YOHO, THEODORE SCOTT

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: Experience: House: District 3, 2013-Present; Home State: Florida; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $654,990Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Theodore 'Ted' Scott Yoho

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Carolyn; 3 Children: Katie, Lauren, Tyler

Birth Date: 04/13/1955

Birth Place: Minnesota

Home City: Gainsville, FL

Religion: Catholic

Education

DVM, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, 1983

BSA, Agriculture, University of Florida, 1979

AA, Broward Community College, 1976

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Florida, District 3, 2012-present

Current Legislative Committees

Agriculture, Member

Foreign Affairs, Member

Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, Member

Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, Member

Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, Member

Subcommittee on Nutrition, Member

Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, present

Co-Chair/Founding Member, Freshman Regulatory Reform Working Group, present

Member, Ports, Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security (PORTS) Caucus, present

Member, Republican Study Committee, present

Co-chair/founding member, Veterinary Medicine Caucus, present

Professional Experience

Former Veterinarian

Former Laborer, Construction

Former Packer, Vegetable packing house

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, American Veterinary Medical Association, present

Member, Florida Association of Equine Practitioners, present

Member, Florida Cattlemens Association, present

Member, Florida Veterinary Medical Association, present

Member, National Rifle Association (NRA), present

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Support "Three Strikes" Laws and death penalty are necessary. The stricter punishment we use, the less crimes it occurs.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Oppose Cutting taxes and reducing regulation is the means to recuperate from the Great Recession.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Support School choice helps the poor who would otherwise be stuck in failing schools. Vochers for school choice can improce the education.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Support U.S. needs to keep expanding the military. Increase defense spending is also to meet global responsibilities.
11. Support & expand free trade	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Oppose Illegal immigration is illegal and should be enforced against.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Oppose Affirmative Action is a noble idea, but should not be enforced by government.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 48

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
05/18/2017	H.R.2397	DPRK Act of 2017	05/18/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. (All Actions)
05/18/2017	H.Res.223	Calling on the People's Republic of China (PRC) to cease its retaliatory measures against the Republic of Korea in response to the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) to U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), and for other purposes.	05/18/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. (All Actions)
04/20/2017	H.R.2114	To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft.	04/20/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
04/08/2017	H.Res.272	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States shall, with the help of the Congress, address comprehensive tax reform within the first 240 days of the President's administration.	04/08/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
04/06/2017	H.Res.271	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Trade Representative should commence negotiations to enter into a bilateral trade agreement with Taiwan.	04/06/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
04/04/2017	H.Con.Res.46	Expressing support for the designation of a "National Purebred Dog Day".	04/04/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
03/31/2017	H.R.1847	PAST Act	03/31/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/24/2017	H.Con.Res.40	Expressing the sense of Congress that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries should be eliminated.	03/24/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
03/20/2017	H.R.1643	FEAA	03/20/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
03/17/2017	H.R.1592	Holding Health Insurers Harmless Act	03/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/14/2017	H.R.512	WINGMAN Act	02/14/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (All Actions)
01/10/2017	H.R.430	State Sponsors of Terrorism Review Enhancement Act	01/10/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
01/04/2017	H.R.291	TRUST Act	01/04/2017 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform (All Actions)
11/30/2016	H.R.5166	Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act	11/30/2016 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
09/28/2016	H.Con.Res.170	Expressing support for the designation of a "National Purebred Dog Day".	09/28/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
09/13/2016	H.R.5484	State Sponsors of Terrorism Review Enhancement Act	09/13/2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
07/14/2016	H.R.5908	FEAA	07/14/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
04/26/2016	H.Con.Res.130	Supporting the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) and recognizing 50 years of organized academic veterinary medicine in the United States.	04/26/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research. (All Actions)
04/19/2016	H.Res.693	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Permanent Select Committee on Oversight of the Executive Branch.	04/19/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. (All Actions)
02/03/2016	H.Res.588	Condemning and censuring President Barack Obama.	02/03/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)

Total: 737

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
04/16/2014	H.R.4357	To deny admission to the United States to any representative to the United Nations who has engaged in espionage activities against the United States, poses a threat to United States national security interests, or has engaged in a terrorist activity against the United States.
04/16/2014	H.R.4286	American Energy Renaissance Act of 2014
04/10/2014	H.R.4447	Contempt Act
04/08/2014	H.R.2575	Save American Workers Act of 2014	Passed	Aye
04/04/2014	H.R.2046	Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013
04/02/2014	H.R.2413	Weather Forecasting Improvement Act of 2014
04/01/2014	H.R.4157	Farmer Identity Protection Act
03/27/2014	H.R.3387	Classified Veterans Access to Care Act
03/24/2014	H.R.3973	Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014	Passed	Aye
03/20/2014	H.R.3829	State Marriage Defense Act of 2014
03/13/2014	H.Con.Res.86	Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the Smith-Lever Act, which established the nationwide Cooperative Extension System.
03/12/2014	H.R.311	FUELS Act
03/07/2014	H.R.4141	To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases for excess property of the National Cemetery Administration that is unsuitable for burial purposes.
03/06/2014	H.R.938	United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014	Passed	Yea
03/04/2014	H.Res.488	Supporting the people of Venezuela as they protest peacefully for democracy, a reduction in violent crime and calling for an end to recent violence.	Passed	Yea
02/28/2014	H.R.4070	Internet Freedom Act
02/27/2014	H.R.3308	Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2014
02/14/2014	H.R.4060	Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2014
02/12/2014	H.R.4006	SNAP Verify Act of 2014
02/11/2014	H.R.4045	First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act

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