VELA, FILEMON MR.

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: Experience: House: District 34, 2013-Present; Home State: Texas; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,005,613Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Filemon Vela, Jr.

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Rose

Birth Date: 02/13/1963

Birth Place: Harlingen, TX

Education

JD, University of Texas Law School, 1987

Graduated, Georgetown University, 1985

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2012-present

Current Legislative Committees

Homeland Security, Member

Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, Member

Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Member

Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, Member

Professional Experience

Former Intern, Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz

Former Intern, Federal Judicial Center

Total: 1

Vela to host congressional summit in Harlingen

U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela will host a congressional summit in Harlingen focusing on veterans’ issues, employment, health care, education and financial literacy.

07/27/2015

By KAYLEIGH SOMMER Staff Writer | Valley Star

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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	Support Flatter taxes benefit the wealthy more than the lower and middle class. We should focus tax relief on the majority of taxpayers instead of on the richest.
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	Oppose It is ok to continue experimenting with charter schools, and with public school choice, but only as a limited experiment, and no vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
14. Expand ObamaCare	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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: 6

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/18/2017	H.R.2281	Border Enforcement Security Task Force Reauthorization Act of 2017	05/18/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)
07/22/2016	H.R.5705	To authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms and explosives and Federal firearms and explosives licenses and permits to known or suspected terrorists.	07/22/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
09/29/2015	H.R.2786	Cross-Border Rail Security Act of 2015	09/29/2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (All Actions)
07/09/2013	H.R.2307	Working to Address Treaty Enforcement Rapidly for Texas Act	07/09/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. (All Actions)
06/07/2013	H.R.1863	To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on water sharing with Mexico.	06/07/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. (All Actions)
02/25/2013	H.R.583	Putting Our Resources Toward Security (PORTS) Act	02/25/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture. (All Actions)

Total: 462

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
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.5217	Supporting Afterschool STEM Act
09/08/2014	H.Res.701	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the current outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia is an international health crisis and is the largest and most widespread outbreak of the disease ever recorded.
08/01/2014	H.R.5221	Border Health Security Act of 2014
07/30/2014	H.Res.697	Expressing support for the designation of September 2014 as National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
07/25/2014	H.Res.691	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Community Gardening Awareness Month.
07/25/2014	H.Res.688	Supporting the role of the United States in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance.
07/23/2014	H.R.4411	Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2014	Passed	Yea
07/21/2014	H.R.4990	Justice for Children Now Act of 2014
07/21/2014	H.R.4981	Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2014
07/21/2014	H.R.4936	Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act
07/21/2014	H.R.4620	Accountability in Immigration Detention Act of 2014
07/14/2014	H.Res.668	Supporting the goals and ideals of the Community Development Block Grant program.
07/01/2014	H.R.4816	Toxic Exposure Research and Military Family Support Act of 2014
06/26/2014	H.R.3301	North American Energy Infrastructure Act	Passed	Aye
06/24/2014	H.R.4950	Protecting American Jobs and Exports Act
06/20/2014	H.R.4217	Military Commissary Sustainment Act
06/13/2014	H.R.4814	Chronic Kidney Disease Improvement in Research and Treatment Act of 2014
06/13/2014	H.R.4629	Manufacturing Jobs for Veterans Act
06/13/2014	H.R.4415	Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014

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