• ROGERS, HAROLD DALLAS
Experience: House: District 5, 1981-Present
Home State: Kentucky
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $908,617Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Harold 'Hal' Rogers
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Cynthia; 3 Children: Anthony, Allison, John
    Birth Date: 12/31/1937
    Birth Place: Wayne County, KY
    Home City: Somerset, KY
    Religion: Baptist

Education

    LLB, University of Kentucky Law School, 1964
    BA, Journalism, University of Kentucky, 1962
    Attended, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, 1956-1957

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1980-present
    Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988
    Candidate, Lieutenant Governor, State of Kentucky, 1979

Current Legislative Committees

    Appropriations, Chair

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Congressional Coal Caucus
    Member, Congressional Horse Caucus
    Co-Chair/Co-Founder, Congressional Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus
    Member, Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
    Member, Congressional Rural Caucus
    Member, Congressional Rural Health Caucus
    Member, Congressional Sportsmen Caucus
    Member, House General Aviation Caucus
    Member, House Republican Steering Committee
    Member, National Guard and Reserve Caucus
    Member, Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus

Professional Experience

    Commonwealth Attorney, Pulaski/Rockcastle Counties, 1969-1980
    Attorney, Private Practice, 1967-1969
    Attorney, Smith & Blackburn, 1964-1967
    Staff Sergeant, Kentucky National Guard, 1957-1964
    Staff Sergeant, North Carolina National Guard, 1957-1964

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Former President, Kentucky Commonwealth Attorney's Association
    Member, Pulaski County Industrial Foundation
    Former President, Pulaski County Industrial Foundation
    Member, Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce
    Former President, Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce
    Founder, Southern Kentucky Economic Council
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly 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

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Support
11. Support & expand free trade

Support
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly 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: 100
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
04/05/2017 H.R.1731 RECLAIM Act of 2017 04/05/2017 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
06/23/2016 H.Con.Res.139 Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 2577. 06/23/2016 Received in the Senate.  (All Actions)
05/26/2016 H.R.5243 Zika Response Appropriations Act, 2016 05/26/2016 Received in the Senate.  (All Actions)
09/19/2014 H.J.Res.124 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 09/19/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-164. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
09/08/2014 H.R.5230 Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 09/08/2014 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 550.  (All Actions)
08/07/2014 H.R.3230 Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 08/07/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-146. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
02/09/2016 H.R.4456 RECLAIM Act of 2016 02/09/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.  (All Actions)
12/16/2015 H.J.Res.78 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes. 12/16/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-100. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
12/09/2015 H.J.Res.75 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes. 12/09/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.  (All Actions)
03/04/2015 H.R.240 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 03/04/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-4. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
02/27/2015 H.J.Res.35 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. 02/27/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
12/15/2014 H.Con.Res.122 Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 83. 12/15/2014 Message on Senate action sent to the House.  (All Actions)
12/13/2014 H.J.Res.131 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. 12/13/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-203. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
12/12/2014 H.J.Res.130 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. 12/12/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-202. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
04/29/2014 H.R.298 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes. 04/29/2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.  (All Actions)
01/17/2014 H.Con.Res.74 Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3547. 01/17/2014 Message on Senate action sent to the House.  (All Actions)
01/15/2014 H.J.Res.106 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. 01/15/2014 Became Public Law No: 113-73. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
12/26/2013 H.J.Res.59 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 12/26/2013 Became Public Law No: 113-67. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
10/10/2013 H.J.Res.90 Federal Aviation Administration Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 10/10/2013 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 215.  (All Actions)
10/10/2013 H.J.Res.89 Making appropriations for the salaries and related expenses of certain Federal employees during a lapse in funding authority for fiscal year 2014, to establish a bicameral working group on deficit reduction and economic growth, and for other purposes. 10/10/2013 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 214.  (All Actions)
Total: 2510
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
09/15/2016 H.Con.Res.155 Expressing support for designation of the first Friday of October as "Manufacturing Day".
09/13/2016 H.Res.729 Expressing support for the expeditious consideration and finalization of a new, robust, and long-term Memorandum of Understanding on military assistance to Israel between the United States Government and the Government of Israel. Passed Yea
09/08/2016 H.Res.848 Calling for the maintenance of effective trade remedies for United States manufacturers and producers by ensuring that any foreign country designated as a nonmarket economy country under the Tariff Act of 1930 retain this status until it demonstrates that it meets all of the criteria for treatment as a market economy set forth in section 771(18)(B) of such Act.
07/14/2016 H.R.1734 Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2015 Failed No
05/20/2016 H.R.4957 To designate the Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the "Ariel Rios Federal Building". Passed Yea
07/14/2016 H.R.1732 Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 Failed No
07/14/2016 H.R.1462 Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015
07/07/2016 H.R.3765 ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015
07/06/2016 H.R.5210 PADME Act
06/13/2016 H.Res.343 Expressing concern regarding persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.
05/20/2016 H.R.5292 Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016
05/12/2016 H.R.4978 NAS Healthy Babies Act
05/12/2016 H.R.4969 John Thomas Decker Act of 2016
05/12/2016 H.R.4599 Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016
04/28/2016 H.R.699 Email Privacy Act Passed Yea
03/23/2016 H.R.4870 Promise Zone Job Creation Act of 2016
03/23/2016 H.R.4247 Cuban Immigrant Work Opportunity Act of 2015
03/17/2016 H.R.4773 Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
02/26/2016 H.R.4625 Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2016
02/25/2016 H.R.4626 BRACE Act
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