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
07/05/1991	H.R.2724	Water Pollution Penalty Fund Act of 1991	07/05/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources. (All Actions)
07/02/1991	H.R.2741	To direct the Attorney General to establish in Lake County, Indiana an office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.	07/02/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees. (All Actions)
06/24/1991	H.R.1839	To authorize issuance of a certificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel Phoenix.	06/24/1991 See H.R.1006. (All Actions)
06/17/1991	H.Res.167	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States businesses engaged in the rebuilding of Kuwait should use United States subcontractors and all available United States goods and services.	06/17/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Competitiveness. (All Actions)
06/06/1991	H.Res.42	Calling for an international investigation of, and the prosecution of those responsible for, Iraqi war crimes against prisoners of war and other foreign nationals.	06/06/1991 Executive Comment Received from State. (All Actions)
05/21/1991	H.R.2308	To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that defense contractors not be denied reimbursement for certain severance costs incurred because of United States or host country action, and for other purposes.	05/21/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on Investigations. (All Actions)
01/31/1991	H.R.774	Right to Safe Drinking Water Act of 1991	01/31/1991 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
11/02/1990	H.R.3209	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Access and Enhancement Act	11/02/1990 Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk:. House disagrees to Senate amendment. (All Actions)
10/18/1990	H.R.5868	To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to release the restrictions, requirements, and conditions imposed in connection with the conveyance of certain lands to the city of Gary, Indiana.	10/18/1990 Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation. (All Actions)
10/09/1990	H.Res.474	Calling for an international investigation of, and the prosecution of those responsible for, Iragi war crimes against foreign nationals.	10/09/1990 Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East. (All Actions)
09/28/1990	H.R.5660	To temporarily prevent the discontinuance by Amtrak of commuter rail service between Valparaiso, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois.	09/28/1990 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. (All Actions)
09/04/1990	H.R.5542	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to permit certain projected benefit increases to be taken into account in determining the amount of the full-funding limitation, and to amend such Code to increase the excise tax on employer reversions from qualified plans.	09/04/1990 Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations. (All Actions)
03/15/1990	H.R.4171	Fair Site Selection Act	03/15/1990 Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB. (All Actions)
03/01/1990	H.R.4172	Right to Safe Drinking Water Act of 1990	03/01/1990 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/28/1990	H.R.2664	To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans.	02/28/1990 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)
01/17/1990	H.R.3409	Global Environmental Standards Reporting Act	01/17/1990 Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from State. (All Actions)
11/22/1989	H.R.3093	Steel Fair Trade Review Act	11/22/1989 See H.R.3275. (All Actions)
02/06/1989	H.J.Res.128	Disapproving the pay adjustments for executive, legislative, and judicial branch positions recently recommended by the President; requiring that pay adjustments for positions covered by those recommendations be made by law pursuant to a recorded vote in each House of Congress and that the adjustments be deferred until the beginning of the following Congress, and for other purposes.	02/06/1989 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. (All Actions)
08/17/1988	H.J.Res.140	A joint resolution designating August 12, 1988, as "National Civil Rights Day".	08/17/1988 Became Public Law No: 100-401. (All Actions)
04/14/1988	H.R.4353	A bill to establish a limitation of $912,598,392 on the amount of funds which may be used for operating assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 in fiscal year 1988.	04/14/1988 Referred to Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. (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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