Lisa McClain

Lisa Carmella McClain ( Iovannisci; born April 7, 1966) is an American politician who has served as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2021. She represented Michigan's 10th congressional district from 2021 to 2023 and has represented Michigan's 9th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, McClain serves in congressional leadership as chair of the House Republican Conference.

Early life and career McClain was born and raised in Stockbridge, Michigan. She graduated from Stockbridge Junior / Senior High School in 1984. She attended Lansing Community College and earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from Northwood University.

U.S. House of Representatives Elections 2020

After incumbent congressman Paul Mitchell opted to retire from the United States House of Representatives, McClain announced her candidacy for . She defeated state Representative Shane Hernandez in the August 4 Republican primary and Democratic nominee Kimberly Bizon in the November 3 general election. President Donald Trump endorsed McClain.

2022

On February 7, former president Donald Trump endorsed Lisa McClain in the 2022 midterm elections. McClain won election to the state's redrawn 9th congressional district, defeating all other candidates with 63.9% of the vote. Democrat Brian Jaye finished second with 33.2% of the vote. She won the general election against Clinton St. Mosley and two third-party candidates with 66.8% of the vote.

Tenure On December 7, 2023, Representative McClain sponsored a resolution to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) for pulling a fire alarm in the house on September 30 of that same year. McClain stated that Bowman "knowingly pulled a fire alarm to cause chaos and stop the House from doing business". The resolution passed by a 214–191 vote.

Committee assignments

Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Committee on the Budget Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services (chair)

Caucus memberships

Republican Main Street Partnership Republican Study Committee House Republican Conference Congressional Taiwan Caucus

Political positions

Budget and spending McClain, along with all other Senate and House Republicans, voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. In 2022, McClain voted against the Inflation Reduction Act. McClain joined the majority of the House in voting to pass the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling.

In a 2025 interview with Politico, McClain amplified a rumor that Social Security payments were going out to people born 150 years ago. The source of this rumor was a coding-system quirk: The Social Security Administration uses a system written with the coding language COBOL. In some instances when a person's birthdate is not known, the program uses the default date May 20th, 1875, which is the date of the "Convention du Mètre” in Paris, when weights and measures were standardized.

Marriage In 2022, McClain was one of the 157 members of Congress who voted against the Respect for Marriage Act.

Healthcare Alongside representatives Elissa Slotkin and John Moolenaar, McClain introduced the Patient Advocate Tracker Act to broaden access to information technology pertinent to patient advocacy in the Veterans Health Administration. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law on September 16, 2022.

Veterans In August 2021, McClain sponsored a bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to 13 service members who were killed by a suicide bomber during the evacuation of citizens of the United States and Afghan allies at the Hamid Karzai International Airport during the withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan. President Biden signed the bill into law on December 16, 2021.

Support for Donald Trump

At a 2022 Trump rally, McClain falsely claimed that Trump had "caught Osama bin Laden".

In 2025, McClain was critical of a sermon delivered by Episcopal bishop Mariann Budde during which Budde, speaking to an audience that included Donald Trump, said "In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now." McClain called the sermon "extremely out of line".

Immigration After U.S. citizen and Minneapolis resident Renée Good was killed by ICE, McClain blamed Democrats for the killing, offering prayers in support of the ICE agents.

Reaction to Canadian Wildfires In July 2026, Lisa McClain jointly penned a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney demanding immediate action from the Canadian government regarding wildfire smoke originating from wildfires burning nearby in Canada. This letter included the passage "Sovereignty comes with responsibility, and the responsibility to prevent a foreseeable disaster from crossing into another country's airspace has not been met". This has been perceived as mimicking threats made by U.S. President Donald Trump to make Canada the "51st state".

Personal life McClain and her husband, Michael, have four children and live in Romeo, an outer northern suburb of Detroit.