Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)

Representative for Florida, Republican, FL-27

No longer holds this position as of January 3, 2019

Home town:	Miami
Born:	July 15, 1952
Born in:	Havana, Cuba
Occupation:	Teacher, Private School Administrator
Religion:	Episcopal
Marital status:	M
Spouse:	Dexter Lehtinen
Previous political experience:	FL House, 1982-86; FL Senate, 1986-89
Elected in year:	August 29, 1989
Next election in year:	2018
Family:	2 children
Education:	PhD Univ. of Miami, 2004
Ethnicity:	Hispanic

Website:	http://shalala.house.gov
Twitter Handle:	https://www.twitter.com/RosLehtinen
Facebook Address:	iroslehtinen

1320 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-0927
Phone: 202-225-3931

7700 N. Kendall Drive
Miami, FL 33156
Phone: 305-668-2285

Do Not Dismantle Military Medicine

The readiness and effectiveness of America’s armed forces demand a full complement of well-trained medical professionals. But the Defense Department’s fiscal 2020 budget would eliminate roughly 20 percent of military medical positions, along with other reorganization measures. This shortsighted “reform” effort could have drastic, even deadly, consequences—on the battlefield and throughout American health care.
Act Now to Help Veteran Caregivers

The Transparency and Effective Accountability Measures (TEAM) for Veteran Caregivers Act improves the veterans caregiver program by ensuring all caregivers are included in the veterans’ medical records, establishing a minimum standard of information in downgrade notification letters, and extending benefits for at least 90 days after a termination letter is sent for cases where a veteran is deemed “no longer clinically eligible” for the program.