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Mike Bost is the Republican U.S. representative for Illinois’s 12th District and has served in the House since January 2015. The House Historian records prior service in the U.S. Marine Corps, work as a firefighter and trucking manager, local public offices, and two decades in the Illinois House of Representatives.
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Mike Bost is the Republican U.S. representative for Illinois’s 12th District and has served in the House since January 2015. The House Historian records prior service in the U.S. Marine Corps, work as a firefighter and trucking manager, local public offices, and two decades in the Illinois House of Representatives.
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Open leadership record ↓Mike Bost is the Republican U.S. representative for Illinois’s 12th District and has served in the House since January 2015. The House Historian records prior service in the U.S. Marine Corps, work as a firefighter and trucking manager, local public offices, and two decades in the Illinois House of Representatives.
Bost chairs the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs in the 119th Congress. The House Clerk also lists him on Agriculture and Transportation and Infrastructure, including subcommittees covering farm commodities, highways and transit, railroads and pipelines, and water resources.
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