• HURT, ROBERT
Experience: House: District 5, 2011-Present
Home State: Virginia
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $469,638Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Robert Hurt
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Kathryn; 3 Children: Charles, Clement, John
    Birth Date: 06/16/1969
    Birth Place: New York, NY
    Home City: Chatham, VA
    Religion: Presbyterian

Education

    JD, Mississippi College School of Law, 1995
    BS, Hampden-Sydney College, 1991

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2010-present
    Member, Virginia General Assembly
    Senator, Virginia State Senate, 2008-2010
    Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates, 2000-2006
    Member, Chatham Town Council, 2001

Current Legislative Committees

    Financial Services, Member
    Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Vice Chair
    Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Financial Services), Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Rural Virginia Prosperity Commission
    Member, United States House Committee on Financial Services

Professional Experience

    Chief Deputy, Commonwealth's Attorney, Pittsylvania County
    Attorney, H. Victor Millner, Jr., Professional Corporation, 1999-2010
    Chief Assistant, Commonwealth's Attorney, Pittsylvania County, 1996-1999

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Board of Advisers, Hampden-Sydney Wilson Center
    Elder, Chatham Presbyterian Church
    President, Chatham Rotary Club
    Member, Virginia State Bar Association
    Representative, 22nd Judicial Circuit, Virginia State Bar Association, 1998-2001
Total: 1
Congress: Robert Hurt introduces bipartisan legislation to require SEC to review regulations

Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) recently introduced the Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act, H.R. 2354, along with Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona). This legislation would require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to review its significant regulations to determine if they are necessary in the public interest or should be amended or rescinded.

05/20/2015
Augusta Free Press
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

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

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Support
7. Make voter registration easier

No Opinion
8. Prioritize green energy

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

Strongly Support
11. Support & expand free trade

No Opinion
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Strongly Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Oppose
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Oppose
Total: 23
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
09/12/2016 H.R.5424 Investment Advisers Modernization Act of 2016 09/12/2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.  (All Actions)
02/03/2016 H.Res.585 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding an Interstate 73 corridor transportation compact. 02/03/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.  (All Actions)
01/28/2016 H.R.2354 Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act 01/28/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.  (All Actions)
01/28/2016 H.R.1965 Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act 01/28/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 302.  (All Actions)
08/05/2015 H.R.3122 VALOR Act of 2015 08/05/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
08/03/2015 H.R.3434 Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2015 08/03/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.  (All Actions)
06/26/2015 H.R.2929 Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act 06/26/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.  (All Actions)
04/21/2015 H.R.1912 Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act 04/21/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
03/20/2015 H.R.1446 Healthcare Consumer Privacy Act of 2015 03/20/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
09/19/2014 H.R.5610 Healthcare Consumer Privacy Act of 2014 09/19/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
06/26/2014 H.R.4976 Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement Act 06/26/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.  (All Actions)
03/14/2014 H.R.4164 Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act 03/14/2014 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 51 - 5.  (All Actions)
12/09/2013 H.R.1105 Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act 12/09/2013 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.  (All Actions)
12/06/2013 H.R.3631 Small Manufacturer Protection Act of 2013 12/06/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
08/02/2013 H.R.3029 College Savings Enhancement Act of 2013 08/02/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
08/02/2013 H.R.2937 Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013 08/02/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.  (All Actions)
07/09/2013 H.R.1564 Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act 07/09/2013 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.  (All Actions)
07/01/2013 H.R.2581 Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2013 07/01/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.  (All Actions)
09/21/2012 H.R.6520 No Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Act 09/21/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
09/20/2012 H.R.4278 Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012 09/20/2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.  (All Actions)
Total: 347
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
02/23/2012 H.Res.528 Honoring the service and sacrifice of the members of the United States Armed Forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.
02/17/2012 H.R.3882 Mid-Atlantic Energy and Jobs Act of 2012
02/16/2012 H.J.Res.103 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation election procedures.
02/08/2012 H.R.2586 Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act
02/07/2012 H.R.32 Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2011
02/01/2012 H.R.3461 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act
01/25/2012 H.Res.509 Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.
12/23/2011 H.R.3421 Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act Passed Aye
12/20/2011 H.R.2061 Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2011 Passed Yea
12/19/2011 H.R.3559 Insurance Data Protection Act
12/13/2011 H.R.3643 No Budget, No Pay Act
12/13/2011 H.R.1633 Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 Passed Aye
12/12/2011 H.R.2167 Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act
12/08/2011 H.R.2829 United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2011
12/05/2011 H.R.2369 To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for an additional power for the American Legion under its Federal charter.
12/02/2011 H.R.3538 To amend the Railway Labor Act to direct the National Mediation Board to apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to the direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative, and for other purposes.
12/01/2011 H.Res.364 Designating room HVC 215 of the Capitol Visitor Center as the "Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room". Passed Yea
11/30/2011 H.J.Res.2 Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Failed Yea
11/23/2011 H.R.2447 To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point Marines. Passed Yea
11/21/2011 H.R.674 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes. Bill Passed (95-0) Not Voting
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