• RUIZ, RAUL DR.
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%
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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
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

No Opinion
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

No Opinion
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Support
11. Support & expand free trade

No Opinion
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Oppose
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Support
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Support
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

No Opinion
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Oppose
Total: 55
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
09/18/2014 H.R.5652 FRUGAL Act 09/18/2014 Referred to House Financial Services  (All Actions)
09/18/2014 H.R.5651 Small Business Hardship Relief Act 09/18/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
09/12/2014 H.R.5458 Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act 09/12/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
07/18/2014 H.R.5007 Restoring Accountability in Veterans Access to Health Care Act 07/18/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
06/13/2014 H.R.4648 Renewable Energy Jobs Act 06/13/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.  (All Actions)
04/04/2014 H.R.3976 Wounded Veterans Recreation Act 04/04/2014 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
03/14/2014 H.R.4271 Increasing American Jobs Through More Exports Act 03/14/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
03/13/2014 H.R.4247 Disabled Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act 03/13/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
12/16/2013 H.R.3672 S.O.S. Veterans Caregivers Act 12/16/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
11/22/2013 H.R.3616 Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2013 11/22/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
10/24/2013 H.R.3333 Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 10/24/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.  (All Actions)
10/18/2013 H.Res.381 Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Latino AIDS Awareness Day" on October 15, 2013, and for other purposes. 10/18/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
06/21/2013 H.R.1759 To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the timeliness in which the Department of Veterans Affairs receives certain information from other departments or agencies of the United States. 06/21/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  (All Actions)
05/31/2013 H.R.2119 Veterans Access to Speedy Review Act 05/31/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.  (All Actions)
04/12/2013 H.R.1413 SelectUSA Authorization Act of 2013 04/12/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.  (All Actions)
Total: 622
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/14/2017 H.R.381 To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as "Sky Point".
06/12/2017 H.Res.380 Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017 H.R.2827 To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
05/18/2017 H.R.2525 To improve the financial literacy of students.
05/17/2017 H.R.2479 To rebuild and modernize the Nation's infrastructure to expand access to broadband internet, rehabilitate drinking water infrastructure, modernize the electric grid and energy supply infrastructure, redevelop brownfields, strengthen health care infrastructure, create jobs, protect public health and the environment, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017 H.R.356 Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/11/2017 H.R.2320 Samish Indian Nation Land Conveyance Act of 2017
05/03/2017 H.R.2322 Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights
05/02/2017 H.R.2282 Equality Act
04/28/2017 H.R.2254 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the "Janet Capello Post Office Building".
04/17/2017 H.R.1927 African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2017
04/12/2017 H.R.1762 POWER Act
04/07/2017 H.Con.Res.50 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
04/07/2017 H.R.1902 Social Security 2100 Act
04/06/2017 H.R.2077 Restoring the Patient's Voice Act of 2017
04/05/2017 H.R.1932 Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
04/05/2017 H.R.305 Presidential Tax Transparency Act
04/05/2017 H.R.299 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
04/04/2017 H.R.1869 Paycheck Fairness Act
04/03/2017 H.R.1852 White House Accountability for Language Diversity Act
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