Vaneta Becker (October 9, 1949) is an American politician who serves as a

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Senator in the

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representing Senate District 50, which contains portions of Vanderburgh and

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in the southern part of the state. She sits on the Health and Provider Services Committee and chairs its Public Health Subcommittee having moved on from the Chairmanship of the Provider Services Subcommittee. She is the

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of the

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on Commerce, Public Policy and Interstate Cooperation. Becker graduated from North High School in Evansville and received her Bachelor of Science degree at the

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. She has been a real estate broker in Southwestern Indiana since 1975. Her husband, Andy Guarino, was a principal with Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation. He retired in 2013. Becker was first elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1981 and served until 2005. She replaced

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who was elevated to the

. She sits on numerous Interim Study Committees: the Evansville State Hospital Advisory Committee, Indiana Commission on Excellence in Health Care, Health and Child Care Issues Evaluation Committee, Health Finance Commission, Indiana Commission for Women, and the Prescription Drug Advisory Committee. When Server was named to the

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administration, Becker was elected by a party caucus to replace him.

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replaced her in the House. When not in Indianapolis directly serving in the

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, Senator Becker sits on the Board of Directors for the ARK Crisis Prevention Nursery and is involved with the Leadership Evansville Alumni. She is a Co-Chair on the Advisory Board of the Office of Women's Health through the Indiana State Department of Health. Vaneta is also a member of the American Heart Association and the

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Proposed national anthem legislation

In December 2011, Becker made headlines when she proposed legislation that set standards for the performance of the

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, including a fine of $25 to be levied against any individual that makes deliberate changes to the song.

References

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