo, an outer northern suburb of Detroit.[28] [5] She has raised over $1 million for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.[29] She is a Roman Catholic.[30]
|-|-|-