• 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
05/26/2005 H.R.2445 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on PHBA. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2444 To suspend temporarily the duty on Bayowet C4. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2443 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Ammonium Bifluoride. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2442 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Thionyl Chloride. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2439 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain flame retardant plasticizers. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2438 To suspend temporarily the duty on Hydrazine Hydrate. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2437 To suspend temporarily the duty on Desmodur BL XP 2468. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2436 To temporarily suspend the duty on Baytron and Baytron P. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2435 To extend the suspension of duty on Baytron M. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2434 To extend the suspension of duty on Baytron C-R. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2433 To suspend temporarily the duty on Aspirin. 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/26/2005 H.R.2432 To reduce temporarily the duty on Crelan (self-blocked cycloaliphatic polyuretdione). 05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/25/2005 H.R.2441 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on BOPA. 05/25/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/25/2005 H.R.2440 To suspend temporarily the duty on Baypure DS. 05/25/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.  (All Actions)
05/05/2005 H.Res.250 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Hepatitis B Awareness Week. 05/05/2005 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
04/20/2005 H.Res.208 Recognizing the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Jonas Salk, the University of Michigan, and Dr. Thomas Frances, Jr., on the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery and the declaration that the Salk vaccine was potent, virtually eliminating the disease and its harmful effects. 04/20/2005 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
03/22/2005 H.R.1313 Community Health Center Volunteer Physician Protection Act of 2005 03/22/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
10/09/2004 H.R.5295 Federal Employees Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004 10/09/2004 Received in the Senate.  (All Actions)
07/19/2004 H.R.4805 Ensuring Medication Safety for Seniors Act 07/19/2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  (All Actions)
11/19/2003 H.R.3531 Environmental Restoration Act of 2003 11/19/2003 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (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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