• SERRANO, JOSE E.
Experience: House: District 15, 1989-Present
Home State: New York
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $217,827Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: José E. Serrano
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Mary; 5 Children
    Birth Date: 10/24/1943
    Birth Place: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
    Home City: Bronx, NY
    Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

    Attended, Lehman College, The City University of New York

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1990-present
    Senior Minority Whip, United States House of Representatives, present
    Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 1974-1990
    Candidate, Democratic Primary for Bronx Borough President, 1985

Current Legislative Committees

    Appropriations, Member
    Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Civil Rights Task Force, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
    Member, Congressional Black Caucus
    Member, Congressional Children's Working Group
    Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus
    Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus
    Member, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
    Former Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
    Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
    Member, Congressional Narcotics Abuse and Control Caucus
    Member, Congressional Older Americans Caucus
    Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus
    Member, Congressional Urban Caucus
    Vice Chair, Democratic Steering Committee
    Member, Executive Board, Congressional Arts Caucus
    Member, Executive Committee, Albanian Issues Caucus

Professional Experience

    Employee, Community School District 7, District 7, 1969-1974
    Employee, Manufacturers Hanover Bank, 1961-1969
    Private, United States Army Medical Corps, 172nd Support Battalion, 1964-1966
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Support
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Support
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Oppose
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Support
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Oppose
11. Support & expand free trade

Oppose
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

Strongly Oppose
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Oppose
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Support
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Support
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Oppose
Total: 235
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
07/17/2007 H.R.3005 Glaucoma Screening Act of 2007 07/17/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
07/13/2007 H.R.2829 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2008 07/13/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 268.  (All Actions)
06/28/2007 H.Con.Res.179 Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. 06/28/2007 Message on Senate action sent to the House.  (All Actions)
06/27/2007 H.R.208 To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to expand the fruit and vegetable pilot program to 5 States, including New York, and to include Head Start programs. 06/27/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.  (All Actions)
06/04/2007 H.Res.425 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Luis Posada Carriles, mastermind of the vicious attack on Cubana Airlines Flight 455 and perpetrator of numerous other acts of terrorism, should be certified as a terrorist and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 06/04/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.  (All Actions)
05/09/2007 H.R.218 United States Library Trust Fund Act 05/09/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.  (All Actions)
05/09/2007 H.R.209 To authorize the appropriation of funds to be used to recruit, hire, and train 100,000 new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children. 05/09/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.  (All Actions)
03/20/2007 H.R.217 Cuba Reconciliation Act 03/20/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.  (All Actions)
03/19/2007 H.R.1176 To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States. 03/19/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.  (All Actions)
02/07/2007 H.R.214 General Slocum Memorial Study Act 02/07/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.  (All Actions)
02/06/2007 H.R.215 Sewage Sludge in Food Production Consumer Notification Act 02/06/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.  (All Actions)
02/06/2007 H.R.206 Anti-hunger Empowerment Act of 2007 02/06/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.  (All Actions)
02/02/2007 H.R.216 Baseball Diplomacy Act 02/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.  (All Actions)
02/02/2007 H.R.213 To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed from the United States. 02/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.  (All Actions)
02/02/2007 H.R.210 Medicaid Newborn Coverage Act of 2007 02/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
02/02/2007 H.J.Res.8 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President. 02/02/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.  (All Actions)
02/01/2007 H.R.207 Depleted Uranium Screening and Testing Act 02/01/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
01/04/2007 H.R.212 To permit members of the House of Representatives to donate used computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools designated by the members. 01/04/2007 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.  (All Actions)
01/04/2007 H.Con.Res.11 Entitled the "English Plus Resolution". 01/04/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.  (All Actions)
05/24/2006 H.R.5423 General Slocum Memorial Study Act 05/24/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.  (All Actions)
Total: 5434
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/14/2017 H.R.2900 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the prevention and treatment of the use of synthetic recreational drugs, and for other purposes.
06/13/2017 H.R.627 Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2017
06/12/2017 H.R.2886 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor.
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.2845 To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to support early college high schools and dual or concurrent enrollment programs.
06/08/2017 H.R.2840 To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
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.
05/22/2017 H.R.2404 Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2017
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.
05/18/2017 H.R.1872 Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2017
05/18/2017 H.Res.218 Recognizing the importance of the United States-Israel economic relationship and encouraging new areas of cooperation.
05/17/2017 H.R.2488 To provide for small business concerns located in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.
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.2475 To provide for the long-term improvement of public school facilities, and for other purposes.
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
05/16/2017 H.Res.327 Recognizing the importance of vaccinations and immunizations in the United States.
05/11/2017 H.R.2272 COAST Anti-Drilling Act
05/09/2017 H.R.267 Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017
05/05/2017 H.R.2351 Minority Diabetes Initiative Act
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