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: Experience: House: District 36, 2013-Present; Home State: California; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $2,463,507Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Raul Ruiz

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 08/25/1972

Home City: Palm Desert, CA

Education

BS, University of California, Los Angeles

MPH, School of Public Health, Harvard University, 2007

MD, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001

MPP, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2001

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 36, 2012-present

Current Legislative Committees

Natural Resources, Member

Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, Member

Subcommittee on Health (Veterans' Affairs), Member

Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans, Member

Veterans' Affairs, Member

Professional Experience

Former Health Care Consultant

Former Fellow, International Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Former Emergency Room Physician, Eisenhower Medical Center

Former Resident, Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Senior Associate Dean, University of California, Riverside School of Medicine, 2011-2012

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Founder, Coachella Valley Healthcare Initiative

Director, Coachella Valley Healthcare Initiative

Founder, Future Physician Leaders Program

Volunteer, Partners for Health

Additional Information

Awards:

Commander's Award for Public Service - US 82nd Airborne, 2010

Humanitarian Award - The California American College of Emergency Physicians, 2011

Humanitarian of the Year - Rancho Mirage Chamber of Commerce, 2010

Person of the Year Award - The Desert Magazine, 2011

Influential Latino of the Year - Inland Empire Hispanic Image Awards, 2009

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Support A progressive income tax is necessary in modern society. That is the right way to run our tax system.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Support In order to recover from the Great Recession, the federal government should institute stimulus for private corporations for more hiring.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Support It is necessary to expand military under financial budgets. Only our military are strong enough, our people can live freely enough.
11. Support & expand free trade	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Oppose Availability of guns should be absolutely limited, because more guns mean more killing.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 55

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/19/2017	H.R.2575	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a system to educate individuals approaching Medicare eligibility, to simplify and modernize the eligibility enrollment process, and for other purposes.	05/19/2017 Referred to House Energy and Commerce (All Actions)
05/19/2017	H.R.2574	To amend the Public Health Service Act to help build a stronger health care workforce.	05/19/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
05/19/2017	H.R.2573	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional grant activities for Hispanic-serving institutions.	05/19/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
04/11/2017	H.R.1622	Wounded Veterans Recreation Act	04/11/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. (All Actions)
03/31/2017	H.R.1844	Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2017	03/31/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/27/2017	H.R.1618	S.O.S. Veterans Caregivers Act	03/27/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/24/2017	H.R.1621	Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2017	03/24/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/24/2017	H.Res.208	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Latino AIDS Awareness Day" on October 15, 2017, and for other purposes.	03/24/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/17/2017	H.R.1620	Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act	03/17/2017 Referred to House Administration (All Actions)
03/17/2017	H.R.1619	Stop Iran From Smuggling Weapons to Terrorists Act	03/17/2017 Referred to House Foreign Affairs (All Actions)
03/17/2017	H.R.1581	Tribal Digital Access Act of 2017	03/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. (All Actions)
02/17/2017	H.R.1183	Wildfire Prevention Act of 2017	02/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions)
02/02/2017	H.R.840	Public Service Transparency Act	02/02/2017 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform (All Actions)
02/02/2017	H.R.839	Public Service Spending Integrity Act	02/02/2017 Referred to House Administration (All Actions)
02/02/2017	H.R.838	Campaign Spending Integrity Act	02/02/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
12/07/2016	H.R.4150	Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Medical Staffing Recruitment and Retention Act	12/07/2016 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
10/07/2016	H.R.6280	Ensuring Healthy Beginnings Act	10/07/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. (All Actions)
09/19/2016	H.R.5701	Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act	09/19/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (All Actions)
09/19/2016	H.R.5700	NEST Act	09/19/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
08/01/2016	H.R.5772	BENES Act of 2016	08/01/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)

Total: 622

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
09/17/2014	H.R.5524	Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014
09/17/2014	H.Res.730	Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.
09/16/2014	H.Res.728	Expressing support for the designation of a "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.
09/16/2014	H.R.3006	To authorize a land exchange involving the acquisition of private land adjacent to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona for inclusion in the refuge in exchange for certain Bureau of Land Management lands in Riverside County, California, and for other purposes.
09/15/2014	H.Res.723	Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating the heritage and culture of Latinos in the United States and the immense contributions of Latinos to the United States.
09/12/2014	H.R.5363	Water in the 21st Century Act
09/10/2014	H.R.4399	Comprehensive Department of Veterans Affairs Performance Management and Accountability Reform Act of 2014
07/29/2014	H.R.596	Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
07/25/2014	H.R.272	To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense joint outpatient clinic to be constructed in Marina, California, as the "Major General William H. Gourley VA-DOD Outpatient Clinic".	Passed	Yea
08/15/2014	H.R.5152	Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency III Act of 2014
08/08/2014	H.R.2291	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, as the "Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office".
08/08/2014	H.R.1671	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6937 Village Parkway in Dublin, California, as the "James 'Jim' Kohnen Post Office".	Passed	Yea
07/24/2014	H.Res.685	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Defense should review section 504 of title 10, United States Code, for purposes related to enlisting certain aliens in the Armed Forces.
07/15/2014	H.R.4546	Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2014
08/01/2014	H.R.5364	CHIP Extension and Improvement Act of 2014
08/01/2014	H.R.5340	Fighting Medicare Fraud Act of 2014
07/31/2014	H.R.5362	To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining a replacement social security card for certain victims of domestic violence, and for other purposes.
07/23/2014	H.R.4411	Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014	Passed	Yea
07/21/2014	H.R.4981	Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2014
07/15/2014	H.R.5109	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1048 West Robinhood Drive in Stockton, California, as the "W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building".

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