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
06/05/2008	H.R.573	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Corrections Act	06/05/2008 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)
05/07/2008	H.R.5472	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Julia M. Carson Post Office Building".	05/07/2008 Became Public Law No: 110-225. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
04/28/2008	H.R.5754	Employees' Pension Security Act of 2008	04/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. (All Actions)
04/25/2008	H.R.5069	Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2008	04/25/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture. (All Actions)
07/18/2007	H.R.2641	Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008	07/18/2007 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 274. (All Actions)
06/28/2007	H.R.2759	Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2007	06/28/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. (All Actions)
06/28/2007	H.R.2354	American Fuels Act of 2007	06/28/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness. (All Actions)
06/20/2007	H.R.2417	Montgomery GI Bill Second Chance Act of 2007	06/20/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
04/13/2007	H.R.1391	Vaccines for the Future Act of 2007	04/13/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. (All Actions)
03/21/2007	H.R.1636	United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2007	03/21/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
10/17/2006	H.R.6223	American Fuels Act of 2006	10/17/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities. (All Actions)
09/27/2006	H.R.6196	Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2006	09/27/2006 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. (All Actions)
02/28/2006	H.R.4823	United States-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program Act of 2006	02/28/2006 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (All Actions)
02/06/2006	H.R.4055	Employees' Pension Security Act of 2005	02/06/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. (All Actions)
10/20/2005	H.R.4068	Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center Lease Act	10/20/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks. (All Actions)
10/17/2005	H.R.3781	Vaccines for the New Millennium Act of 2005	10/17/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. (All Actions)
07/26/2005	H.R.3195	Montgomery GI Bill Second Chance Act of 2005	07/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
05/18/2005	H.Res.286	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on promoting initiatives to develop an HIV vaccine.	05/18/2005 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (All Actions)
04/20/2005	H.R.1625	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Corrections Act	04/20/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks. (All Actions)
07/14/2004	H.R.4468	Montgomery GI Bill Second Chance Act of 2004	07/14/2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits. (All Actions)

Total: 2015

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
05/18/2017	H.Res.260	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) nuclear security role.
05/18/2017	H.R.1677	Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017
05/17/2017	H.R.2477	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/16/2017	H.R.2428	Accurate Workplace Injury and Illness Records Restoration Act
05/11/2017	H.R.2412	Keep Our Pension Promises Act
05/02/2017	H.R.2282	Equality Act
04/28/2017	H.R.2119	Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2017
04/27/2017	H.R.613	Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017
04/26/2017	H.R.1960	Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017
04/06/2017	H.R.1346	To repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform".
04/05/2017	H.R.1928	Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act
04/04/2017	H.R.1869	Paycheck Fairness Act
04/03/2017	H.Res.54	Reaffirming the United States-Argentina partnership and recognizing Argentina's economic reforms.
03/31/2017	H.R.1503	SOLVE Act 2.0 of 2017
03/29/2017	H.R.1772	AIM HIGH Act
03/28/2017	H.R.24	Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
03/21/2017	H.R.1494	PACT Act
03/17/2017	H.R.1563	Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2017
03/17/2017	H.R.1322	Women's Health Protection Act of 2017

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