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Van Taylor
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Former Member, Committee of the Whole Senate, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Committee on Homeland Security, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Education Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Education & Labor Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Intergovernmental Relations Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Nominations Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Transportation Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Committee of the Whole Senate, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Education Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Health and Human Services Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Intergovernmental Relations Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Natural Resources & Economic Development Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Nominations Committee, Texas State Senate
Former Member, Transportation Committee, Texas State Senate
Member, Committee on Financial Services
Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance
Assistant Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy
— Awards:
Favorite Book:
Charlie Wilson's War, The Reckoning, Means of Ascent, The 100, Master of the Senate, Fields of Fire, The Reckoning, (I Read It Twice)
Favorite Movie:
Red Dawn, Platoon, Gladiator
Favorite Musician:
They Rock, Rock music, Twice, Heavy Metal Motley Crue, Poison, Country music, Metallica
Favorite TV Shows:
Desperate Housewives, Official Law & Order Page
Favorite Type of Music:
They Rock, Rock music, Twice, Heavy Metal Motley Crue, Poison, Country music, Metallica
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Hunting, fishing, reading, sports, outdoor activites, family time, and yes politics
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position
Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- Unknown Position
Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position
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?
- Yes
3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position
2. 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 the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- No
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
Latest Action: House - 06/13/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Tracker:Latest Action: Senate - 06/13/2019 Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 05/23/2019 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Tracker:Type: resolution Chamber: upper
Type: bill Chamber: upper
Type: concurrent resolution Chamber: lower
