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: Experience: House: District 28, 2001-Present; Home State: California; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $720,140Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Adam B. Schiff

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Eve; 2 Children: Alexa, Elijah

Birth Date: 06/22/1960

Birth Place: Framingham, MA

Home City: Burbank, CA

Religion: Jewish

Education

JD, Harvard University Law School, 1985

BA, Stanford University, 1982

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 28, 2000-present

Senator, California State Senate, District 21, 1996-2000

Current Legislative Committees

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Ranking Member

Select Committee on Benghazi, Member

Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, present

Member, Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus, present

Member, Democratic Homeland Security Task Force, present

Member, Democratic Safe Neighborhoods Task Force, present

Member, House Education Caucus, present

Founder, Congressional Caucus on the Judicial Branch

Member, Democratic Defense and Military Personnel Task Force

Former Member, House Democracy Assistance Commission

Former Member, International Relations Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee, California State Senate

Member, Senate Select Committee on Juvenile Justice, California State Senate

Founder, Congressional Caucus for Freedom of the Press, 2006

Founder, Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, 2003

Founder, Democratic Study Group on National Security, 2003

Professional Experience

Business Attorney

Former Columnist, Burbank Leader

Criminal Prosecutor, Office of the United States Attorney, 1987-1993

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Board Member, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

Member, Blue Dog Coalition

Member, Burbank Chamber of Commerce

Mock Trial Coach, Burbank High School

Co-Founder, Freshman for Reform

Member, Glendale Chamber of Commerce

Member, New Democratic Coalition

Additional Information

Awards:

Legislator of the Year, Burbank American Legion Post, 2001;

Person of the Year, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Advisory Council, 2004;

Honorary Angel Wings, TheSoldier's Angels, 2004;

Freedom Award, Armenian National Committee of America, 2003;

Donald R. Wright Distinguished ServiceAward, Pasadena Bar Association; Good Guy Award, National Women's Political Caucus of Greater Pasadena, 2001;

Halo Award, Villa Esperanza Services, 2004

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
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	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	Strongly Support Voter ID laws are racist and intended to suppress minority voting. Taxpayer funds should be used for political campaigns.
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	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
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	Strongly Oppose Church-state separation precludes the involvement of religious institutions in social services. Basically, we should not violate the Constitutional principle in this case.
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: 143

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
09/13/2013	H.R.2761	Presidential Appointment of FISA Court Judges Act	09/13/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
07/15/2013	H.R.2475	Ending Secret Law Act	07/15/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (All Actions)
06/14/2013	H.R.1760	INVEST in America Act	06/14/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. (All Actions)
06/11/2013	H.R.2324	Sunset to the Authorization for Use of Military Force Act	06/11/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
05/23/2013	H.R.2120	Valley-Wide Noise Relief Act of 2013	05/23/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. (All Actions)
05/08/2013	H.R.1859	Disaster Declaration Improvement Act of 2013	05/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions)
02/28/2013	H.J.Res.31	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns.	02/28/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice. (All Actions)
02/28/2013	H.R.404	Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act	02/28/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. (All Actions)
02/05/2013	H.R.456	Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act of 2013	02/05/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. (All Actions)
01/22/2013	H.R.332	Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act	01/22/2013 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
01/10/2013	H.R.6014	Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act of 2012	01/10/2013 Became Public Law No: 112-253. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
06/28/2012	H.J.Res.111	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns.	06/28/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. (All Actions)
05/31/2012	H.R.5870	Disaster Declaration Improvement Act	05/31/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions)
05/07/2012	H.Res.629	Condemning violence by the Government of Syria against journalists, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on freedom of the press in Syria.	05/07/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia . (All Actions)
04/30/2012	H.R.4266	Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Hexavalent Chromium Act of 2012	04/30/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. (All Actions)
04/25/2012	H.R.3361	Utilizing DNA Technology to Solve Cold Cases Act of 2011	04/25/2012 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)
03/15/2012	H.R.4190	Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act	03/15/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions)
12/15/2011	H.R.3692	Immigration and Naturalization Investment Ventures for Engineering, Science, and Technology in America Act of 2011	12/15/2011 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
11/07/2011	H.R.1975	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 281 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, as the "First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building".	11/07/2011 Became Public Law No: 112-48. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
07/11/2011	H.R.1360	Child Protection Improvements Act of 2011	07/11/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions)

Total: 3396

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/14/2017	H.R.381	To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as "Sky Point".
06/13/2017	H.R.2895	To provide a requirement to improve data collection efforts.
06/13/2017	H.R.627	Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2017
06/12/2017	H.R.2886	To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor.
06/12/2017	H.R.2878	To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.
06/12/2017	H.Res.380	Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
05/22/2017	H.R.2589	To waive the 24-month waiting period for Medicare eligibility for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease.
05/22/2017	H.R.1625	Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking
05/18/2017	H.Res.338	Recognizing the significance of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month in May as an important time to celebrate the significant contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.
05/18/2017	H.Res.256	Expressing support for the countries of Eastern Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
05/18/2017	H.Res.253	Expressing gratitude and appreciation for the entry of the United States into World War I.
05/18/2017	H.Res.172	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the Russian Federation, its officials, security services, and any person or entity within the Russian Federation or associated with the Russian Government, should not interfere, seek to influence, or engage in coercion designed to create an outcome in foreign elections.
05/18/2017	H.R.1222	Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization 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
05/11/2017	H.R.2323	San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act
05/09/2017	H.R.267	Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017
05/04/2017	H.Res.314	Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
05/02/2017	H.R.2282	Equality Act
05/01/2017	H.R.2106	Partner with Korea Act

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