VISCLOSKY, PETER J.

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VISCLOSKY, PETER J.
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: Experience: House: District 1, 1985-Present; Home State: Indiana; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $721,371Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

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Full Name: Peter 'Pete' J. Visclosky

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Joanne; 2 Children: John, Timothy

Birth Date: 08/13/1949

Birth Place: Gary, IN

Home City: Merrillville, IN

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

ML, International and Comparative Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1982

JD, University of Notre Dame Law School, 1973

BS, Accounting, Indiana University Northwest, 1970

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1984-present

Current Legislative Committees

Appropriations, Member

Subcommittee on Defense, Ranking Member

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

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Buy American Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues

Member, Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Member, Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional Fire Caucus

Member, Congressional French Caucus

Member, Congressional Macedonian Caucus

Member, Congressional National Parks Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Serbian Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Slovak Caucus

Vice-Chair, Congressional Steel Caucus

Member, Congressional Wine Caucus

Member, Congressional Wire and Wire Products Caucus

Member, Friends of Switzerland Caucus

Member, Great Lakes Task Force

Member, Law Enforcement Caucus

Member, Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children Caucus

Professional Experience

Attorney, 1973-1976, 1983-1984

Congressional Aide, United States Representative Adam Benjamin, 1977-1982

Associate Staff, United States House of Representatives, 1977-1980

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Support It is reasonable to restrict "Partial-Birth Abortions" for safe reasons, but clinic access should be unrestricted.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Oppose Effective enforcement rather than strict enforcement shoud be considered. The death penalty should be used with extreme caution, if at all.
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	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
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	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
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	Strongly Oppose We should restrict trade with any country which costs us jobs or which creates a trade deficit. And International trade just ships jobs overseas.
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	Support The government should make few restrictions on immigration but not treat illegal aliens as criminals.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Oppose Animals have inherent rights, and nature has inherent value. It is necessary to support vegetarianism and protect environment.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Oppose Faith-based origanizations and prayer in schools are inappropriate because they fail to recognize American pluralism and religious diversity.
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	Oppose Social Security should remain under federal control, but you also want reforms on how the Trust Fund is handled.

Total: 123

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/20/2017	H.R.1488	Indiana Dunes National Park Act	03/20/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
12/16/2016	H.R.4887	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 23323 Shelby Road in Shelby, Indiana, as the "Richard Allen Cable Post Office".	12/16/2016 Became Public Law No: 114-290. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
10/11/2016	H.R.6291	Indiana Dunes National Park Act	10/11/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
06/15/2015	H.R.2683	American Steel First Act of 2015	06/15/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency. (All Actions)
06/04/2015	H.R.2682	Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2015	06/04/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
05/08/2013	H.R.1899	Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2013	05/08/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
07/09/2008	H.R.1423	Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center Partnership Act	07/09/2008 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
05/06/2013	H.R.1817	American Steel First Act of 2013	05/06/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency. (All Actions)
07/07/2011	H.R.2432	To provide for a feasibility study before carrying out any Federal action relating to the Chicago Area Water System.	07/07/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
05/10/2011	H.R.1703	American Steel First Act of 2011	05/10/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management. (All Actions)
04/08/2011	H.R.1378	Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2011	04/08/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management . (All Actions)
03/02/2010	H.R.1287	Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center Partnership Act	03/02/2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 298. (All Actions)
03/01/2010	H.R.4281	Employees' Pension Security Act of 2009	03/01/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. (All Actions)
12/10/2009	H.R.4280	Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2009	12/10/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
03/23/2009	H.R.1574	To amend the Act titled "An Act to provide for the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes" to allow the acquisition of lands by payment of delinquent taxes.	03/23/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. (All Actions)
03/06/2009	H.R.1286	To amend the Act titled "An Act to provide for the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes" to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of lands that are contiguous to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes.	03/06/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. (All Actions)
02/05/2009	H.R.595	American Steel First Act of 2009	02/05/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight. (All Actions)
06/26/2008	H.R.5935	American Steel First Act of 2008	06/26/2008 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
12/10/2008	H.R.7324	Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009	12/10/2008 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 595. (All Actions)
10/15/2008	H.R.6045	Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 2008	10/15/2008 Became Public Law No: 110-421. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)

Total: 2015

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
04/21/2009	H.R.2000	To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.
03/31/2009	H.R.1283	Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009
03/26/2009	H.R.1761	Responsible Use of Taxpayer Help Act
03/25/2009	H.R.1716	Property Tax Relief Act of 2009
03/24/2009	H.R.1670	Community Choice Act of 2009
03/23/2009	H.R.1625	Equity and Access for Podiatric Physicians Under Medicaid Act
03/20/2009	H.R.1618	Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act
03/18/2009	H.R.1594	Income Equity Act of 2009
03/16/2009	H.R.1527	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain businesses owned by the Federal Government.
03/06/2009	H.R.12	Paycheck Fairness Act	Passed	Aye
03/02/2009	H.R.1205	ABLE Act of 2009
02/24/2009	H.R.658	Access to Postal Services Act
03/06/2009	H.R.11	To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.	Passed	Yea
02/17/2009	H.R.707	Home Front to Heroes Postal Benefits Act
02/13/2009	H.R.1066	Peace Corps Expansion Act of 2009
02/13/2009	H.Res.173	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of its 6-day mail delivery service.
02/13/2009	H.Res.110	Congratulating the National Football League champion Pittsburgh Steelers for winning Super Bowl XLIII and becoming the most successful franchise in NFL history with their record 6th Super Bowl title.
02/13/2009	H.Con.Res.35	Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.	Passed	Yea
02/12/2009	H.Con.Res.49	Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
02/05/2009	H.R.496	Trade Enforcement Act of 2009

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