Michael Oxley

Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, Michael Oxley has always been one to pose important questions and doggedly pursue the answers. On January 3, 2007, he completed a 34-year career in public life, including 25 years of distinguished service in the U.S. Congress. In 1972 he was elected to the Ohio General Assembly. He represented the 82nd District until July 1981, when he served in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Part of the Reagan Revolution. Oxley cast his first vote for President Reagan's tax cuts and enthusiastically supported the program to renew the American economy and to restore American influence abroad. He backed efforts to curb excessive government spending, to lower taxes, and to reduce regulatory overkill that had contributed to the sluggish economy.

At Baker Hostetler, a firm representing many of the top companies in America, Oxley is part of the Government Policy Group, representing corporate clients seeking to resolve or avert problems related to federal and state policy through legislative or administrative solutions. In addition to his position with Baker Hostetler, Mr. Oxley also serves as Vice Chairman of NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

In 1995 Oxley was named chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, which oversees capital markets. In this role, he successfully pressed for stock prices to be quoted in dollars and cents, leaving the fraction system behind and saving investors billions of dollars.

A Man of Action. As the vice chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Oxley was the father of the spectrum auction, which boosted business activity in the personal communication industry and raised $14.5 billion for the U.S. Treasury.

In January of 2001, Oxley was chosen by the House leadership to chair the new Financial Services Committee. Among the panel's many legislative achievements under Oxley's chairmanship are the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to respond to the era of corporate corruption, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act to resolve the post-9/11 insurance crisis, the anti-money laundering provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act to help track terrorist financing, and the FACT Act that brought consumers the free annual credit report.

Michael Oxley speaks about the core beliefs and policy goals he shares with his constituents: economic prosperity, family values, lean government, low taxes, free trade, energetic competition, and a strong defense and intelligence capability.