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Committees:
Committees:
SCIENCE, SPACE & TECHNOLOGY (Chair);
TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE (Subs: Aviation; Highways & Transit; Water Resources & Environment)
Global Action Record:
Global Action Record:
2003 - HR 1298 - AIDS, TB, Malaria - Yea
2003 - HR 192 - Microcredit - passed voice vote
2003 - HR 2068 - TB - domestic - cosponsor
2003 - HR 2069 - TB - foreign - cosponsor
2004 - HR 4061 - Orphans & vulnerable children - cosponsor
2005 - signed Debt Relief sign-on letter
2005 - HR 1409 - Orphans & vulnerable children - cosponsor
2005 - HR 1409 - Orphans & vulnerable children - yea
2006 - Brown Amendment +$10m for TB - passed by voice vote
2007 - HR 1567 - Stop TB Now Act - passed in House - unanimous consent
2007 - HR 1801 - Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal - cosponsor
2007 - HR 1302 - Global Poverty Act - cosponsor
2007 - HR 2266 - United Stated Commitment to Global Child Survival - cosponsor
2007 - signed Lee/Shays AIDS funding sign-on letter to Appropriations
2007 - Payne Amendment +$50m for TB - passed by voice vote
2007 - nay on failed LHHS amendment to reduce funding for Global Fund
2008 - HR 1532 - Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act - passed into law - unanimous consent
2008 - HR 5501 - Tom Lantos & Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act - passed - Yea / yea on Senate version
2009 - HR 2000 - Muhammad Yunus Congressional Gold Medal - cosponsor
2009/03/26 - signed Pomeroy global education funding letter
2009/03/26 - signed Green/Brady letter requesting $210m for domestic TB programs
2009/04/01 - signed Holt/Moran letter requesting $500m for microcredit
2009/06/12 - signed Payne/Young letter requesting $650 for bilateral TB programs
2009/10/22 - signed Lee/Inglis/Payne letter to Obama for $1.75B GFATM in FY11
2010 - HR 4594 - To combat international violence against women and girls - cosponsor
2010/03/15 - signed Pomeroy/Cao global education funding letter
2010/03/17 - signed Holt/Reichert microcredit $500 million funding letter
2010/04/17 - signed Lee/Payne GFATM $1.75 billion funding letter
2010/07/22 - sign Lee letter urging President Obama to support $6B over 3 years for the GFATM
2011/07/15 - signed Rush/Smith/Payne letter urging USAID to focus micro-finance on poorest, women, Sub-Saharan Africa with savings led programs
2011/07/22 - signed Lee/Payne/Waxman letter to Foreign Ops supporting $1.3b for GFATM
2012/03/20 - signed Lee letter to Appropriations requesting support for GFATM and global AIDS programs
2012/09/13 - signed Schakowsky letter to Sec. of State Clinton to support $125m in FY13 to Global Partnership for Education
2012/11/13 - HR 6588 - To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai - cosponsor
2012/11/14 - HR 2705 - Education for All Act - cosponsor
2013/02/25 - HR 60 - To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai - cosponsor
2013/04/09 - H Res 133 – Commending the progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs - cosponsor
2013/04/12 - signed Lee letter to Appropriations requesting support for GFATM and global AIDS programs
2013/04/22 – signed Engel/Green/Young bi-lateral TB appropriations request letter to Foreign Operations
2013/06/04 - signed McCollum, Reichert, McGovern, Schock letter to administration requesting pledge for Nutrition for Growth
2013/06/11- Shayna Solomon attended Child Nutrition briefing
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 - Nay
2013/09/18 - HRes 254 – Global maternal and child nutrition – cosponsor
2013/10/09 - HR 2780 - Education for All Act - cosponsor
2013/10/11 - signed Frankel letter commending Malala Yousafzai
2014/03/27 - signed Engel, Young, Green $243M Domestic TB letter
2014/03/28 - signed Engel, Young, Green $400M Global TB letter
2014/04/01 - signed McCollum, Reichert, Capps, Schock Maternal & Child Health “robust” funding letter
2014/05/21 - signed Schakowsky Global Partnership for Education $250 million / 2 year pledge letter to administration
2014/09/18 - HRes 688 - Supporting vaccines through GAVI Alliance - cosponsor
2014/11/19 - sent personal letter requesting $1b/4year Gavi pledge to President Obama
2015/03/19- signed Engel/Young/Green bilateral TB appropriations letter
2015/03/19 - signed Lee AIDS appropriations letter
2015/03/24 - signed Reichert/McDermott Education appropriations letter
2015/06/12 - Trade Adjustment Assistance - Yea / 2015/06/12Trade Promotion Authority - Yea /
2015/07/31- signed Reichert/Lee/McCollum/McCaul letter to Pres. Obama urging maternal & child health funding in FY17 budget
2016/03/02 - HR 3706 - Reach Every Mother and Child Act - cosponsor
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
2016/03/16 - signed Reichert/ McDermott Basic Education / GPE appropriations letter
2016/03/17 - signed Engel/Young/Green bilateral TB appropriations letter
2017/03/27 - signed Reichert/Lee/McCaul/Ross/Bera Maternal & Child Health robust funding letter to Foreign Ops
2017/03/28 - signed Engel/Young/Green Bilateral TB $450million funding letter to Foreign Ops
