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Questions of the Week – 2012

These questions are culled from phone calls, letters, faxes and e-mails sent to my Camarillo, Solvang, and Washington offices. Each week that Congress is in session I add another question and answer. Below are the questions in chronological order for 2012.

• Question: Did you support the legislation to audit the Federal Reserve? (Week ending July 27, 2012)

• Question: What was included in H.R. 5856, the Fiscal Year 2013 Department of Defense Appropriations Act? (Week ending July 20, 2012)

• Question: Why did you vote to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010? (Week ending July 12, 2012)

• Question: Did you support the legislation that keeps federally subsidized student loan interest rates at 3.4 percent? (Week ending June 29, 2012)

• Question: Why did the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of the House of Representatives? (Week ending June 22, 2012)

• Question: How would H.R. 436, the Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012, help consumers? (Week ending June 8, 2012)

• Question: Did you support H.R. 5854, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2013? (Week ending June 1, 2012)

• Question: Your Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act was included in the National Defense Authorization Act. What does your bill do? (Week ending May 18, 2012)

• Question: Did you support H.R. 2072, the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012? (Week ending May 11, 2012)

• Question: How did you vote on H.R. 4628, the Interest Rate Deduction Act? (Week ending April 27, 2012)

• Question: How would H.R. 9, the Small Business Tax Cut Act, help create jobs? (Week ending April 20, 2012)

• Question: Did you support the House Budget Committee’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2013? (Week ending March 30, 2012)

• Question: How did you vote on H.R. 5, the Protecting Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act? (Week ending March 23, 2012)

• Question: How does HR 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, help small businesses? (Week ending March 9, 2012)

• Question: What does H.R. 1837, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, do? (Week ending March 2, 2012)

• Question: What is included in H.R. 3408, the Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act (PIONEERS) Act? (Week ending February 17, 2012)

• Question: Did you support S. 2038, the STOCK Act? (Week ending February 10, 2012)

• Question: Did the House of Representatives pass H.R. 658, the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012? (Week ending February 3, 2012)

• Question: President Obama denied a permit for TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL oil pipeline. Do you support this decision? (Week ending January 27, 2012)

• Question: What are the next steps for H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act? (Week ending January 20, 2012)

• Question: What are you doing to help employers create new jobs? (Week ending January 13, 2012)

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