Jack Kemp

Jack Kemp made his name winning AFL Championships with the Buffalo Bills, but his greatest victories came on behalf of the American people.  During his nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kemp fought for and achieved significant tax cuts with the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, helping President Reagan bring much-needed tax relief to millions of Americans. Throughout the 1980s, Kemp was one of the most influential voices in Congress on economics and trade, as well as one of the most powerful intellectual forces in the Republican Party.

Kemp also served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George H.W. Bush, and was the Republican Party’s Vice Presidential nominee in 1996. As both a public figure and a private citizen, he spent his life championing the cause of economic freedom. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in reforming the American tax code in the last three decades of the 20^th century, and remains an iconic figure within the Republican Party and the conservative movement.

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