• MURPHY, TIMOTHY
Experience: House: District 18, 2003-Present
Home State: Pennsylvania
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $1,208,279Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Timothy 'Tim' F. Murphy
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Nan; 1 Child: Bevin
    Birth Date: 09/11/1952
    Birth Place: Cleveland, OH
    Home City: Upper Saint Clair, PA
    Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

    PhD, Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 1979
    MA, Clinical Psychology, Cleveland State University, 1976
    BS, Psychology, Wheeling Jesuit University, 1974

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 18, 2002-present
    Senator, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1997-2002

Current Legislative Committees

    Energy and Commerce, Member
    Joint Subcommittee on Auditor General Selection, Member
    Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, Member
    Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), Chair

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Co-Chair, 21st Century Healthcare Caucus
    Co-Chair, Congressional Mental Health Caucus
    Member, Congressional Steel Caucus
    Former Chair, Congressional Steel Caucus
    Member, Grand Old Party Doctor's Caucus
    Member, Health Care Task Force
    Member, Men's Health Caucus
    Member, Natural Gas Caucus
    Member, Steering Committee on Children's Issues Roundtable, Family Court Division

Professional Experience

    Former Farm Hand
    Former Psychologist
    Small Business Owner
    Child Abuse Case Consultant, Allegheny County Courts
    Former Employee, Children's Hospital
    Former Employee, Magee Women's Hospital
    Former Employee, Mercy Hospital
    Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Former Consultant, Pennsylvania Schools
    Author, The Angry Child
    Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserves Medical Service Corps

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Advisory Board, Allegheny Community College
    Member, Advisory Board, Saint Thomas More Catholic Church
    Board Member, Alliance for Infants
    Member, American Psychological Association
    Member, Bethel Park Chamber of Commerce
    Member, Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Chamber of Commerce
    Former Board, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
    Member, Greater Bridgeville Chamber of Commerce
    Member, Habitat for Humanity
    Board Member, Head Start
    Member, Korean War Veterans of Western Pennsylvania Memorial Fund
    Former Board, National Aviary
    Former Member, Parents Helping Parents
    Member, Pennsylvania Parental Association
    Member, Pennsylvania Psychological Association
    Board Member, Pittsburgh Public Theater
    Member, Rotary Club
    Founding Director, Senior Aides Employment Service
    Member, Sons of American Legion
    Member, South Park Chamber of Commerce
    Board Member, Western Pennsylvania Health Center
    Former Board, Western Pennsylvania Historical Society
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Support
11. Support & expand free trade

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

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

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

Oppose
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Support
Total: 141
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
04/25/2011 H.R.1629 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2011 04/25/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
04/15/2011 H.R.1630 Social Security and Medicare Protection Act 04/15/2011 Referred to House Budget  (All Actions)
03/04/2011 H.R.840 SECURE Act 03/04/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.  (All Actions)
03/03/2011 H.Res.96 Recognizing the soldiers of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment of the United States Army Reserve who were killed or wounded by an Iraqi missile attack on Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the attack. 03/03/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.  (All Actions)
09/24/2010 H.R.1745 Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2010 09/24/2010 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.  (All Actions)
03/25/2010 H.R.4939 Social Security and Medicare Protection Act 03/25/2010 Referred to House Rules  (All Actions)
02/23/2010 H.Res.1048 Commending the efforts and honoring the work of the men and women of USNS Comfort and the United States Navy in the immediate response to those affected by the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. 02/23/2010 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
09/09/2009 H.R.2227 American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act 09/09/2009 Subcommittee Hearings Held.  (All Actions)
07/23/2009 H.R.2871 Captain Scott Corwin Armed Forces Protection Act of 2009 07/23/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.  (All Actions)
07/07/2009 H.R.3104 Healthy Hospitals Act of 2009 07/07/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
01/09/2009 H.R.424 Protecting Senior's Nest Egg Act of 2009 01/09/2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
07/10/2008 H.R.6446 Homecoming Help for Our Heroes Act 07/10/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.  (All Actions)
06/20/2008 H.Res.1282 Encouraging the President to revoke the Executive memorandum banning energy production on America's Outer Continental Shelf. 06/20/2008 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.  (All Actions)
03/10/2008 H.Res.1033 Honoring Mr. Myron Cope for his 35 years of service to southwest Pennsylvania and as the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers. 03/10/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
01/28/2008 H.R.5083 To extend the suspension of duty on Desmodur E 14. 01/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
01/28/2008 H.R.5082 To suspend temporarily the duty on Desmodur VP LS 2253/1. 01/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
01/28/2008 H.R.5081 To extend the suspension of duty on Desmodur VP LS 2253. 01/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
01/28/2008 H.R.5080 To extend the suspension of duty on Desmodur HL BA. 01/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
01/28/2008 H.R.5079 To extend the suspension of duty on Trimethylopropane tris(3-aziridinylpropanoate). 01/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
01/28/2008 H.R.5078 To extend the suspension of duty on Desmodur BL XP 2468. 01/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
Total: 1695
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/12/2017 H.R.2873 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 207 Glenside Avenue in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, as the "Staff Sergeant Peter Taub Post Office Building".
05/19/2017 H.R.2568 To direct the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing an ethane storage and distribution hub in the United States.
05/01/2017 H.R.2264 Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act
04/28/2017 H.R.2118 Medical Device Servicing Safety and Accountability Act
04/27/2017 H.R.2210 To designate the community living center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Sergeant Joseph George Kusick VA Community Living Center".
04/13/2017 H.J.Res.43 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. Passed Aye
04/07/2017 H.R.1953 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017
04/05/2017 H.R.1875 Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017
04/05/2017 H.R.1672 Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act
04/04/2017 H.Con.Res.45 Expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have served in the Republic of Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
04/03/2017 H.R.1858 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4514 Williamson Trail in Liberty, Pennsylvania, as the "Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom Post Office".
04/03/2017 H.Res.92 Condemning North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes. Passed Yea
03/31/2017 H.R.1802 CARE for All Veterans Act
03/29/2017 H.R.1698 Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
03/29/2017 H.R.26 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 Passed Aye
03/27/2017 H.R.1596 Commission to Study the Creation of a National Museum of Irish American History
03/24/2017 H.R.1676 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
03/24/2017 H.R.1606 DOC Access Act
03/23/2017 H.R.1697 Israel Anti-Boycott Act
03/17/2017 H.R.1409 Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017
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