Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, 2014-present
Member, Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, present
Member, Childhood Cancer Caucus, present
Member, Community College Caucus, present
Member, Congressional African Partnership for Economic Growth, present
Member, Congressional Boating Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Community Health Centers, present
Member, Congressional Coast Guard, present
Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Congressional Diversity and Innovation Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Friends of Job Corps Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Glaucoma Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus, present
Member, Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Joint Strike Fighter, present
Member, Congressional Motorcycle Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Native American Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Oral Health Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Rural Housing, present
Member, Congressional Submarine Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, present
Member, Congressional Textile Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Vision Caucus, present
Member, House Bike Caucus, present
Member, House National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus, present
Member, House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Out-of-Poverty Caucus, present
Co-Chair, State Medicaid Expansion Caucus, present
Member, Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy, United States House of Representatives
Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, 2014-present
Member, Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, present
Member, Childhood Cancer Caucus, present
Member, Community College Caucus, present
Member, Congressional African Partnership for Economic Growth, present
Member, Congressional Boating Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Caucus on Community Health Centers, present
Member, Congressional Coast Guard, present
Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Congressional Diversity and Innovation Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Friends of Job Corps Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Glaucoma Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus, present
Member, Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Joint Strike Fighter, present
Member, Congressional Motorcycle Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Native American Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Oral Health Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Rural Housing, present
Member, Congressional Submarine Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease, present
Member, Congressional Textile Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, present
Member, Congressional Vision Caucus, present
Member, House Bike Caucus, present
Member, House National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus, present
Member, House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Out-of-Poverty Caucus, present
Co-Chair, State Medicaid Expansion Caucus, present
Member, Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy, United States House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce
Member, Committee on House Administration
Member, Joint Committee on Printing
Member, Joint Committee on the Library
Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Chair, Subcommittee on Elections
Member, Subcommittee on Energy (Energy and Commerce)
Member, Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce)
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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?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
1. 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?
- Unknown Position
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?
- Unknown Position
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)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Yes
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes
1. Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
- Pro-choice
2. Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
- No Answer
3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- Yes
4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes
5. Should federal subsidies be prohibited from being used for abortion procedures?
- No Answer
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Agriculture
- Maintain Status
2. Arts
- Maintain Status
3. Defense
- Maintain Status
4. Intelligence operations
- Maintain Status
5. Military hardware
- Maintain Status
6. National missile defense
- Maintain Status
7. Salary and benefits for active duty personnel
- Maintain Status
8. Programs to improve troop retention rates
- Maintain Status
9. Research and development of new weapons
- Maintain Status
1. Education
- Maintain Status
2. Environment
- Maintain Status
3. Homeland security
- Maintain Status
4. International aid
- Maintain Status
5. Medical research
- Maintain Status
6. Scientific research
- Maintain Status
7. Space exploration
- Maintain Status
8. United Nations
- Maintain Status
9. Welfare
- Maintain Status
10. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
11. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status
12. Capital gains taxes
- Maintain Status
13. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status
14. Corporate taxes
- Maintain Status
15. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status
16. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Slightly Decrease
17. Income taxes (middle-income families)
- Slightly Decrease
18. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Slightly Increase
19. Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year?
- No Answer
20. Do you support using government funds in an effort to stimulate and improve the economy?
- Yes
21. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support privatizing elements of Social Security?
- No
2. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes
3. Do you support increasing the federal minimum wage?
- Yes
4. Do you support the ability of workers to unionize?
- No Answer
5. Do you support federal funding for job-training programs that retrain displaced workers?
- Yes
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns?
- No Answer
2. Should Congress regulate indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
3. Do you support removing all contribution limits on federal campaigns?
- No
4. Should candidates for federal office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- No Answer
5. Do you support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations?
- No Answer
6. Do you support limiting the President's ability to define how legislation is applied through the use of signing statements?
- No Answer
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related training and job-placement assistance when released?
- Yes
2. Do you support programs that provide prison inmates with substance abuse treatment?
- Yes
3. Do you support reduced prison sentences for non-violent offenders?
- No Answer
4. Do you support mandatory prison sentences for selling illegal drugs?
- No
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students?
- Yes
2. Do you support federal funding for universal pre-K programs?
- Yes
3. Do you support federal funding for charter schools?
- No Answer
4. Do you support federal funding for K-12 school vouchers?
- No Answer
5. Do you support the federal government providing college students with financial aid?
- Yes
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support international emissions targets aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- Yes
2. Do you support allowing energy producers to trade carbon credits under a "cap and trade" system?
- Yes
3. Do you support strengthening fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles?
- Yes
4. Do you support domestic oil exploration in federally-protected areas?
- No Answer
5. Do you support federal funding for the development of alternative energy?
- Yes
6. Do you support the development of nuclear reactors?
- Yes
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you believe that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of individual citizens to own guns?
- Yes
2. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
- No Answer
3. Do you support a ban on assault rifles?
- No Answer
4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support a publicly-administered health insurance option?
- Yes
2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes
3. Should the federal government expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts?
- Yes
4. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- No Answer
5. Do you support relaxing regulations on the importation of prescription drugs?
- Yes
6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support decreasing the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country?
- No Answer
2. Do you support establishing English as the official national language?
- No Answer
3. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No Answer
4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support United States military action in Afghanistan?
- Yes
2. Do you support increasing military assistance for Afghanistan?
- Yes
3. Do you support increasing economic development assistance for Afghanistan?
- No Answer
4. Should the United States continue to strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan?
- No Answer
5. Do you support granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States?
- No Answer
6. Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
- No Answer
7. Do you support increasing sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?
- Yes
8. Do you support the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq?
- Yes
9. Do you support the United States' involvement in free trade agreements?
- No Answer
10. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support allowing openly-gay men and women to serve in the United States military?
- No Answer
2. Do you support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research?
- Yes
3. Should the federal government end affirmative action programs?
- No Answer
4. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
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
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?
- 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
Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position
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?
- No
Latest Action: House - 06/19/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/13/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/13/2019 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Ways and Means, 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.
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