Record

Gabrielle’s Record

Jan. 2007 – September 2010

Gabrielle serves on three congressional committees and five subcommittees, including a role as Chair of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee.

House Armed Services Committee

Readiness Subcommittee

Air and Land Subcommittee

House Foreign Affairs Committee

Western Hemisphere Subcommittee

House Science and Technology Committee

Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, Chair

Energy and Environment Subcommittee

Gabrielle’s Recent work to protect Southern Arizona families includes:

• Ultralight Smuggling Prevention Act (H.R. 5307)
• Predatory Lending Sunset Act (H.R. 5689)
• Resolution to oppose raising the Social Security retirement age

Gabrielle has introduced more than 600 bills and amendments. Forty-five of these have become law in whole or in part, including:

$600 million in border security funding. Gabrielle recently pushed through $600 million in border security funding, which was signed into law in September. This bill will improve border security in Southern Arizona, so we don’t continue to suffer under the past policies that aided California and Texas and hurt our community.

Border Security and Homeland Security

• Extending the authorization for E-Verify, the federal database that enables employers to check the legal status of potential hires. (FY 2010 DHS Appropriations Act)
• Tunnel Enforcement Act (H.R. 4326)
• Increasing funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Fund (SCAAP), which reimburses local governments for the cost of incarcerating illegal immigrants. (Amendment to the CJS Appropriations for FY 2009 and FY 2010)

Military and Veterans

• Combat Troops Tax Relief Act (H.R. 3808)
• Improving energy consumption by the armed forces (FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act)
• Provisions to provide increased access to veterans’ centers for Guardsmen and Reservists (Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act)

Solar and Renewable Energy

• Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act (H.R. 2774)
• Extended the Solar Investment Tax Credit by eight years (H.R. 3807)
• Solar manufacturing tax credit (H.R. 576)
• Made the solar grant program applicable to large-scale projects (Amendment to H.R. 1)

Foreign Affairs

• Stop Arming Iran Act (H.R. 1441)

Natural Resources

• Sierra Vista Subwatershed Feasibility Study Act (Omnibus Lands Package)
• National Scenic Trail designation for the Arizona Trail (Omnibus Lands Package)

Accountability to Southern Arizonans

When Gabrielle first was elected to Congress in 2006, she committed to stand up for Southern Arizona and be accountable to her constituents. She has kept this promise. Here is a by-the-numbers look at her work for us.

Since January 2007 Gabrielle has:

• Opened 8,995 constituent cases
• Closed 8,109 constituent cases. This is an impressive 90% completion rate.
• Made 124 trips home to Southern Arizona, including 48 trips to Cochise, Santa Cruz and Pinal Counties.
• Put on a successful job seekers’ expo that drew over 300 prospective applicants to meet with employers across the district.
• Hosted four Military Academy Days connecting local high school students looking to serve their country with recruiters from America’s military academies.
• Held 20 “Congress on Your Corner” meetings where she has spoken with a total of more than 2,200 Southern Arizonans in their own neighborhoods about any issue of their choosing.
• Organized 57 issue forums and town halls. These events have covered a range of issues that concern our district, including border security, immigration, veterans’ affairs, consumer protection, health care, economic recovery, fiscal accountability, water resources, the new GI Bill, the Rosemont Mine and resources for small businesses.
• Hosted 21 on-site workplace town halls for major district employers, including Raytheon Missile Systems, IBM, Cox Communications, Breault Research Organization, EOS Technologies, Radiology Ltd., Citi Tucson, AGM Container Controls, Inc., Honeywell Aerospace, Ridgetop Group and Texas Instruments.

Gabrielle has established five community advisory councils to guide her work on the key issues of:

• Veterans
• Military
• Health Care
• Seniors & Aging
• Solar Energy

In addition, Gabrielle hosts a weekly conference call between ranking federal officials working to craft border security policy and border-area residents in Cochise County to resolve critical security matters for those on the front lines of the problem.