BECERRA, XAVIER

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: Experience: House: District 34, 1993-Present; Home State: California; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,422,976Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Xavier Becerra

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Carolina; 3 Children: Clarisa, Olivia, Natalia

Birth Date: 01/26/1958

Birth Place: Sacramento, CA

Home City: Los Angeles, CA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

JD, Stanford University Law School, 1984

BA, Economics, Stanford University, 1980

Political Experience

Chair, Minority Caucus, United States House of Representatives, 2013-present

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 34, 1993-present

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 1990-1992

Current Legislative Committees

Subcommittee on Social Security, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Trade, Member

Ways and Means, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Children's Working Group, present

Vice Chair, Congressional Diabetes Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present

Member, Executive Committee, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, present

Member, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, present

Secretary, Executive Committee, Democratic Study Group Steering Committee

Former Vice Chair, House Democratic Caucus

Vice Chair, Minority Caucus, United States House of Representatives

Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, 1997-1998

Professional Experience

Former Assistant to the Speaker, United States House of Representatives

Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, 1987-1990

Administrative Assistant, Office of California Senator Art Torres, 1986

Staff Attorney, Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts, 1984-1985

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	Strongly Oppose The death penalty should be abolished. We should let judges and juries decide what penalties to apply in each case.
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	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	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
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	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 121

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
09/28/2016	H.Con.Res.167	Honoring Vincent Edward "Vin" Scully, the baseball broadcaster who has magnificently served as the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers for 67 Major League Baseball seasons since 1950.	09/28/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
09/19/2016	H.R.6001	Smithsonian American Latino Museum Act	09/19/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
09/13/2016	H.Res.862	Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.	09/13/2016 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
07/15/2016	H.Con.Res.142	Supporting the bid of Los Angeles, California, to bring the 2024 Summer Olympic Games back to the United States and pledging the cooperation of Congress with respect to that bid.	07/15/2016 Message on Senate action sent to the House. (All Actions)
02/04/2016	H.Res.603	Ranking Members of a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.	02/04/2016 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
11/30/2015	H.R.4128	Taxpayer Rights Act of 2015	11/30/2015 Referred to House Financial Services (All Actions)
07/28/2015	H.Res.387	Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.	07/28/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
07/27/2015	H.R.3150	One Social Security Act	07/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. (All Actions)
07/23/2015	H.Res.372	Recognizing the importance of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games hosted by the United States of America in Los Angeles, California.	07/23/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
04/22/2015	H.Res.219	Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.	04/22/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
03/27/2015	H.R.1419	Social Security Fraud and Error Prevention Act of 2015	03/27/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. (All Actions)
03/25/2015	H.Res.172	Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.	03/25/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
02/25/2015	H.Res.124	Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.	02/25/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
02/03/2015	H.Res.77	Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.	02/03/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
02/02/2015	H.Res.71	Electing Members to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.	02/02/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
01/21/2015	H.Res.40	Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.	01/21/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
01/13/2015	H.Res.30	Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.	01/13/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
01/06/2015	H.Res.8	Providing for the designation of certain minority employees.	01/06/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
01/06/2015	H.Res.7	Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.	01/06/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
04/03/2014	H.Res.537	Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.	04/03/2014 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)

Total: 1962

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
05/07/2007	H.R.1592	Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007	Passed	Aye
05/03/2007	H.R.137	Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007	Failed	Yea
05/01/2007	H.Res.347	Recognizing the historical significance of the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo.
04/30/2007	H.R.2075	New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2007
04/26/2007	H.R.1957	Bristol Bay Protection Act
04/26/2007	H.R.542	To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans with limited English proficiency, and for other purposes.
04/24/2007	H.Res.119	Supporting the mission and goals of National Crime Victims' Rights Week in order to increase public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of victims and survivors of crime in the United States during such week and throughout the year.	Passed	Aye
04/20/2007	H.R.1932	Medicare Academic Anesthesiology and CRNA Payment Improvement Act of 2007
04/17/2007	H.Res.310	Condemning in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks that occurred in Casablanca, Morocco, on April 10 and 14, 2007, and in Algiers, Algeria, on April 11, 2007.
04/17/2007	H.Res.273	Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month, and for other purposes.	Passed	Aye
04/11/2007	H.R.1000	Edward William Brooke III Congressional Gold Medal Act
04/03/2007	H.R.1665	Medicare Hearing Health Care Enhancement Act of 2007
04/03/2007	H.R.1663	Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007
03/30/2007	H.R.1840	To restore and make permanent the exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans and to increase the maximum amount of the exclusion.
03/30/2007	H.R.1753	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the expensing of environmental remediation costs permanent law and to repeal the recapture of such expenses under section 1245 of such Code.
03/30/2007	H.Res.288	Recognizing that the occurrence of prostate cancer in African-American men has reached epidemic proportions and urging Federal agencies to address that health crisis by designating additional funds for research, education, awareness outreach, and early detection.
03/29/2007	H.R.1821	Clean Renewable Energy for Public Power Act of 2007
03/29/2007	H.R.1820	Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2007
03/28/2007	H.Res.282	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.
03/28/2007	H.R.1246	Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2007

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