Representative Beto O'Rourke

District 16 - Representative Beto O'Rourke - D

Committees:

  • ARMED SERVICES (Subs: Emerging Threats & Capabilities; Strategic Forces);
  • VETERANS' AFFAIRS (Subs: Economic Opportunity (Ranking Member); Health)

Global Action Record:

  • 2013/04/12 - signed Lee letter to Appropriations requesting support for GFATM and global AIDS programs
  • 2013/06/19 - HR 1947 Farm Bill Royce Amdt. - failed - allowed for aid to purchase "local" food aid instead of shipping from U.S. farms - Yea
  • 2013/12/04 - HRes 254 – Global maternal and child nutrition – cosponsor
  • 2014/03/27 - signed Engel, Young, Green $243M Domestic TB letter
  • 2014/04/01 - signed McCollum, Reichert, Capps, Schock Maternal & Child Health “robust” funding letter
  • 2014/12/11 - HRes 688 - Supporting vaccines through GAVI Alliance - cosponsor
  • 2015/03/18 - signed Reichert/McCollum/McCaul/Capps/Schock maternal & child health appropriations letter
  • 2015/03/19 - signed Engel/Young/Green bilateral TB appropriations letter
  • 2015/03/19 - signed Lee AIDS appropriations letter
  • 2015/06/12 - Trade Adjustment Assistance - Yea / 2015/06/12 Trade Promotion Authority - Yea /
  • 2016/03/16 - signed Reichert/McCollum/McCaul/Capps/Ross/Lee Maternal & Child Health appropriations letter
  • 2016/03/16 - signed Lee Global Fund and PEPFAR appropriations letter
  • 2016/07/14 – HR 4481 – Education for All Act - cosponsor
  • 2016/07/25 - HR 3706 - Reach Every Mother and Child Act - cosponsor
  • 2017/09/07 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)
  • 2017/11/16 - HR 4022 - Reach Every Mother and Child Act - cosponsor
  • 2018/03/16 – signed Engel/Young/Green Bilateral Tuberculosis Appropriations letter
  • 2018/03/16 – signed Reichert/McCollum/McCaul/Lee/Ross/Bera/Donovan Maternal & Child Health, Gavi and Nutrition Appropriations letter
  • 2018/03/16 - signed Lee/Ros-Lehtinen GFATM/PEPFAR Appropriations letter
  • 2018/03/16 - signed Reichert/Quigley Basic Education & GPE Appropriations letter
  • 2018/08/02 – signed Engel, Young, Green urging admin for bold U.S. leadership at UN-HLM on TB

U.S. Action Record:

  • 2013/06/20 - HR 1947 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP- Nay
  • 2013/09/19 - HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (cuts SNAP $39b)- Nay
  • 2014/01/29 - HR 2642 - Agriculture Act of 2014 = Farm Bill (cuts SNAP $8.6b) - Nay
  • 2014/07/25 - HR 4935 - Child Tax Credit Improvement Act (extends CTC to higher-incomes families but fails to address expiring benefits to low-income families) - Nay
  • 2015/12/17 - HR 2029 - Omnibus tax bill including permanent extension or critical EITC/CTC provisions - Nay
  • HR 1628 - American Health Care Act of 2017 - Nay
  • 2018/05/18, 2018/06/21 - HR 2 Farm Bill - failed - would have cut SNAP for people out of work - Nay, Nay