Former U.S. Representative

Ronnie ShowsNo longer serving

District MS‑4 Party Democratic In office 1999–2003

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

366

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

2,018

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

Biography

A Representative from Mississippi. Born in Moselle, Jones County, Miss. , January 26, 1947. Graduated from Moselle High School, Moselle, Miss. , 1965. B. S. , University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 1971. Farmer. Teacher. Elected circuit clerk, Jefferson Davis County, Miss. , 1976. Member of the Mississippi state senate, 1980-1988. Elected as Mississippi state Southern District Highway Commissioner, 1988-1998. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2003). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002. Is a resident of Bassfield, Miss.

Focus

Drawn from the 26 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 26.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 333	agree to senate amendment with an amendment	Aye	Nov 15, 2002
HR 4628	On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Nov 15, 2002
HR 5708	On Passage	Aye	Nov 14, 2002
HR 5708	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Aye	Nov 14, 2002
HRES 609	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Aye	Nov 14, 2002
HRES 609	On Ordering the Previous Question	Nay	Nov 14, 2002
HRES 606	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Nov 14, 2002
HR 5710	On Passage	Yea	Nov 13, 2002

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 4898	To amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to address the needs of low-income households in States with high needs for cooling assistance, by adjusting a hold harmless provision.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.	Oct 10, 2002
HR 5541	Rejecting Social Security Privatization Act of 2002	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Oct 2, 2002
HRES 557	Expressing support for United States forestry, lumber, wood, paper, and allied product industries and encouraging protection of these industries against the unfair trade practices of the People's Republic of China.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Sep 25, 2002
HR 5178	Fair Treatment of Compensation in Bankruptcy Act of 2002	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.	Aug 20, 2002
HJRES 93	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	Jul 18, 2002
HR 4897	To amend of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 to repeal the authority of the President to commence a 2005 round for the selection of military installations for closure or realignment under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.	Executive Comment Requested from DOD.	Jul 16, 2002
HCONRES 434	Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the economic collapse of WorldCom Inc.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.	Jul 5, 2002
HCONRES 400	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the unfair Russian Federation ban on the importation of United States poultry.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	May 8, 2002

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HR 4646	Steel Industry Legacy Relief Act of 2002	Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.	Oct 28, 2002
HR 5334	Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2002	Received in the Senate.	Oct 16, 2002
HR 4843	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.	Oct 16, 2002
HR 2799	Medicare Pharmacist Services Coverage Act of 2001	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Oct 16, 2002
HR 5643	To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.	Oct 15, 2002
HR 3545	Medicare Rural Ambulance Service Improvement Act of 2001	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.	Oct 10, 2002
HR 5252	Social Security Preservation Act of 2002	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	Oct 8, 2002
HR 1307	To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance.	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.	Oct 8, 2002

Sections of the Congressional Record in which this member spoke or entered a written statement, as the Government Publishing Office tags them; floor business such as amendment texts is left out. Each links to the official Record.

Date	Record section	Where
Oct 10, 2002	Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4546, Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003	House floor
Oct 7, 2002	Reaffirming Reference to One Nation Under God in Pledge of Allegiance	House floor
Oct 4, 2002	Honoring Jim Whittington, Msgt USAF, Retired	Written statement
Sep 18, 2002	Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act	House floor
Jul 25, 2002	Conference Report on H.R. 3763, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	House floor
Jul 24, 2002	Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002	House floor
Jul 22, 2002	Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Honoring World War II Veterans Who Fought in Battle of the Bulge	House floor
Jul 22, 2002	Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act	House floor

Committees

Current committees first, each with its role and years, and the subcommittees held now beneath it. Full history opens every role with its date and official record, and earlier subcommittee seats.

Earlier committees

Agriculture CommitteeMember2001–2003

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Agriculture Committee	Member	Mar 14, 2001 to Jan 3, 2003	H.Res. 88 · End of the 107th Congress
General Farm Commodities and Risk Management	Member	Listed Sep 2001 to Sep 2001	Congressional Directory, Oct 2002
Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry	Member	Listed Sep 2001 to Sep 2001	Congressional Directory, Oct 2002

Financial Services CommitteeMember2001–2003

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Financial Services Committee	Member	Feb 8, 2001 to Jan 3, 2003	H.Res. 33 · End of the 107th Congress
Oversight and Investigations	Member	Listed Nov 2001 to Oct 2002	Hearing, Nov 2001
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit	Member	Listed Mar 2001 to Sep 2002	Hearing, Mar 2001
Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises	Member	Listed Mar 2001 to Jul 2002	Hearing, Mar 2001
Oversight and Investigations	Member	Listed Mar 2001 to Sep 2001	Hearing, Mar 2001

Veterans' Affairs CommitteeMember2001–2003

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Veterans' Affairs Committee	Member	Jan 31, 2001 to Jan 3, 2003	H.Res. 25 · End of the 107th Congress
Health	Member	Listed Sep 2001 to Sep 2001	Congressional Directory, Oct 2002

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.