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Alexander Cornell du Houx (born March 6, 1983) is an American politician from Maine and officer in the U.S. Navy. He Joined the U.S. Marines out of high school and was deployed to Iraq. He was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2008 and 2012, worked for the Truman National Security Project on energy security, received a direct commission in the Navy reserves and deployed to the Middle East. ==State legislature== Cornell du Houx was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2008, representing District 66, Brunswick for two terms.〔() 〕 He served on the Veterans’ and Legal Affairs Committee and the Energy, Technology and Utilities Committees. He was chair of the Veterans Caucus and served on the task force to combat veteran’s homelessness. Cornell du Houx served as vice-chair of the National Conference of State Legislatures' Agriculture and Energy Committee and served on NCSL’s Criminal Justice Committee.〔() 〕 He helped found and lead the Coalition of Legislators for Energy Action Now.〔()〕 He is also a member of the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators and vice-chair of the DNC’s Veteran and Military Families Council.〔()〕 According to Maine.gov,〔() 〕 Cornell du Houx sponsored or co-sponsored 155〔() 〕 bills, rules, memorials, sentiments or resolutions during the 124th Legislature and 136〔 during the 125th Legislature. This includes seven bills enacted into law〔 sponsored (as compared with bills co-sponsored, rules, memorials, sentiments or resolutions) by Rep. Cornell du Houx in 2008-2010 (124th) and seven bills sponsored and enacted in 2011/2012 (125th).〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】format=PDF )〕 Successful legislation co-sponsored by Cornell du Houx includes 98 bills in 2008-2010.〔〔 In 2012, Cornell du Houx chose not to run for re-election, as he was called to active duty with the U.S. Navy. At the same time he was involved in a public "falling out" with fellow representative Erin Herbig, after their engagement was called off. Cornell du Houx’s time in the Legislature was chronicled in the book ''On Point: Voices and Values of the Young Elected Officials'' by Jeff Thigpen, with a forward written by Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell.〔()〕 His political and military service was also featured in the ''Military Times.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander Cornell du Houx」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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