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Lillian Salerno

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Personal Details

Education

  • BA, Latin American Studies/Spanish, University of Texas at Austin
  • JD, Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
  • Master's, Criminal Justice, University of North Texas at Denton

Professional Experience

  • BA, Latin American Studies/Spanish, University of Texas at Austin
  • JD, Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
  • Master's, Criminal Justice, University of North Texas at Denton
  • Deputy Under Secretary of Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture, 2015-2017
  • Administrator, Rural Business Cooperative Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 2012-2015
  • Advocacy Director, Transparency and Competition in Healthcare Coalition, 2009-2010
  • Employee, Office of Public Liaison, Obama-Biden Transition Team, 2008-2009
  • Executive Director/Senior Policy Advisor, Safe Healthcare International Institute, 2004-2008
  • Constituency Director, Women and Small Business, Obama for America Campaign for Change Virginia, 2008
  • Executive Director/Secretariat, International Association of Safe Injection Technologies (IASIT), 2000-2004
  • Chief Operations Officer/Principal, Retractable Technologies, Incorporated, 1994-2000
  • Attorney, Law Offices of Lillian Salerno, 1992-1995
  • Principal/Founder, Checkmate Incorporated, 1986-1992
  • Researcher, Denton County Law Enforcement Center, University of North Texas, 1987-1988
  • Associate, Technical Learning Center, 1986-1988

Political Experience

  • BA, Latin American Studies/Spanish, University of Texas at Austin
  • JD, Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
  • Master's, Criminal Justice, University of North Texas at Denton
  • Deputy Under Secretary of Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture, 2015-2017
  • Administrator, Rural Business Cooperative Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 2012-2015
  • Advocacy Director, Transparency and Competition in Healthcare Coalition, 2009-2010
  • Employee, Office of Public Liaison, Obama-Biden Transition Team, 2008-2009
  • Executive Director/Senior Policy Advisor, Safe Healthcare International Institute, 2004-2008
  • Constituency Director, Women and Small Business, Obama for America Campaign for Change Virginia, 2008
  • Executive Director/Secretariat, International Association of Safe Injection Technologies (IASIT), 2000-2004
  • Chief Operations Officer/Principal, Retractable Technologies, Incorporated, 1994-2000
  • Attorney, Law Offices of Lillian Salerno, 1992-1995
  • Principal/Founder, Checkmate Incorporated, 1986-1992
  • Researcher, Denton County Law Enforcement Center, University of North Texas, 1987-1988
  • Associate, Technical Learning Center, 1986-1988
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 32, 2018
Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

Education

Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Unknown Position

Health Care

Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position