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James Baird

Congressman Jim Baird is a lifelong resident of West Central Indiana. He proudly represents Indiana’s 4th Congressional District, which includes 16 counties, and serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Before being elected to Congress, he served eight years as a State Representative in the Indiana General Assembly. During this time, he was a member of the Ways and Means Committee and played an integral role in balancing Indiana’s budget. He is a strong believer in fiscal responsibility and applied the idea of living within our means, helping to keep Indiana a place where Hoosiers can thrive and businesses can grow. He also served on the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, the Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation, the Environmental Affairs Committee, the Statutory Committee on Ethics, the Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee, where he provided assistance and insight, and authored legislation relating to these areas.

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Veterans History

The United States Congress created the Veterans History Project (VHP) in 2000 as part of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress (LOC). VHP’s purpose is to collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts of America’s wartime veterans so future generations may hear directly from them and better understand their selfless service.

My office is helping to facilitate sending veterans' stories to the LOC and will be conducting oral interviews. If you are a veteran and would like to share your oral history, or you live in the 4th Congressional District and would like to help our office interview veterans and collect their stories, please contact Diane Hubbard at diane.hubbard@mail.house.gov or call the Danville District Office at 317-563-5567 for more information.

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COVID-19

This past year, of course, has been consumed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic fallout it brought. Congress acted swiftly with three critical pieces of legislation that I was happy to support; providing much-needed resources to frontline workers, American families and small businesses. While this early action was instrumental in lessening the impact to the economy, House leadership’s unfortunate unwillingness to negotiate additional stimulus in good faith has slowed economic recovery. Despite these stalled negotiations, I have continued to fight for targeted relief for the families and industries that need it most. Where legislative action has failed, I’ve worked to encourage administrative action, such as keeping meat packing facilities in our district open and President Trump’s executive order to provide additional unemployment insurance benefits to those laid off in response to the pandemic. As we move into a new Congress, I remain committed to pursuing targeted stimulus that will help our economy continue to rebound.