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Former Member, Education and the Workforce Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, California State Senate
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, California State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Education and the Workforce Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, California State Senate
Former Member, Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, California State Senate
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, California State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules, United States House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Oversight and Reform
Member, Committee on Rules
Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Member, Education & Labor Committee
Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
Member, Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy
Member, Subcommittee on Expedited Procedures
Chair, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Member, Subcommittee on National Security
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Running, 21 Completed Marathons
Priority Issues:
Air Quality
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
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
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No
Do you support increasing defense spending?
- No
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
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes
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
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
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
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
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)?
- No
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-choice
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
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
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
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes
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
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
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
Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Yes
Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer
Latest Action: House - 06/21/2019 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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:Latest Action: House - 06/21/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/19/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Tracker:
On March 16, 2020, DeSaulnier announced he tested negative for coronavirus. DeSaulnier was hospitalized on March 13, 2020, with pneumonia, which developed after he fractured his rib from a fall. DeSaulnier's chief of staff said in a statement that his boss was tested “out of an abundance of caution. ... It was purely a box check." Coronavirus pandemic Select a topic from the dropdown below to learn more.Political responses overviewState reopening plansDocumenting America's Path to RecoveryDaily updatesElection changesChanges to vote-by-mail and absentee voting proceduresFederal responsesState responsesState executive ordersStay-at-home ordersMultistate agreementsNon-governmental reopening plansEvictions and foreclosures policiesTravel restrictionsEnacted state legislationState legislative session changesSchool closuresState court closuresInmate releasesLocal government responsesDiagnosed or quarantined politiciansBallot measure changesArguments about government responsesThe 1918 influenza pandemicPandemic Response Accountability CommitteeUnemployment filingsLawsuitsSubmit COVID-19, also known as coronavirus disease 2019.
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