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: Experience: House: District 14, 1995-Present; Home State: Pennsylvania; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $569,356Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Michael 'Mike' Doyle

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Susan; 4 Children: Michael, David, Kevin, Alexandra

Birth Date: 08/05/1953

Birth Place: Pittsburgh, PA

Home City: Pittsburgh, PA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

BS, Community Development, Pennsylvania State University, 1975, Grade Point Average of 3.0

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 14, 1994-present

Member, Swissvale Borough Council, 1977-1981

Current Legislative Committees

Energy and Commerce, Member

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Member

Subcommittee on Energy and Power (Energy and Commerce), Member

Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Coalition for Autism Research and Education

Executive Board, Congressional Arts Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Autism Caucus

Founder, Congressional Autism Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Member, Congressional Internet Caucus

Member, Congressional Steel Caucus

Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus

Member, House Democratic Caucus

Co-Chair, House Distributed Generation Caucus

Co-Founder, House Distributed Generation Caucus

Member, House Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus

Co-Founder, House Robotics Caucus

Chair, House Robotics Caucus

Professional Experience

Co-Owner, Eastgate Insurance Company, Incorporated

Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Frank A. Pecora, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1979-1994

Executive Director, Turtle Creek Valley Citizens Union, 1977-1979

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Alumni Association, Pennsylvania State University

Member, Alumni Organization, Leadership Pittsburgh

Member, Ancient Order of Hibernians

Member, Congressional Members Organization, National Guard and Reserve Components

Member, Italian Sons and Daughters of America

Member, Kiwanis Club

Member, Knights of Equity

Member, Lions Club

Member, Pittsburgh Alumni Association

Member, Swissvale Zoning Hearing Board

Additional Information

Priority Issues:

His top priorities include revitalizing communities in the 14th District through economic development and high-tech initiatives, creating jobs, reforming health care, providing better public education, establishing a comprehensive long-term national energy strategy that creates green jobs and addresses global warming, and fostering a better climate for our high-tech community.

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Oppose The fetus is an independent human being, who has his own righs. The mother cannot deprive a fetus's basic rights.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Support It is necessary to keep "Three Strikes" laws and death penalty on the books, but we also need to avoid inappropriate imprisonment or sentencement.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Support Flatter taxes benefit the wealthy more than the lower and middle class. We should focus tax relief on the majority of taxpayers instead of on the richest.
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	Strongly Support Immigration restrictions are racist because they keep out Hispanics and other non-whites. Social services should be offered to all residents of the United States regardless of immigration status.
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	Support We need to teach values in our schools and account for our religious values in providing social services. Exposing our children to prayer, the Ten Commandments will make them become better.
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	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 68

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/10/2017	H.R.1141	Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2017	03/10/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. (All Actions)
10/27/2015	H.Res.496	Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.	10/27/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
06/23/2015	H.R.2849	Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2015	06/23/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. (All Actions)
05/29/2015	H.R.1690	To designate the United States courthouse located at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the "Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse".	05/29/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-20. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
03/19/2015	H.R.1477	Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015	03/19/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
12/09/2014	H.R.5146	To designate the United States courthouse located at 700 Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the "Joseph F. Weis Jr. United States Courthouse".	12/09/2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (All Actions)
11/21/2013	H.Res.426	Expressing support for the designation of the Thursday before Thanksgiving as "Children's Grief Awareness Day".	11/21/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
07/08/2013	H.R.2152	National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2013	07/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
06/25/2013	H.R.2224	Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2013	06/25/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit. (All Actions)
06/11/2013	H.R.2153	Department of Veterans Affairs Disease Reporting and Oversight Act of 2013	06/11/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. (All Actions)
02/14/2013	H.R.708	Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013	02/14/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
06/07/2012	H.Res.681	Expressing support for designation of the Thursday before Thanksgiving as Children's Grief Awareness Day.	06/07/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (All Actions)
05/02/2012	H.R.4916	To suspend temporarily the duty on Brine Electrolysis Ion Exchange Apparatus.	05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
05/02/2012	H.R.4915	To suspend temporarily the duty on Agilon 400.	05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
03/27/2012	H.Res.598	Supporting the designation of National Robotics Week as an annual event.	03/27/2012 Referred to House Education and the Workforce (All Actions)
02/09/2012	H.R.4004	Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012	02/09/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
11/18/2011	H.R.3023	National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2011	11/18/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
07/13/2011	H.R.2256	Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2011	07/13/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. (All Actions)
01/04/2011	H.R.6533	Local Community Radio Act of 2010	01/04/2011 Became Public Law No: 111-371. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
12/16/2010	H.R.6534	National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act	12/16/2010 Referred to House Budget (All Actions)

Total: 3339

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
03/05/1996	H.R.873	Helium Privatization Act of 1995
02/28/1996	H.R.911	Volunteer Protection Act of 1995
02/15/1996	H.R.2951	To protect United States taxpayers by preventing the use of Federal funds for construction of a dam on the American River at Auburn, California.
02/13/1996	H.Res.359	Recognizing and supporting the efforts of the United States Soccer Federation to bring the 1999 Women's World Cup tournament to the United States.
02/13/1996	H.R.2919	Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development Act of 1996
02/13/1996	H.R.2657	To award a congressional gold medal to Ruth and Billy Graham.	Passed	Not Voting
02/13/1996	H.R.1536	To amend title 38, Unite States Code, to extend for two years an expiring authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to determination of locality salaries for certain nurse anesthetist positions in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
02/09/1996	H.R.2893	Health Insurance Reform Act of 1996
02/05/1996	H.Res.358	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to postpone final House action on legislative branch appropriations for any fiscal year until all other regular appropriations for that fiscal year are enacted into law.
01/19/1996	H.R.2834	Federal Accountability and Institutional Reform in Education Act of 1995
01/10/1996	H.R.2627	Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1995
01/05/1996	H.Con.Res.50	Concerning the protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate.
01/04/1996	H.R.2671	To provide that the President and Members of Congress shall not be paid during Federal Government shutdowns, and for other purposes.
01/03/1996	H.Res.221	Providing that consideration in the House of Representatives and its committees and subcommittees thereof of any legislation changing existing law with respect to medicare or medicaid pursuant to the reconciliation instructions of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996 shall be preceded by adequate time for public examination of such legislation and public hearings thereon, and expressing the sense of the House that the Senate should similarly provide for such public examination and hearings.
12/23/1995	H.R.325	To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for an optional provision for the reduction of work-related vehicle trips and miles traveled in ozone nonattainment areas designated as severe, and for other purposes.
12/22/1995	H.R.2705	American Profit Sharing Act
12/20/1995	H.R.2813	To ensure that payments during fiscal year 1996 of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities, of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans, and of other veterans benefits, and payments to Department of Veterans Affairs contractors providing services directly related to patient health and safety, are made regardless of Government financial shortfalls.
12/18/1995	H.R.2697	Nigeria Democracy Act
12/13/1995	H.R.2776	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that members of the Armed Forces performing service in a contingency operation declared by the President shall be entitled (if the President so designates that operation for such purpose) to exclude from gross income military compensation received for active service in the same manner as if such service was performed in a combat zone, and for other purposes.
12/07/1995	H.R.103	To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund be excluded from the budget of the United States Government.

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