PAT DANNER CONGRESSWOMAN 
MISSOURI, 6TH DISTRICT

Representative Pat Danner (Democrat) was elected to represent the
Sixth Congressional District of Missouri on November 3, 1992. She
is the only woman in the Missouri Congressional delegation.

In her first term in the U. S. House of Representatives,
Congresswoman Danner has chosen to serve on the Committee on Public
Works, and Transportation. Her subcommittee assignments on Public
Works and Transportation are Surface Transportation, Aviation and
Economic Development. In addition, she is a member of the Small
Business Committee, serving on the Subcommittee of Rural
Enterprises, Exports and the Environment.

Danner's first governmental experience was as District Assistant to
the late Congressman Jerry Litton. While on Litton's staff, she was
responsible for the operation of the Kansas City office, as well as
the successful program "Dialogue with Litton".

During the Carter Administration, Pat Danner received a
Presidential appointment to a sub-cabinet position. She is the
first and only woman ever to serve as Chairman of a Regional
Commission.

In 1982 Danner was elected to the Missouri State Senate
representing the 12th District. She served in that capacity for 10
years until elected to the U. S. House of Representatives . As a
State Senator she served as Chairman of the Senate Transportation
Committee, and as Vice-Chairman of the Education Committee. In
addition, she served on the Aging, Mental Health & Elderly Affairs
Committee, Insurance Committee, Legislative Research Committee,
Gubernatorial Appointments, and the Missouri Scholars Academy
Advisory Committee.

As a member of the Missouri State Senate, Danner sponsored many key
pieces of legislation which have, and will continue to greatly
benefit the people of Missouri.

During the 1992 Missouri legislative session Danner successfully
sponsored Senate Concurrent Resolutions 14 & 16 which made Missouri
the 36th state in the nation to ratify the 203-year old Madison
Amendment to the United States Constitution. Danner introduced this
legislation in light of the U. S. Congress' self serving pay
raises. The amendment is simple and precise -- "Article the second.
... No law, varying the compensation for the services of the
Senator and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election
of Representatives shall have intervened. "

During that same session, Senator Danner became aware of the need
for revisions in Missouri's probation and parole statutes as well
as the need to establish statutory provisions for victim's rights
during probation and parole hearings. She successfully sponsored
legislation which codified Missouri's method for determining
minimum parole eligibility. The act also allowed for provisions for
crime victims when parole hearings are conducted.

In 1991, Danner received the Charles Dick Medal of Merit from the
United States National Guard Association for her commitment and
support of the National Guard. She sponsored legislation which gave
military personnel special consideration under state regulations
when called to active military duty under the "Soldiers and Sailors
Administrative Relief Act". Senator Danner then expanded the
legislation from its initial use in Operation Desert Storm to
include all future activation of the state militia.

After a 1988 visit to the Northwest Missouri Vo-Tech School in
Maryville, Danner proposed enhancing federally funded vocational-
technical programs by providing tuition waivers for displaced
homemakers, in order to allow those persons "re-entering" the
workforce an increased opportunity to better their job skills
through continuing education programs.

Danner successfully sponsored and passed legislation which
increased the maximum benefits Senior Citizens could receive under
the state's "Circuit Breaker Program" which provides a tax credit
to those eligible. In 1986 Danner further worked to change the
maximum income levels for eligibility. These combined changes have
assured that more Senior Citizens on fixed incomes would not be
denied their homes and their independence by the effects of
statewide reassessment.

To meet the needs of Missouri's changing families which now depend
on the incomes of both parents, or are single-parent families,
Danner introduced legislation which created Missouri's "Extended
Day Child Care Act". Through a matching-funds grant program,
students were allowed the opportunity to stay at school in a
supervised learning environment until the parents' workday is
complete. In addition, the enactment of this legislation qualified
Missouri for additional federal funding for the advancement of
these programs across the nation.

Danner sponsored and passed drought relief legislation which set
aside $6 million annually for funding assistance to communities
œaced with emergency water-shortages. The bill was instrumental in
providing immediate relief assistance to those drought stricken
communities in Northwest Missouri.

She worked actively during her tenure in the Missouri Gene:cal
Assembly for increased benefits for the state's sheltered workshops
and the "special needs" individuals they are dedicated to serving.
The legislation introduced by Danner not only established a gift
shop in the State Capitol Building that would be managed and
operated by the handicapped but also provided that fifty percent of
the merchandise sold would be products of Missouri's sheltered work
shops.

Congresswoman Danner attended Bevier High School in Macon County,
Missouri. She graduated with honors from Northeast Missouri State
University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.

Pat Danner has four children -- Stephen, Stephanie, Shane and
Shavonne. She is married to C. Markt Meyer, a retired airline
captain for Trans World Airlines.