• MURPHY, TIMOTHY
Experience: House: District 18, 2003-Present
Home State: Pennsylvania
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $1,208,279Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Timothy 'Tim' F. Murphy
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Nan; 1 Child: Bevin
    Birth Date: 09/11/1952
    Birth Place: Cleveland, OH
    Home City: Upper Saint Clair, PA
    Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

    PhD, Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 1979
    MA, Clinical Psychology, Cleveland State University, 1976
    BS, Psychology, Wheeling Jesuit University, 1974

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 18, 2002-present
    Senator, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1997-2002

Current Legislative Committees

    Energy and Commerce, Member
    Joint Subcommittee on Auditor General Selection, Member
    Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, Member
    Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), Chair

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Co-Chair, 21st Century Healthcare Caucus
    Co-Chair, Congressional Mental Health Caucus
    Member, Congressional Steel Caucus
    Former Chair, Congressional Steel Caucus
    Member, Grand Old Party Doctor's Caucus
    Member, Health Care Task Force
    Member, Men's Health Caucus
    Member, Natural Gas Caucus
    Member, Steering Committee on Children's Issues Roundtable, Family Court Division

Professional Experience

    Former Farm Hand
    Former Psychologist
    Small Business Owner
    Child Abuse Case Consultant, Allegheny County Courts
    Former Employee, Children's Hospital
    Former Employee, Magee Women's Hospital
    Former Employee, Mercy Hospital
    Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Former Consultant, Pennsylvania Schools
    Author, The Angry Child
    Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserves Medical Service Corps

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Advisory Board, Allegheny Community College
    Member, Advisory Board, Saint Thomas More Catholic Church
    Board Member, Alliance for Infants
    Member, American Psychological Association
    Member, Bethel Park Chamber of Commerce
    Member, Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Chamber of Commerce
    Former Board, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
    Member, Greater Bridgeville Chamber of Commerce
    Member, Habitat for Humanity
    Board Member, Head Start
    Member, Korean War Veterans of Western Pennsylvania Memorial Fund
    Former Board, National Aviary
    Former Member, Parents Helping Parents
    Member, Pennsylvania Parental Association
    Member, Pennsylvania Psychological Association
    Board Member, Pittsburgh Public Theater
    Member, Rotary Club
    Founding Director, Senior Aides Employment Service
    Member, Sons of American Legion
    Member, South Park Chamber of Commerce
    Board Member, Western Pennsylvania Health Center
    Former Board, Western Pennsylvania Historical Society
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Oppose
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Support
6. Vouchers for school choice

Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Support
11. Support & expand free trade

Oppose
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Oppose
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Support
Total: 141
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
05/02/2012 H.R.5244 To suspend temporarily the duty on Phosphorus Sulfochloride. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5243 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 2-Phenylphenol sodium salt. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5242 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Phosphoric acid, tris (2-ethylhexyl)ester). 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5241 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain plasticizers. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5240 To suspend temporarily the duty on Dimethyl dicarbonate. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5239 To reduce temporarily the duty on P-Dichlorobenzene. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5238 To reduce temporarily the duty on Chlorobenzene. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5237 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Tetraethylammonium perfluoroctanesulfonate. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5236 To suspend temporarily the duty on Desmodur BL 1100/1. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5235 To suspend temporarily the duty on Bayhydur BL 5335. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5234 To suspend temporarily the duty on Bayhydur XP 2547. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5233 To suspend temporarily the duty on Desmodur VP LS 2078/2. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5232 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-Nonafluorobutanesulfonic acid, potassium salt. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5231 To extend and modify the temporary suspension of duty on Desmodur HL BA. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5230 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Desmodur E 14. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/02/2012 H.R.5229 To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,6-Diisocyanato-hexane homopolymer, polyethylene-polypropylene glycol mono-Bu ether blocked. 05/02/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
02/23/2012 H.R.3911 To prohibit the permanent relocation of C-130 aircraft assigned to Pittsburgh 911th Airlift Wing. 02/23/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.  (All Actions)
02/10/2012 H.R.3988 Generic Drug and Biosimilar User Fee Act of 2012 02/10/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
09/19/2011 H.R.908 Full Implementation of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Act 09/19/2011 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 139.  (All Actions)
09/08/2011 H.R.1861 Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act 09/08/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.  (All Actions)
Total: 1695
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/12/2017 H.R.2873 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 207 Glenside Avenue in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, as the "Staff Sergeant Peter Taub Post Office Building".
05/19/2017 H.R.2568 To direct the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing an ethane storage and distribution hub in the United States.
05/01/2017 H.R.2264 Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act
04/28/2017 H.R.2118 Medical Device Servicing Safety and Accountability Act
04/27/2017 H.R.2210 To designate the community living center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Sergeant Joseph George Kusick VA Community Living Center".
04/13/2017 H.J.Res.43 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. Passed Aye
04/07/2017 H.R.1953 Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017
04/05/2017 H.R.1875 Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017
04/05/2017 H.R.1672 Make It In America Manufacturing Communities Act
04/04/2017 H.Con.Res.45 Expressing the sense of Congress that those who served in the bays, harbors, and territorial seas of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, should be presumed to have served in the Republic of Vietnam for all purposes under the Agent Orange Act of 1991.
04/03/2017 H.R.1858 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4514 Williamson Trail in Liberty, Pennsylvania, as the "Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom Post Office".
04/03/2017 H.Res.92 Condemning North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes. Passed Yea
03/31/2017 H.R.1802 CARE for All Veterans Act
03/29/2017 H.R.1698 Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
03/29/2017 H.R.26 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 Passed Aye
03/27/2017 H.R.1596 Commission to Study the Creation of a National Museum of Irish American History
03/24/2017 H.R.1676 Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
03/24/2017 H.R.1606 DOC Access Act
03/23/2017 H.R.1697 Israel Anti-Boycott Act
03/17/2017 H.R.1409 Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017
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