NAPOLITANO, GRACE

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: Experience: House: District 32, 1999-Present; Home State: California; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $580,005Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Grace Flores Napolitano

Gender: Female

Family: Husband: Frank; 5 Children

Birth Date: 12/04/1936

Birth Place: Brownsville, TX

Home City: Norwalk, CA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

Attended, Cerritos College

Attended, Texas Southmost College

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 32, 1998-present

Member, California State Assembly, 1993-1998

Member, Norwalk City Council, 1986-1992

Mayor, City of Norwalk, 1989-1990

Current Legislative Committees

Natural Resources, Member

Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, Member

Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, Member

Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans, Member

Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Ranking Member

Transportation and Infrastructure, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, present

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, present

Member, Democratic Caucus, present

Member, Diversity and Innovation Caucus, present

Member, Out of Iraq Caucus, present

Chair, Women's Caucus, present

Founder, 32nd District Mental Health Consortium

Former Member, Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease

Former Member, Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease

Member, Coalition for Autism Research and Education

Former Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Humanities Caucus

Founder, Congressional Mental Health Caucus

Founder, District Mental Health Task Force

Member, Health Task Force

Former Vice Chair, Latino Caucus

Member, Manufacturing Task Force

Member, New Democrat Coalition

Member, Norwalk International Friendship Commissions

Founder, Committee on International Trade, California State Assembly, 1996

Professional Experience

Former Director, Los Angeles County Sanitation District

Member, Norwalk Sub-Station Authority, Sheriff's Department

Employee, Ford Motor Company, 1970-1992

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars, present

Member, American Legion Auxiliary

Member, Mexico Sister Cities Association

Founder, Southeast Coalition for Safe Drinking Water

Chair, Southeast Los Angeles County Private Industry Council

Member, United States Cities Association

Additional Information

Publications:

With Richard G. Polanco and Valerie E. Martinez, Making Immigration Policy Work in the United States (Sacramento: California Latino Caucus, 1993)

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Oppose The death penalty should be abolished. We should let judges and juries decide what penalties to apply in each case.
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	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Oppose Trade should be Fair, not Free. Free trade poses a risk to job security, causes humanitarian problems overseas, or results in environmental damage.
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	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	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	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 42

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/04/2009	H.R.1309	To codify the definition of terms used in subheading 1604.14 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, relating to tuna products.	03/04/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/05/2009	H.R.733	For the relief of Jayantibhai Desai and Indiraben Patel.	02/05/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. (All Actions)
09/26/2008	H.R.7173	For the relief of Jayantibhai Desai and Indiraben Patel.	09/26/2008 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
06/11/2008	H.R.1662	Bureau of Reclamation Site Security Costs Act of 2007	06/11/2008 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions)
05/14/2008	H.Res.1134	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month.	05/14/2008 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
12/13/2007	H.R.4525	To codify the definition of terms used in subheading 1604.14 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.	12/13/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
08/03/2007	H.R.3430	Mental Health in Schools Act of 2007	08/03/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
04/26/2007	H.Con.Res.130	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month, and for other purposes.	04/26/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/14/2007	H.R.974	To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Joseph T. Getherall, of Hacienda Heights, California, for acts of valor in the Republic of Vietnam on December 22, 1966, while serving in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.	03/14/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
07/25/2006	H.R.5768	Reclaiming the Nation's Water Act	07/25/2006 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. (All Actions)
05/15/2006	H.Con.Res.401	Supporting the goals and ideals of Mental Health Month, and for other purposes.	05/15/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
11/30/2004	H.R.1284	To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to increase the Federal share of the costs of the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project.	11/30/2004 Became Public Law No: 108-418. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
05/06/2004	H.Con.Res.326	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the arbitrary detention of Dr. Wang Bingzhang by the Government of the People's Republic of China and urging his immediate release.	05/06/2004 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
11/13/2003	H.R.3442	Veterans Mental Health and Back-to-Work Act of 2003	11/13/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
10/06/2003	H.Con.Res.292	Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress should adopt and implement the goals and recommendations provided by the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health through legislation or other appropriate action to help ensure affordable, accessible, and high quality mental health care for all Americans.	10/06/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
10/15/2002	H.Con.Res.504	Congratulating the PONY League baseball team of Norwalk, California, for winning the 2002 PONY League World Championship.	10/15/2002 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
05/14/2002	H.R.4657	Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act	05/14/2002 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. (All Actions)
04/02/2001	H.R.1251	To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to increase the Federal share of the costs of the San Gabriel Basin demonstration project.	04/02/2001 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. (All Actions)
05/15/2000	H.R.4439	Latina Adolescent Suicide Prevention Act	05/15/2000 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. (All Actions)
05/15/2000	H.Con.Res.325	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to more appropriately address the health and well being of Hispanic adolescent girls and endorsing the findings and recommendations of the National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations (COSSMHO) now known as The National Alliance for Hispanic Health.	05/15/2000 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. (All Actions)

Total: 3973

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
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.R.2886	To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor.
06/08/2017	H.R.2867	To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing.
06/08/2017	H.R.2854	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
05/22/2017	H.R.2589	To waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease.
05/19/2017	H.R.2572	To establish humane practices for the repatriation of aliens at the border, establish effective standards for the treatment of certain aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
05/19/2017	H.Res.344	Recognizing the contributions of senior volunteers.
05/18/2017	H.R.2526	To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reinstate the authority of the Secretary of Education to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students.
05/18/2017	H.R.2525	To improve the financial literacy of students.
05/18/2017	H.R.2510	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
05/18/2017	H.Res.338	Recognizing the significance of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.
05/18/2017	H.R.1677	Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.Res.188	Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims.
05/17/2017	H.Res.332	Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.
05/17/2017	H.R.1005	To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans.
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/11/2017	H.R.2323	San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act
05/05/2017	H.R.2355	Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act
05/05/2017	H.R.2351	Minority Diabetes Initiative Act
05/05/2017	H.R.2345	National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2017

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