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Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Aviation Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Highways and Transit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Education

  • Certified, Legislative Staff Internship Program, University of Illinois at Springfield
  • MA, Journalism, University of Illinois at Springfield, 1983-1985
  • BA, Government and Politics, University of Maryland at College Park, 1981-1983
  • Attended, Political Science, Illinois College, 1979-1981

Professional Experience

  • Certified, Legislative Staff Internship Program, University of Illinois at Springfield
  • MA, Journalism, University of Illinois at Springfield, 1983-1985
  • BA, Government and Politics, University of Maryland at College Park, 1981-1983
  • Attended, Political Science, Illinois College, 1979-1981
  • Vice President, Communications and Public Relations, Iowa Health System, 2008-2011
  • Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Trinity Regional Health System, 2001-2007
  • Editor/Reporter, Quad-City Times, 1985-2001

Political Experience

  • Certified, Legislative Staff Internship Program, University of Illinois at Springfield
  • MA, Journalism, University of Illinois at Springfield, 1983-1985
  • BA, Government and Politics, University of Maryland at College Park, 1981-1983
  • Attended, Political Science, Illinois College, 1979-1981
  • Vice President, Communications and Public Relations, Iowa Health System, 2008-2011
  • Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Trinity Regional Health System, 2001-2007
  • Editor/Reporter, Quad-City Times, 1985-2001
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 17, 2012-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 17, 2018
  • Member, Board of Aldermen, City of East Moline, 2007-2011

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Aviation Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Highways and Transit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Agriculture Committee

Member, Committee on Appropriations

Member, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit

Member, Subcommittee on Defense

Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies

Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management

Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Certified, Legislative Staff Internship Program, University of Illinois at Springfield
  • MA, Journalism, University of Illinois at Springfield, 1983-1985
  • BA, Government and Politics, University of Maryland at College Park, 1981-1983
  • Attended, Political Science, Illinois College, 1979-1981
  • Vice President, Communications and Public Relations, Iowa Health System, 2008-2011
  • Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Trinity Regional Health System, 2001-2007
  • Editor/Reporter, Quad-City Times, 1985-2001
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 17, 2012-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 17, 2018
  • Member, Board of Aldermen, City of East Moline, 2007-2011
  • Delegate, Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership, present
  • Former Co-Chair, Access to the Media Committee
  • Member, Alumni Board of Directors, Illinois College
  • Former Volunteer, Big Brothers/Big Sisters-Quad-Cities
  • Former Member, Board of Directors, Skip-A-Long Child Development Services
  • Former President, Board of Directors, Women’s Connection
  • Former Vice Chair, Board of Directors, WVIK Public Radio, Rock Island
  • Former Member, East Moline Citizens Advisory Committee
  • Founder, East Moline Downtown Revitalization Committee
  • Former Member, East Moline Plan Commission
  • Former Co-Chair, Go Red for Women, American Heart Association
  • Participant, Illinois Quad-City Chamber of Commerce Leadership Academy
  • Member, Junior Achievement of the Heartland, Quad-Cities
  • Former Board Member, Media Roundtable on Ethnic Diversity
  • Member, No Labels
  • Former Member, Public Awareness Committee, Child Abuse Council
  • Former Chair, Quad-Cities First
  • Former Volunteer, Two Rivers YMCA
  • Former Member, United Way of the Quad-Cities Area

Other Info

— Awards:

  • 2009 Athena Women Leadership Award

    Inductee, Illinois College Sports Hall of Fame

Favorite Movie:

"Erin Brockovich"

"Forrest Gump"

"It's a Wonderful Life"

"The Blind Side"

Favorite TV Shows:

"30 Rock"

"CBS Sunday Morning"

Favorite Type of Music:

Almost anything Motown

Names of Grandchildren:

Keiton, Briley

Spouse's Occupation:

Captain with the Rock Island County Sheriff's Office and Commander of the Quad-City Bomb Squad

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

1. 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?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

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

Crime

Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

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

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

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes

Energy and Environment

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

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

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

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

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes

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

National Security

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

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

2019

Abortion

1. 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?
- Yes

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

Campaign Finance

1. 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?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

Education

1. 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

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. 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?
- 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?
- 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

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Jan. 1, 1900

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Events

2019

Mar. 9
Bustos Luncheon

Sat 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CST

704 S Church St, Albany, IL 61230-9613, United States