As Your Congresswoman

January 2007 to February 2009

3 Committee Assignments

• Armed Services: Readiness Subcommittee and Air & Land Subcommittee
• Foreign Affairs: Western Hemisphere Subcommittee
• Science and Technology: Chair of Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, Energy & Environment Subcommittee

22 bills and amendments introduced; 9 have become law, 16 passed the House

Signed into law:

• Tunnel Enforcement Act (H.R. 4326)
• SCAAP Funding increase Amendment to the House CJS Appropriations
• Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act (H.R. 2774)
• Safe and Effective Drug Development Act (H.R. 2592)
• Advanced Research Projects Agency (H.R. 364)
• Stop Arming Iran Act (H.R.1441)
• Combat Troops Tax Relief Act (H.R. 3808)
• Solar Investment Tax Credit 8-year extension (H.R. 3807)
• Solar manufacturing tax credit (H.R. 576)
• 2 amendments to the “10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds” Act (H.R. 362)

355 bills and resolutions co-sponsored

80 floor speeches with 20 on immigration

67 trips home with 29 trips to Cochise, Pinal and Santa Cruz Counties

1 bipartisan Congressional Field Hearing on Utility-Scale Solar Energy with 6 Members of Congress participating and 150 attendees

1 Fiscal Wake-Up Tour by Comptroller General David Walker

1 Border Security Summit attended by 75 officials from the U.S. and Mexico

1 New Technology Summit bringing the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to Southern Arizona to meet with business and research leaders

2 Education Summits attended by more than 300 constituents

3 bipartisan Congressional delegations to the Middle East (Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria and Israel) and 1 to South Asia (Afghanistan and Pakistan)

2 Congressional delegations brought to Arizona (Border Security & Armed Services)

17 Border Checkpoint meetings with more than 500 participants

5 Advisory Councils Veterans, Military, Health Care, Seniors, & Solar Energy

13 on-site workplace town halls with major employers in the area: Raytheon; Advanced Ceramics; IBM; Cox Communications; Breault Research Organization; UPS; Home Depot; EOS Technologies; Radiology Ltd.; CitiTucson; AGM Container Controls; Honeywell Aerospace

16 Congress on Your Corner events attended by more than 1,800 constituents

Offices / office hours in 11 communities: Benson, Douglas, Green Valley, Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita, Sierra Vista, Tubac, Tucson, Vail, and Willcox

4,627 constituent cases opened and 4,041 closed (93% favorably)

168,874 constituent contacts received by email, telephone, fax or mail

30 events on Solar Energy

41 issue forums and town halls topics included border security, military readiness, Medicare, immigration, veteran’s issues, preventing identity theft, foreign affairs, water, and the economy

9 video or teleconference town halls on immigration, FEMA, No Child Left Behind, health care, Head Start, the farm bill and education in science and mathematics, solar energy and veterans

426 meetings and events in Arizona

7025 petition signatures collected by volunteers to put Gabrielle’s name on the ballot in 2006

11,742 petition signatures collected by volunteers to put Gabrielle’s name on the ballot in 2008