Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
Puckett's - Guitar & Cadillac Hall
15 Public Square, Columbia, TN
$25 members / $30 non-members
Includes lunch
Nicole Perry
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Join us for a Legislative Lunch featuring Congressman Andy Ogles for a stimulating discussion around the current issues facing our business community and nation. This exclusive event offers the opportunity for you to engage with one of our federal representatives and gain valuable insights into current legislative matters. Click here to submit a question for consideration.
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Andy Ogles is a Middle Tennessee native with deep roots dating back to the founding of our state. After graduating from Franklin High School, he married his high school sweetheart, Monica. They currently live on a small farm south of Columbia with their three children, Adley, Drew, and Isaac.
Andy obtained his degree from MTSU. He’s had a successful career as an entrepreneur owning and operating restaurants and a real estate investment business. Feeling the call to serve his community, Andy became the COO of Abolition International, overseeing operations and investments in several countries to fight human trafficking.
In 2013, he began his time with Americans for Prosperity (AFP), where he worked on economic, tax, and healthcare policy. During this time, Congressman Ogles authored and contributed to publications regarding Obamacare and tax policies, especially the impacts on the State of Tennessee. After Americans for Prosperity, Congressman Ogles began working with at the Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics. He served as the Executive Director, overseeing the center's efforts to preserve and promote core tenets of supply-side economics by expanding the organization's exposure throughout the state. Additionally, Congressman Ogles assisted in a major project to restructure Tennessee's burdensome tax code.
Since 2018, he served as Mayor of Maury County, Tennessee, and was recognized as Tennessee’s most conservative mayor.
Andy has served the people of Tennessee for decades, fighting for limited government, lower taxes, and greater freedom. In Washington, D.C., he will work to preserve a better future for our children and the families of our community. Andy is humbled and honored to have the opportunity to faithfully represent Tennessee’s Fifth Congressional District in The United States House of Representatives.