FORTENBERRY, JEFFREY L. HONORABLE

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FORTENBERRY, JEFFREY L. HONORABLE
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: Experience: House: District 1, 2005-Present; Home State: Nebraska; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $638,596Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Jeff Fortenberry

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Celeste; 5 Children

Birth Date: 12/27/1960

Birth Place: Baton Rouge, LA

Home City: Lincoln, NE

Religion: Catholic

Education

MA, Theology, Franciscan University, Steubenville, 1996

MA, Public Policy, Georgetown University, 1986

BA, Economics, Louisiana State University, 1982

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 1, 2004-present

At-Large Member, City Council, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1997-2001

Current Legislative Committees

Appropriations, Member

Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, Member

Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Coalition on Autism Research and Education, present

Member, Congressional African Staff Association, present

Member, Congressional Biofuels Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Childrens Health Care Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Community Pharmacy Coalition, present

Member, Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Farmer Cooperative Caucus, present

Vice Chair, Congressional Friends of Jordan Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Humanities Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Life Insurance Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Military Family Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Rural Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Scouting Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Sportsmens Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus, present

Member, General Aviation Caucus, present

Member, Green Schools Caucus, present

Member, House Army Caucus, present

Co-Chair, House Beef Caucus, present

Member, House International Conservation Caucus, present

Member, House Library of Congress Caucus, present

Member, House Native American Caucus, present

Member, House Oceans Caucus, present

Member, House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, present

Member, House Rural Health Care Coalition, present

Member, House Small Brewers Caucus, present

Member, House Soils Caucus, present

Member, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Religious Minorities in the Middle East Caucus, present

Member, Rural Veterans Caucus, present

Former Member, Civil War Battlefield Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Caucus of Uganda

Co-Founder, Congressional Nuclear Security Caucus

Former Member, Congressional West Africa Caucus

Former Member, House 4-H Caucus

Former Member, House Democracy Partnership Commission

Former Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Former Member, Public Policy and Economic Analysis Team, United States Senate

Member, Hometown Security Committee, City of Lincoln, 2003

Policy Analyst, Subcommittee for Intergovernmental Relations, United States Senate, 1986

Professional Experience

Sales Representative, TruckPaper.com, Sandhills Publishing, 1998-present

Former Legislative Aide

Former Publishing Industry Executive

Director, Public Relations and Foundation Activities, Sandhills Publishing, 1995-1998

Assistant Director, Downtown Development District, Baton Rouge, 1989-1992

Research Associate, Gulf South Research Institute, 1987-1989

Economist, Gulf South Research Institute, 1987-1989

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Saint Joseph Catholic Church, present

Former Member, Advisory Board, Catholic Social Services

Former Member, Civilian Leadership Council, Nebraska National Guard

Former Participant, French Study Program

Former Representative, International 4-H Youth Exchange, Egypt

Former Member, Lincoln Independent Business Association

Former Member, Lincoln Rotary Club

Former Participant, Study Program, France

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	Oppose Effective enforcement rather than strict enforcement shoud be considered. The death penalty should be used with extreme caution, if at all.
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	Strongly Support Government's role in schooling should be limited. State-funded vouchers should pay for private schools, charter schools, home-schooling, or whatever schools parents choose.
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	Oppose we should do nothing because the cost of dealing with global warming is far higher than the potential damage. We should perhaps sign on to some international agreements, but make only minimal financial commitments for now.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
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 Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Oppose Further health coverage should be promoted through free market rather than the government.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Oppose We should consider about both nature rights and human needs, accounting for nature's value for humans as well as for other environmental benefits.
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	Strongly Oppose Women or minorities should fend for themselves rather than relaying on government interventions, because government should not enforce this.
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	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.

Total: 121

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
03/01/2017	H.R.1280	Health Savings Account Act	03/01/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
03/01/2017	H.Con.Res.32	Congratulating the State of Nebraska on the 150th anniversary of the admission of that State into the United States.	03/01/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
02/27/2017	H.R.1221	International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Authorization Act of 2017	02/27/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
02/01/2017	H.R.552	Affordable Limited Health Coverage Act	02/01/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
01/13/2017	H.R.551	Care for All Act of 2017	01/13/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (All Actions)
12/08/2016	H.R.6503	Care for Life Act	12/08/2016 Referred to House Education and the Workforce (All Actions)
12/08/2016	H.R.6442	To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.	12/08/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
09/09/2016	H.Con.Res.152	Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States and the international community should support the Republic of Iraq and its people to recognize a province in the Nineveh Plain region, consistent with lawful expressions of self-determination by its indigenous peoples.	09/09/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. (All Actions)
03/15/2016	H.Con.Res.75	Expressing the sense of Congress that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIL against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria include war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.	03/15/2016 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
02/12/2016	H.R.4506	Know Before You Go Act of 2016	02/12/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
08/13/2015	H.R.1292	Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act	08/13/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
07/28/2015	H.R.3248	VET Act of 2015	07/28/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (All Actions)
07/06/2015	H.R.893	Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act	07/06/2015 Became Public Law No: 114-30. (TXT \| PDF) (All Actions)
06/16/2015	H.R.2661	National Discovery Trails Act of 2015	06/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. (All Actions)
04/29/2015	H.R.1061	Farm to School Act of 2015	04/29/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (All Actions)
04/29/2015	H.R.984	To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.	04/29/2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
03/30/2015	H.R.1494	Retirement Health Savings Act of 2015	03/30/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/03/2015	H.R.1223	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the retroactive claim of the earned income tax credit after issuance of a social security number.	03/03/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/27/2015	H.R.1169	Health Savings Account Act	02/27/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
02/06/2015	H.R.220	Veterans Dependents' Parity Act	02/06/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)

Total: 1225

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
12/05/2007	H.Con.Res.253	Hispanic American Heroes Resolution
01/23/2008	H.R.4930	National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act
01/17/2008	H.R.5032	Ultrasound Informed Consent Act
01/17/2008	H.R.5031	Stealth Tax Relief Extension Act of 2008
01/14/2008	H.R.4900	Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2007
12/20/2007	H.R.4852	Positive Alternatives Act
12/05/2007	H.R.3887	William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007
11/15/2007	H.Con.Res.263	To establish the Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform, and for other purposes.
12/19/2007	H.R.3793	Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007
12/18/2007	H.R.3315	To provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall.
12/17/2007	H.Res.856	Expresses heartfelt sympathy for the victims and families of the shootings in Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday, December 5, 2007.
12/17/2007	H.Res.843	Mourning the passing of Congressman Henry J. Hyde and celebrating his leadership and service to the people of Illinois and the United States of America.
12/12/2007	H.Con.Res.215	Supporting the designation of a week as "National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week".
12/11/2007	H.Res.847	Recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith.
11/15/2007	H.R.4176	Prevention of Unsafe Licensing Act
11/15/2007	H.Res.748	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3584) to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend funding for 18 months for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and for other purposes.
11/14/2007	H.R.4160	To withhold certain highway funds if a State does not comply with certain requirements in issuing a driver's license or identification card, and for other purposes.
11/14/2007	H.R.4119	Make It Count Act
11/14/2007	H.Res.811	Condemning the November 6, 2007, terrorist bombing in Afghanistan and expressing condolences to the people of Afghanistan and the members of the Wolesi Jirga.
11/09/2007	H.R.4133	Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

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