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
03/13/1995	H.R.1107	To direct the Secretary of the Army to develop a watershed management plan for the Lake George area of Indiana, and for other purposes.	03/13/1995 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
08/11/1994	H.R.4855	Rail Grade Crossing Safety Enhancement Act of 1994	08/11/1994 Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. (All Actions)
04/27/1994	H.R.4271	Worker Rights and Labor Standards Trade Act of 1994	04/27/1994 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
03/04/1994	H.R.3844	Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment Revolving Loan Fund Act	03/04/1994 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. (All Actions)
03/04/1994	H.R.3843	Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment Act	03/04/1994 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. (All Actions)
03/03/1994	H.R.1801	National Clean Water Trust Fund Act of 1993	03/03/1994 See H.R.3948. (All Actions)
02/25/1994	H.R.3845	Prohibition of Cigarette Sales to Minors in Federal Buildings and Lands Act	02/25/1994 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds. (All Actions)
05/24/1993	H.R.2054	To direct the Secretary of the Army to develop a watershed management plan for the Lake George area of Indiana, and for other purposes.	05/24/1993 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
04/08/1993	H.R.1499	To modify the flood control project for the Little Calumet River, Indiana, to direct the Secretary of the Army to provide a local preference in awarding contracts to carry out the project, and for other purposes.	04/08/1993 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (All Actions)
02/18/1993	H.R.871	To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in Lake County or Porter County, Indiana.	02/18/1993 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs. (All Actions)
10/23/1992	H.R.1216	Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Access and Enhancement Act	10/23/1992 Became Public Law No: 102-430. (All Actions)
07/14/1992	H.R.5558	To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect certain hospitals from the unintended effects of geographic reclassification in determining the amount of payments to such hospitals for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services under part A of the medicare program, to clarify the criteria used for the geographic reclassification of hospitals under the program, and to permit certain hospitals to be treated as regional referral centers under the program.	07/14/1992 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
07/09/1992	H.R.3790	Reuse of American Industrial Manufacturing Facilities Act of 1991	07/09/1992 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)
06/18/1992	H.R.5330	To permit a diversion of water from Lake Michigan to the town of Lowell, Indiana.	06/18/1992 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources. (All Actions)
12/02/1991	H.Con.Res.245	Urging all parties in Yugoslavia to cease further use of force and engage fully and in good faith in negotiations on the future of Yugoslavia.	12/02/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East. (All Actions)
11/27/1991	H.R.4051	Steel Trade Liberalization Program Extension Act	11/27/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
11/22/1991	H.R.3896	To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in Lake County or Porter County, Indiana.	11/22/1991 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions)
10/30/1991	H.R.470	To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to release the restrictions, requirements, and conditions imposed in connection with the conveyance of certain lands to the city of Gary, Indiana.	10/30/1991 Became Public Law No: 102-148. (All Actions)
08/02/1991	H.Con.Res.184	Regarding the regulation of steel product imports into the United States from the Union of South Africa.	08/02/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
07/05/1991	H.R.2725	To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into contracts with the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for the removal and appropriate disposal of sediments, including contaminated sediments, in Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, East Chicago, Indiana.	07/05/1991 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources. (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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