HINOJOSA, RUBEN E.

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HINOJOSA, RUBEN E.
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: Experience: House: District 15, 1997-Present; Home State: Texas; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $156,644Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Rubén E. Hinojosa, Sr.

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Martha (Marty); 5 Children: Rubén Jr., Laura, Iliana, Kaitlin, Karén

Birth Date: 08/20/1940

Birth Place: Edcouch, TX

Home City: Mercedes, TX

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

Attended, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University

MBA, University of Texas, Pan American, Edinburg, 1980

BBA, Business Administration, University of Texas, Austin, 1962

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1996-present

Democratic Regional Whip, United States House of Representatives

Member, State Board of Education, State of Texas, 1974-1984

Current Legislative Committees

Education and the Workforce, Member

Financial Services, Member

Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Member

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member

Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, Member

Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, Ranking Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Chair, Commerce and International Relations Task Force

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine

Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus

Member, Congressional French Caucus

Member, Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus

Member, Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Member, Congressional Mental Health Caucus

Founder, Congressional Rural Housing Caucus

Chair, Congressional Rural Housing Caucus

Member, Congressional Savings and Ownership Caucus

Member, Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus

Member, Congressional Victims Rights Caucus

Member, Congressional Vision Caucus

Member, Democratic Homeland Security Task Force

Former Chair, Education Task Force, Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Co-Founder, Financial Literacy and Economic Education Caucus

Member, Hispanic Caucus

Member, House Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Caucus

Member, National Migrant Task Force

Member, Water Caucus

Professional Experience

Former President, H&H Foods

Chief Financial Officer, H&H Foods

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Boys and Girls Club

Member, Knapp Medical Hospital

Member, National Livestock and Meat

Member, New Democrat Coalition

Member, Rural Health Care Coalition

Director, Southwestern Meat Packers Association

Member, Texas Beef Council

Former Member, Texas Jaycee

Member, Texas State Bar

Member, United States-China Working Group

Member, Valley Chamber of Commerce

Member, Board of Regents, South Texas Community College System, 1993-1996

Trustee, Board of Education, Mercedes Independent School District, 1972-1974

Additional Information

Awards:

Ruben Hinojosa Highway Naming

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	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	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	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Oppose The only "gun right" is self-defense against violence. The government should reinforce registration rules and keep guns away from children.
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	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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: 101

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/23/2016	H.R.3721	Affordable College Textbook Act	03/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
03/22/2016	H.R.4834	North American Development Bank General Capital Increase Authorization Act of 2016	03/22/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
11/16/2015	H.R.1959	College Options for DREAMers Act	11/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
11/16/2015	H.R.1958	Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration Act	11/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
11/16/2015	H.R.1957	Pell Grant Cost of Tuition Adjustment Act	11/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
11/16/2015	H.R.1956	Pell Grant Protection Act	11/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
10/29/2015	H.Res.505	Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Higher Education Act of 1965.	10/29/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
04/29/2015	H.R.937	Fast Track to College Act of 2015	04/29/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
03/19/2015	H.R.1294	Meeting the Inpatient Health Care Needs of Far South Texas Veterans Act of 2015	03/19/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/16/2015	H.R.1377	RAYS Act	03/16/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
11/17/2014	H.R.4767	Partnerships for Affordability and Student Success Act	11/17/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
08/01/2014	H.R.5221	Border Health Security Act of 2014	08/01/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
06/13/2014	H.R.4373	Pell Grant Protection Act	06/13/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
04/29/2014	H.Res.559	Expressing support for designation of April 30, 2014, as "Día de los Niños: Celebrating Young Americans".	04/29/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
04/02/2014	H.Res.535	Supporting the goals and ideals of "Financial Literacy Month".	04/02/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
02/28/2014	H.R.4129	RAYS Act	02/28/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/28/2014	H.Res.496	Recognizing the importance of savings to financial security.	02/28/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
01/22/2014	H.R.3697	Adult Education and Economic Growth Act	01/22/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
01/22/2014	H.R.3371	State Loan Access and Student Protection Act	01/22/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
12/11/2013	H.R.3700	Building Community Financial Institutions' Capacity to Combat Money Laundering Act	12/11/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)

Total: 3230

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
05/18/2010	H.Res.1370	Finding that holding the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Arizona is at odds with Major League Baseball's efforts to promote diversity and tolerance, and urging Major League Baseball to find a more suitable location for the Game.
05/05/2010	H.Res.1157	Congratulating the National Urban League on its 100th year of service to the United States.
05/05/2010	H.R.24	To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
04/30/2010	H.Res.1265	Honoring the life and accomplishments of Jaime A. Escalante.
04/29/2010	H.R.5178	Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2010
04/28/2010	H.R.5017	Rural Housing Preservation and Stabilization Act of 2010	Passed	Yea
04/27/2010	H.Res.1302	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Hepatitis Awareness Month and World Hepatitis Day.
04/27/2010	H.Res.1280	Expressing support for designation of April 26, 2010, as National Healthy Schools Day.
04/27/2010	H.Res.1033	Expressing support for designation of April 2010 as "National Autism Awareness Month" and supporting efforts to devote resources to research into the causes and treatment of autism and to improve training and support for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with autism.
04/26/2010	H.Res.1103	Honoring the life and accomplishments of Sam Houston for his historical contributions to the expansion of the United States.	Passed	Yea
04/26/2010	H.R.4573	Haiti Debt Relief and Earthquake Recovery Act of 2010
04/23/2010	H.Res.1229	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should overturn the policy that prohibits sending a presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member of the Armed Forces who has died by suicide.
04/23/2010	H.Res.1211	Expressing the appreciation of Congress for the service and sacrifice of the 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne), United States Army, which was the first and only all-African American Ranger Company in the Army.
04/22/2010	H.Con.Res.222	Recognizing the leadership and historical contributions of Dr. Hector Garcia to the Hispanic community and his remarkable efforts to combat racial and ethnic discrimination in the United States of America.
04/22/2010	H.R.1585	FIT Kids Act
04/21/2010	H.Res.1281	Celebrating the life and achievements of Dr. Dorothy Irene Height and recognizing her life-long dedication and leadership in the struggle for human rights and equality for all people until her death at age 98 on April 20, 2010.
04/20/2010	H.R.5081	Broadband for First Responders Act of 2010
04/20/2010	H.R.5068	Surplus Uranium Disposition Act of 2010
04/15/2010	H.R.5033	Communities of Color Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2010
04/15/2010	H.Con.Res.262	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month in April 2010 and supporting efforts to devote new resources to research the causes of the disease, environmental and otherwise, along with treatments and workforce strategies to support individuals with sarcoidosis and their families.

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