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Rep. Rubén Hinojosa
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Party
Democratic
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Current Office
U.S. House
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First Elected
11/5/1996
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Next Election
2014
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Sponsored Bills
Congress 113
3
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CoSponsored Bills
Congress 113
50
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Missed Vote %
13.00%
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Votes with Party
91.61%
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- Contact Info
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OFFICE ADDRESS
107 South Saint Mary's Street Beeville, TX
Ph: 361-358-8400
Fx: 361-358-8407
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Rubén E. Hinojosa is the U.S. House of Representative for Texas's 15th congressional district, serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from Seguin (east of San Antonio), to McAllen on the Mexican border. Much of the region is rural, although Hidalgo County is part of the third fastest growing metropolitan statistical area in the country. He serves on the Financial Services and Education committees....
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Rubén E. Hinojosa is the U.S. House of Representative for Texas's 15th congressional district, serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from Seguin (east of San Antonio), to McAllen on the Mexican border. Much of the region is rural, although Hidalgo County is part of the third fastest growing metropolitan statistical area in the country. He serves on the Financial Services and Education committees....
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5488
To require a review of the completeness of the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the derivative terrorist watchlist utilized by the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5486
To require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a rule to require child safety packaging for liquid nicotine containers, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce....
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5458
Building a Health Care Workforce for the Future Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce....
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5446
Facilitating Access to Credit Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services....
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5352
To strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Ju...
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5343
To amend section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5294
To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently d...
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5239
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means....
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5238
Securing the Assistance of Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014 (SAVE Act)
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture....
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5228
Notario Victim Relief Act
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Rubén Hinojosa
has sponsored bill
HR5221
Border Health Security Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee co...
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5168
To authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for the support of full-service community schools, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5159
To permit employees to request changes to their work schedules without fear of retaliation, and to ensure that employers consider these requests; and to require employers to provide more predictable and stable schedules for employees in certain growing low-wage occupations, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of s...
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5134
To extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance for one year.
Current Status
Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote....
Rubén Hinojosa
has co-sponsored bill HR5005
Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
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