2017/03/28 - signed Lee/Ros-Lehtinen Global Fund & PEPFAR robust funding letter to Foreign Ops
2017/03/28 - signed Reichert/Quigley Basic Education robust funding letter to Foreign Ops
2017/09/07 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)
2017/10/24 - HRes 466 - Support for Global Partnership for Education - cosponsor
2017/12/15 - 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
2018/08/02 – signed Engel, Young, Green urging admin for bold U.S. leadership at UN-HLM on TB
2019/01/17 - signed Lee/Smith GFATM letter to Secretary Pompeo
2019/03/17 – signed Quigley/Fitzpatrick Basic Education / GPE Approps letter
2019/03/22 – signed McCollum/Brooks/Lee/ Fitzpatrick M&CH, Gavi, Nutrition letter
2019/03/22 – signed Engel/Young TB Approps letter
2019/03/25 – signed Lee/Wagner GFATM / PEPFAR Approps letter
2019/09/10 - cosponsor HRes 517 - Supporting the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and its Sixth Replenishment
2019/09/11 - cosponsored HRes 189 in support of global maternal & child nutrition
2019/10/03 – Ashali Chimata of Rep. EB Johnson’s office attended child survival briefing
2020/03/06 - Signed House TB Engel, Young Approps letter with $400m
2020/03/09 - Signed House Education. GPE Quigley, Fitzpatrick Approps letter with robust funding
2020/03/09 - Signed House PEPFAR, Global Fund Lee, Wagner Approps letter with robust funding
2020/03/10 - Signed House MCH, Gav, Nutrition McCollum, Brooks, Lee, Fitzptrick Approps letter with $900m, $290m, $200m
2020/04/24 - signed Lee/Roby $1 billion Global Fund COVID-19 Emergency Response letter
2020/06/30 - signed Frankel/Rooney global response to COVID-19 letter
2020/12/02 - cosponsored HRes 1223 Supporting the goals of World AIDS Day
2021/04/01 - cosponsor HRes 225 in support of the Global Partnership for Education replenishment
2021/04/21 - signed Quigley, Fitzpatrick robust Basic Education Approps letter
2021/04/22 - signed McGovern, Fitzpatrick $300 million Nutrition Approps letter
2021/04/23 - signed Bera, Young $1b global / $225m CDC Tuberculosis Approps letter
2021/07/13 - signed Kilmer/Fitzpatrick letter to administration urging $1 billion / 5 year GPE pledge
2021/07/21 - signed Krishnamoorthi/Jayapal/Malinowski letter calling for global vaccination efforts
2022/02/01 - cosponsored H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021
2022/02/18 - signed Lee/McCaul letter to administration in support of robust pledge to Global Fund
2022/04/18 - signed Jacobs, Fitzpatrick, McGovern, Kim $300m for Global Nutrition & Maternal & Child Health Approps letter
2022/04/22 - signed Houlahan, Bera, González-Colón, Meijer significantly increase funding for PEPFAR & Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Approps letter
2022/04/22- signed Bera, Wagner $1b for global TB and $225m million for TB in CDC Approps letter
2022/05/16 - cosponsored H.R.7240 - READ Act Reauthorization Act
2022/10/07 - cosponsored H.R. 8654 - End Tuberculosis Now Act
2022/10/19 - H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (unanimous, President Biden signed into law)
U.S. Action Record:
2007 - HR 2 - Fair Minimum Wage Act - yea
2007 - HR 976 - SCHIP - not voting / not voting after veto / not voting after rewrite
2007 - HR 1429 - Improving Head Start Act - not voting/yea
2007 - HR 1514 - Savings for Working Families Act - cosponsor
2007 - HR 2419 - Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act - yea
2007 - HR 3014 - Health Equity and Accountability Act- cosponsor
2007 - HR 3162 - Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act - yea
2007 - Congressional Budget w/ increased domestic discretionary spending - yea
2007 - LHHS approp. 11/6-yea 11/15-yea
2008 - HR 976 - SCHIP - failed 1/23 yea
2008 - HR 2419 - Farm Bill - passed/veto override/revote - Yea/Yea/Yea
2008 - HR 5140 - Economic Stimulus - (passed; signed into law) - Yea
2008 - HR 6049 - Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (extends Child Tax Credit) - Yea
2008 - HR 6331 - Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act - yea / yea after veto
2008 - HR 6867 - Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Yea
2009 - HR 1 - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - Yea
2009 - HR 2 - Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act - Yea
2009 - S.Con.Res.13 - Congressional Budget Resolution - Yea
2009 - HR 4154 - Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers & Small Businesses Act - Yea
2010 - HR 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Health Act - Yea
2010 - S 3307 - Healthy Hungry Free Kids Act of 2010 - Yea
2010 - HR 4853 - Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 - Yea/not voting
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) - Yea
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 - Yea
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
2020/06/26 – HR 2 INVEST in America (housing infrastructure) – cosponsor
2020/06/29 - HR 7301 - Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act – Yea
2020/12/21 - HR 133 FY21 + Coronavirus Relief - Yea
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