VISCLOSKY, PETER J.

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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
02/16/1999	H.R.567	Physician Availability Act of 1999	02/16/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. (All Actions)
02/09/1999	H.R.506	To ensure that the volume of steel imports does not exceed the average monthly volume of such imports during the 36-month period preceding July 1997.	02/09/1999 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
10/13/1998	H.R.4616	To designate the United States Post Office located at 3813 Main Street in East Chicago, Indiana, as the "Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office".	10/13/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service. (All Actions)
05/12/1998	H.R.2829	Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998	05/12/1998 Laid on the table. See S. 1605 for further action. (All Actions)
04/21/1998	H.R.3404	To require additional public education, outreach, and participation with respect to the disposal of napalm and certain other materials owned or controlled by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.	04/21/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Readiness. (All Actions)
02/11/1998	H.R.3111	Physician Availability Act of 1997	02/11/1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. (All Actions)
10/08/1997	H.R.2642	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the standards for determining whether an employer-employee relationship exists.	10/08/1997 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
06/24/1997	H.R.1994	To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes" to ensure an opportunity for persons who convey property for inclusion in that national lakeshore to retain a right of use and occupancy for a fixed term, and for other purposes.	06/24/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. (All Actions)
05/06/1997	H.R.1462	Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Project Act of 1997	05/06/1997 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
05/06/1997	H.R.1206	Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment Act	05/06/1997 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
04/28/1997	H.R.1340	Corporate Responsibility Act of 1997	04/28/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops. (All Actions)
04/14/1997	H.R.1320	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive in the case of multiemployer plans the section 415 limit on benefits to the participant's average compensation for his high 3 years.	04/14/1997 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/27/1997	H.R.898	Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1997	02/27/1997 Referred to House Rules (All Actions)
02/27/1997	H.R.806	National Clean Water Trust Fund Act of 1997	02/27/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
02/20/1997	H.R.650	Highway Rail Grade Crossing Safety Formula Enhancement Act of 1997	02/20/1997 Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. (All Actions)
03/20/1996	H.R.3102	Common Sense Corporate Responsibility Act of 1996	03/20/1996 Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior. (All Actions)
03/14/1996	H.R.3000	Highway Rail Grade Crossing Safety Formula Enhancement Act of 1996	03/14/1996 Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. (All Actions)
10/25/1995	H.R.1516	Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1995	10/25/1995 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
04/19/1995	H.R.1419	To provide an exemption with respect to gambling devices on certain vessels making voyages on Lake Michigan.	04/19/1995 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. (All Actions)
03/20/1995	H.R.1152	National Clean Water Trust Fund Act of 1995	03/20/1995 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (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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