• RUSSELL, STEVEN DANE
Experience: House: District 5, 2015-Present
Home State: Oklahoma
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $635,146Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Steve Russell
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Cindy; 5 Children
    Home City: Choctaw, OK

Education

    MA, History, Command and General Staff College
    BA, Public Speaking, Ouachita Baptist University, 1985

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 5, 2014-present
    Senator, Oklahoma State Senate, District 45, 2008-2012

Current Legislative Committees

    Education and the Workforce, Member
    Oversight and Government Reform, Member
    Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, Member
    Subcommittee on National Security, Member
    Subcommittee on the Interior, Member
    Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Member

Professional Experience

    Owner, Two River Arms, 2010-present
    Motivational and Professional Speaker, Premiere Speakers Bureau, 2007-present
    Military Advisor, Concerned Veterans for America, 2012-2014
    Author, We Got Him! A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein, 2012
    Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, 1985-2006

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Sunday School Teacher, First Southern Baptist Church, present
    Founder/Chair, Veterans for Victory, present
    Former Senior Class President, Del City High School

Additional Information

Awards:

    Combat Infantry Badge, United States Army;
    Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device, United States Army;
    Legion of Merit, United States Army;
    Army Scholarship, Ouachita Baptist University;
    "Most Likely to Succeed", Del City High School;
    Oak Leaf Cluster, United States Army
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

No Opinion
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Strongly Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Strongly Oppose
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

No Opinion
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

No Opinion
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

No Opinion
Total: 28
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
06/08/2017 H.R.2861 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide incentives for States to accept professional credentials related to military training and skills that are obtained by members of the Armed Forces while serving in the Armed Forces. 06/08/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.  (All Actions)
05/18/2017 H.R.195 Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 05/18/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  (All Actions)
05/18/2017 H.R.194 Federal Agency Mail Management Act of 2017 05/18/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  (All Actions)
05/02/2017 H.R.2196 To amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients. 05/02/2017 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.  (All Actions)
04/05/2017 H.R.1768 End NHA Earmarking Act 04/05/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.  (All Actions)
03/28/2017 H.R.1767 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to discontinue certain administrative cost allowances, and for other purposes. 03/28/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.  (All Actions)
03/24/2017 H.R.1713 Free Market Flights Act of 2017 03/24/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.  (All Actions)
03/24/2017 H.R.1623 To repeal the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program. 03/24/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.  (All Actions)
03/16/2017 H.R.1582 Duty First Act 03/16/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.  (All Actions)
02/01/2017 H.R.811 No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act 02/01/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
12/08/2016 H.R.5785 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for an annuity supplement for certain air traffic controllers. 12/08/2016 Became Public Law No: 114-251. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
12/01/2016 H.R.6009 Federal Agency Mail Management Act of 2016 12/01/2016 Received in the Senate.  (All Actions)
12/01/2016 H.R.5384 Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2016 12/01/2016 Received in the Senate.  (All Actions)
05/23/2016 H.R.5270 Efficient Marine Mammal Protection Act 05/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.  (All Actions)
05/17/2016 H.R.4952 Fair Federal Firearms Licensing Act 05/17/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
05/17/2016 H.R.4951 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow the importation of certain foreign-manufactured firearms components. 05/17/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
04/13/2016 H.R.4917 Free Market Flights Act of 2016 04/13/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.  (All Actions)
03/22/2016 H.R.4838 No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act 03/22/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
03/22/2016 H.R.4710 End Subsidies for Tobacco Act 03/22/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.  (All Actions)
03/22/2016 H.R.4631 Stop Taxpayer-Funded Alcohol Marketing Act 03/22/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.  (All Actions)
Total: 212
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
09/12/2016 H.J.Res.87 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of Labor relating to "Interpretation of the 'Advice' Exemption in Section 203(c) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act".
07/29/2016 H.R.4904 MEGABYTE 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.24 Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
07/12/2016 H.Res.374 Reaffirming Singapore's strategic partnership with the United States, encompassing broad and robust economic, military-to-military, law enforcement, and counterterrorism cooperation.
07/14/2016 H.R.4901 SOAR Reauthorization Act Passed Aye
07/14/2016 H.R.1732 Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 Failed Not Voting
07/07/2016 H.R.3765 ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015
07/05/2016 H.R.3080 Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act
06/21/2016 H.R.5499 Agency Accountability Act of 2016
06/16/2016 H.J.Res.95 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees.
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.
05/24/2016 H.R.2460 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans.
05/18/2016 H.R.5275 Prohibiting the Usurpation of Bathroom Laws through Independent Choice School Act (PUBLIC School Act) of 2016
05/13/2016 H.R.5180 Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2016
04/13/2016 H.R.4924 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2016
04/01/2016 H.R.4636 POWERS Act of 2016
03/25/2016 H.R.4828 Conscience Protection Act of 2016
03/23/2016 H.R.4247 Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2015
03/23/2016 H.R.3684 Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015
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