• ROHRABACHER, DANA
Experience: House: District 48, 1989-Present
Home State: California
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $724,175Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Dana T. Rohrabacher
    Gender: ale
    Family: Wife: Rhonda; 3 Children: Annika, Tristen, Christian
    Birth Date: 06/21/1947
    Birth Place: Coronado, CA
    Home City: Costa Mesa, CA
    Religion: Baptist

Education

    MA, American Studies, University of Southern California, 1975
    BA, History, Long Beach State College, 1969
    Attended, Los Angeles Harbor College, 1965-1967

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 48, 1988-present

Current Legislative Committees

    Foreign Affairs, Member
    Science, Space, and Technology, Member
    Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Member
    Subcommittee on Energy, Member
    Subcommittee on Environment, Member
    Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, Chair
    Subcommittee on Space, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Former Co-Chair, House Scouting Caucus
    Chair, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, 1997-2005

Professional Experience

    Former Reporter, City News Service, Radio News West
    Former Editorial Writer, Orange County Register
    Special Assistant, President Ronald Reagan, 1981-1988
    Speechwriter, President Ronald Reagan, 1981-1988
    Assistant Press Secretary, Bush Committee, 1980
    Assistant Press Secretary, Reagan Committee, 1980

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

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

Oppose
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

Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Oppose
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Support
Total: 259
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
05/15/2015 H.R.1940 Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2015 05/15/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
04/14/2015 H.R.1716 No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2015 04/14/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.  (All Actions)
09/19/2014 H.R.5679 To clarify the ownership of crude oil produced within the jurisdiction of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq and to authorize the President to provide defense articles and defense services to the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. 09/19/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
09/19/2014 H.Res.747 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there be support for a referendum on the independence of the Kurdish region of Iraq. 09/19/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
09/02/2014 H.R.5103 Chinese Communist Economic Espionage Sanctions Act 09/02/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
02/25/2014 H.R.4089 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock. 02/25/2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
01/27/2014 H.R.3707 To ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the United States. 01/27/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
08/01/2013 H.Res.325 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, both of whom died from enemy action during the attack on United States facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on the night of September 11-12, 2012. 08/01/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
07/18/2013 H.R.2745 No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2013 07/18/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
04/30/2013 H.R.1523 Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2013 04/30/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
04/25/2013 H.Res.184 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should immediately remove all members of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan and pursue alternative strategies, which do not require large deployments of ground combat forces of the Armed Forces, in order to create a stable Afghanistan that is not a base for international terrorism. 04/25/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
04/25/2013 H.Res.183 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Broadcasting Board of Governors should broadcast and direct Azeri language content into the Islamic Republic of Iran and Baloch language content into the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 04/25/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
03/15/2013 H.Res.86 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Dr. Shakil Afridi is an American hero and that he should be immediately released from custody by Pakistan. 03/15/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.  (All Actions)
02/25/2013 H.Res.33 Commending the Albanian people on the 100th anniversary of the declaration of their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire on November 28, 1912, and commending Albanians in Albania and Kosova for protecting and saving the lives of all Jews who either lived in Albania or sought asylum there during the Holocaust. 02/25/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.  (All Actions)
01/15/2013 H.R.299 District of Columbia Voting Rights Restoration Act of 2013 01/15/2013 Referred to House Judiciary  (All Actions)
11/15/2012 H.Res.812 Commending the Albanian people on the 100th anniversary of the declaration of their independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire on November 28, 1912, and commending Albanians in Albania and Kosova for protecting and saving the lives of all Jews who either lived in Albania or sought asylum there during the Holocaust. 11/15/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
09/12/2012 H.Con.Res.137 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Azeri people, currently divided between Azerbaijan and Iran, have the right to self-determination and to their own sovereign country if they so choose. 09/12/2012 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  (All Actions)
07/11/2012 H.Res.723 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the classification of Dr. Shakil Afridi as a refugee of special humanitarian concern to the United States. 07/11/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.  (All Actions)
06/21/2012 H.R.3901 For the relief of Dr. Shakeel Afridi. 06/21/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.  (All Actions)
06/20/2012 H.R.2899 Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011 06/20/2012 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
Total: 3701
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/14/2017 H.R.381 To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as "Sky Point".
06/12/2017 H.R.2887 To regulate certain State impositions on interstate commerce.
06/12/2017 H.R.1654 Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act
06/08/2017 H.R.2809 American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017
05/22/2017 H.R.115 Thin Blue Line Act Passed Yea
05/18/2017 H.R.1872 Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2017
05/11/2017 H.R.2415 Everglades FIRST Act
05/04/2017 H.R.2358 Chinese American World War II Veterans Congressional Gold Medal Act
04/28/2017 H.R.2254 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the "Janet Capello Post Office Building".
04/27/2017 H.R.2215 SAFE Act of 2017
04/27/2017 H.R.613 Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017
04/26/2017 H.R.2170 Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017
04/25/2017 H.R.1159 United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act
04/25/2017 H.R.431 Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017
04/25/2017 H.R.312 Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2017
04/18/2017 H.R.353 Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017
04/13/2017 H.J.Res.43 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. Passed Aye
04/06/2017 H.R.1988 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the "Merle Haggard Post Office Building".
04/05/2017 H.R.299 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
04/03/2017 H.R.1861 Larry Doby Congressional Gold Medal Act
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