ROTHFUS, KEITH MR.

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: Experience: House: District 12, 2013-Present; Home State: Pennsylvania; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,318,005Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Keith Rothfus

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Elsie; 6 Children

Birth Date: 04/25/1962

Birth Place: Endicott, NY

Home City: Allegheny County, PA

Religion:

Catholic

Education

JD, University of Notre Dame Law School, 1990

BS, Information Systems, State University of New York (SUNY) College at Buffalo, 1984

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 12, 2012-present

Former Member, Zoning Board, Edgeworth, Pennsylvania

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 4, 2010

Current Legislative Committees

Financial Services, Member

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member

Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers, present

Member, Congressional Coal Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus, present

Member, Congressional F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Natural Gas Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Steel Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Wire & Wire Producers Caucus, present

Co-Chair, House Affordable Medicines Caucus, present

Member, House Border Security Caucus, present

Member, National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus, present

Member, Ohio River Basin Congressional Caucus, present

Professional Experience

Attorney

Employee, Department of Homeland Security, 2006-2007

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Board of Directors, Veterans Leadership Program (VLP), Western Pennsylvania

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Oppose Cutting taxes and reducing regulation is the means to recuperate from the Great Recession.
6. Vouchers for school choice	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
7. Make voter registration easier	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
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 Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Strongly Support The earth is humankind's domain, and human needs should be placed first. EPA regulations are too restrictive and wrong.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Oppose Affirmative Action is a noble idea, but should not be enforced by government.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 24

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/16/2017	H.R.2438	Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017	05/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
05/03/2017	H.R.2319	Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017	05/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
04/26/2017	H.R.2153	Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2017	04/26/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
04/25/2017	H.R.2121	Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act	04/25/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
03/17/2017	H.R.1595	Mutual Bank Capital Opportunity Act of 2017	03/17/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
03/08/2017	H.R.1426	Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017	03/08/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
02/17/2017	H.R.1119	SENSE Act	02/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. (All Actions)
02/07/2017	H.R.924	Financial Institutions Due Process Act of 2017	02/07/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
12/12/2016	H.R.1660	Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2015	12/12/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 683. (All Actions)
04/05/2016	H.R.4841	Co-Prescribing Saves Lives Act of 2016	04/05/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
02/03/2015	H.R.673	Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2015	02/03/2015 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
03/16/2016	H.R.3797	SENSE Act	03/16/2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (All Actions)
12/17/2015	H.R.4281	Charitable Giving Privacy Protection Act	12/17/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
12/04/2015	H.R.4169	Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015	12/04/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (All Actions)
08/13/2015	H.R.2195	Preserving National Guard Combat Readiness Act of 2015	08/13/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces. (All Actions)
06/01/2015	H.R.2488	Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2015	06/01/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/26/2015	H.R.1661	Mutual Bank Capital Opportunity Act of 2015	03/26/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
01/30/2015	H.R.588	Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2015	01/30/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/14/2014	H.R.4252	Mutual Bank Choice and Continuity Act of 2014	03/14/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
02/11/2014	H.R.4043	Getting Government to Work Act of 2014	02/11/2014 Referred to House Administration (All Actions)

Total: 529

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
09/13/2016	H.Res.729	Expressing support for the expeditious consideration and finalization of a new, robust, and long-term Memorandum of Understanding on military assistance to Israel between the United States Government and the Government of Israel.	Passed	Yea
09/08/2016	H.Res.850	Recognizing suicide as a public health problem and expressing support for designation of September as "National Suicide Prevention Month".
07/29/2016	H.R.3700	Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016	Passed	Yea
07/22/2016	H.Con.Res.148	Expressing the sense of Congress that the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States protects the individual right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense and that the Second Amendment right is fully applicable to the States.
07/14/2016	H.R.2646	Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2016	Passed	Yea
07/14/2016	H.R.24	Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
07/13/2016	H.R.4768	Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016	Passed	Aye
07/12/2016	H.R.5594	National Strategy for Combating Terrorist, Underground, and Other Illicit Financing Act
07/11/2016	H.R.1270	Restoring Access to Medication and Improving Health Savings Act of 2016	Passed	Yea
07/06/2016	H.R.5210	PADME Act
07/05/2016	H.R.5621	To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American major league athletics, civil rights, and the Armed Forces during WWII.
06/28/2016	H.R.5603	Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act
06/22/2016	H.R.5317	To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Abie Abraham VA Clinic".
06/16/2016	H.R.5457	To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes.
06/13/2016	H.Res.343	Expressing concern regarding persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.
06/13/2016	H.R.433	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 523 East Railroad Street in Knox, Pennsylvania, as the "Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Memorial Post Office".
06/09/2016	H.R.4775	Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016	Passed	Yea
06/03/2016	H.R.2515	Anna Westin Act of 2015
05/24/2016	H.R.1769	Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016
05/18/2016	H.Res.716	Recognizing the deep and abiding friendship between the United States and Ireland and recommending actions to further strengthen those ties.

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