Tom Marino

Early life and education

Marino was born and raised in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school, Marino went to work in the factories of central Pennsylvania. At age 30, Marino enrolled in the former Williamsport Area Community College (now Pennsylvania College of Technology). Marino would then transfer to Lycoming College, where he graduated magna cum laude, before completing his law degree at Dickinson School of Law.

Law career

After beginning his legal career in private practice, Marino served as a Lycoming County District Attorney from 1992 to 2002. In 2002, Marino was appointed the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania by President George W. Bush. During his tenure as U.S. Attorney, Marino led the prosecution of executives of Rite Aid for criminal fraud. The company's former president pleaded guilty to conspiring to inflate income by $1.6 billion and conspiring to obstruct justice.

In 2007, Marino resigned from his role as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Anonymous sources claimed that Marino resigned his position while under review by the Department of Justice. In 2007, the new U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Peter Smith, confirmed that neither Marino, nor his office, were ever under review or investigation.

District

Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district, located in central and northeastern Pennsylvania, includes Bradford County, Juniata County, Lycoming County, Mifflin County, Pike County, Snyder County, Sullivan County, Susquehanna County, Union County, Wayne County, and portions of Perry County, Tioga County, Lackawanna County, Monroe County, and Northumberland County.

Elections

In 2010, Marino decided to challenge incumbent Democratic U.S. Congressman Chris Carney of Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. He won the three-candidate Republican primary with 41% of the vote, defeating Dave Madeira (31%) and Snyder County Commissioner Malcolm Derk (28%). On November 2, 2010, Marino defeated Carney 55-45%.

In 2012, Marino won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Philip Scollo 66%–34%.

In 2014, Marino faced off against Independent Nick Troiano and Democrat Scott Brion. Marino garnered 62% of the vote with Troiano received 13% and Brion received 25%.

Tenure

Marino ranked third among Pennsylvania's congressional delegation in Americans for Prosperity's 2012 scorecard (70%) and fifth in the Club for Growth's 2012 scorecard (63%).

Marino is the co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth and co-chair of the Cystic Fibrosis Caucus.

Marino supports the death penalty. He believes that the mentally ill and criminals should not be able to obtain guns.

In July 2013, Marino voted against Justin Amash's amendment #413 to H.R. 2397 "To end authority for the blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act and bar the NSA and other agencies from using Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect records, including telephone call records, that pertain to persons who are not subject to an investigation under Section 215."

Legislation

In 2011, Marino became a co-sponsor of Bill H.R.3261, also known as the Stop Online Piracy Act.

In July 2012, Marino introduced a bill called the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2012 to help fund local and state governments at about $800 million per year to sustain various law enforcement activities such as prosecution, prevention, education, training, and corrections.

Marino introduced H.J.Res. 40 on March 26, 2015. This bill proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to require that each law enacted by Congress be limited to only one subject and that the subject be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title of the law.

Marino introduced the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013. After multiple committee considerations, the bill was in part added as an amendment in the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (FARRM Act), which was signed into law by President Obama in February 2014.

Marino introduced the Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2013. Marino introduced this same bill in the 114th Congress. The bill aims to expedite the review process required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for construction projects that are partly or fully financed with federal funds or require permits or approvals from federal regulatory agencies.

In 2014, Marino, alongside Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn, sponsored the "Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act," which amended the Controlled Substances Act to increase the burden of proof enforcers need to show against drug distributors. McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health spent $13 million lobbying in support of the bill. When Joseph Rannazzisi, the chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Office of Diversion Control, strongly criticized the bill, Marino and Blackburn demanded that the drug diversion enforcer be investigated by the United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General. Following an investigaton, Rannazzisi was fired in August 2015. Marino's bill was signed into law by President Barack Obama in April 2016.

Committees

Personal life

Marino resides outside Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Edie, and his two children.