Member, Hellenic Caucus, present
Member, Human Rights Caucus, present
Member, Immigration Reform Caucus, present
Member, India Caucus, present
Member, Korean Caucus, present
Member, Republican Study Committee, present
Member, Tea Party Caucus, present
Member, Victim's Rights Caucus, present
Founder, Congressional Anti-Terror Finance Task Force
Former Chair, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Co-Founder, Congressional International Conservation Caucus
Former Member, Financial Services, United States House of Representatives
Former Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Executive Committee Chair, National Republican Congressional Committee
Co-Chair, Porkbusters Coalition
Former Member, Stop Corporate Welfare Coalition
Former Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, United States House of Representatives
Astrological Sign:
Libra
— Awards:
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- Yes
2. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No
Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
Do you support same-sex marriage?
- No
Do you support increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support?
- Yes
Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- Unknown Position
1. Reducing the capital gains tax rate on profits from the sale of stocks, bonds and real estate.
- X
2. Permitting tax-free withdrawals from IRAs in limited circumstances.
- X
3. Providing some kind of middle-class tax break.
- X
4. Increasing the income taxes of those with incomes over $100,000.
- No Answer
5. Providing a tax credit for first-time home buyers.
- X
6. Repealing luxury taxes on limited items.
- X
7. Providing a temporary investment tax credit.
- X
8. Other
- No Answer
1. Health Care
- Keep Spending The Same
2. Unemployment
- Keep Spending The Same
3. AIDS Research
- Decrease Spending
4. Environment
- Decrease Spending
5. Defense
- Decrease Spending
6. Education
- Decrease Spending
7. National Debt Payments
- Increase Spending
8. Drugs
- Keep Spending The Same
1. Reduce governmental defense spending.
- X
2. Reduce governmental domestic spending.
- X
3. Raise personal income taxes for all citizens.
- No Answer
4. Raise personal income taxes for citizens with incomes over $100,000.
- No Answer
5. Raise corporate taxes.
- No Answer
6. Do nothing at the present time.
- No Answer
7. Other
- No Answer
1. Extending unemployment compensation further.
- Support
2. Federal support of job retraining programs.
- Oppose
3. Federal grants to states for creating jobs in inner cities.
- Oppose
4. Mandating workfare for welfare recipients.
- Strongly Support
5. Minimizing governmental intervention and letting the market take a more natural course.
- Strongly Support
6. Federal investment in America's infrastructure.
- Support
7. Other
- No Answer
1. Restricting the overall volume of goods entering the United States from Japan.
- No Answer
2. Imposing tariffs on goods entering the United States from Japan.
- No Answer
3. Requiring Japan to eliminate its trade surplus with the United States over a period of five years.
- No Answer
4. Requiring reciprocal trade agreements between the United States and Japan based on equal dollar values.
- No Answer
5. Imposing no restrictions on trade between the United States and Japan.
- X
6. Other
- No Answer
1. Reduction of the number of American military troops.
- Support
2. Continued funding of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
- Strongly Support
1. Elimination of private insurance in favor of a program administered and paid for by the federal government and run by the states, similar to the health care system in Canada.
- No Answer
2. Offering tax incentives to all small employers in return for guaranteed health insurance coverage of all employees and their families.
- X
3. Implementation of a "play or pay" program where employers must enroll their employees and families in a basic health plan or contribute to a public fund that will provide health care for everyone without coverage.
- No Answer
4. Creation of a fund designed to provide health insurance to the unemployed and supported by additional tax levies on large employers.
- No Answer
5. A system of tax credits and vouchers to provide health insurance for the working poor and people of moderate income.
- X
6. No reform necessary at this time.
- No Answer
7. Other
- No Answer
1. Increased federal funding.
- No Answer
2. Increased state and local funding.
- No Answer
3. Improved teacher recruitment and training.
- X
4. National curricula and standards.
- No Answer
5. Smaller classes.
- X
6. Increased national testing.
- No Answer
7. A "choice" or "vouchers" program.
- X
8. No major changes are necessary at this time.
- No Answer
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide federal funds to educate people about the dangers of drugs.
- No Answer
2. Provide federal funds to help drug addicts overcome their addictions.
- No Answer
3. Work with foreign governments to stop the export of drugs to this country.
- X
4. Impose mandatory federal jail sentences for drug dealers.
- X
5. Impose mandatory federal jail sentences for drug users.
- No Answer
6. Legalize the possession and use of drugs.
- No Answer
7. Other
- No Answer
1. Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration.
- Strongly Support
2. Amending the Clean Water Act's section on wetlands to provide landowners with greater rights.
- Strongly Support
3. Reauthorization of The Endangered Species Act in its current form.
- Strongly Oppose
1. Parental or spousal notification prior to permitting an abortion.
- Strongly Support
2. Abortion should be illegal in all circumstances.
- Oppose
3. Federally funded abortions should be permitted.
- Oppose
4. Women should be able to get abortions if they want no matter what the reason.
- Strongly Oppose
5. Abortion should be legal only in limited circumstances, for example, when the life of the mother is endangered or in the case of rape or incest.
- Strongly Support
1. Expansion of the number of federal crimes punishable by death.
- Strongly Support
2. A mandatory waiting period before the purchase of a handgun.
- Strongly Oppose
3. Increased federal spending for state and local police programs.
- Support
4. A ban on the sale and possession of assault-style semiautomatic weapons.
- Oppose
5. A limitation on habeas corpus appeals for death row inmates.
- Strongly Support
6. Other
- No Answer
Increase public safety and enhance the rights of crime victims.
- 1. Revitalize the economy and create jobs thru a reduction in taxes, including the capital gains tax and a reduction in governmental regulations on business.
Latest Action: House - 12/20/2018 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 12/12/2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Tracker:Latest Action: 12/11/2018 On agreeing to the Royce (CA) amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.