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First Term Accomplishments

3 Committee Assignments

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

19 bills and amendments introduced; 7 signed into law, 13 have 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)
  • 2 amendments to the “10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds” Act (H.R. 362)

265 bills and resolutions co-sponsored

75 floor speeches with 19 on immigration

50 trips home with 21 trips to Cochise 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

2 bipartisan Congressional delegations to the Middle East (Iraq, Kuwait 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

9 on-site workplace town halls with major employers in the area:

  • Raytheon Missile Systems
  • Advanced Ceramics; IBM
  • Cox Communications
  • Breault Research Organization
  • UPS
  • Home Depot
  • EOS Technologies

15 Congress on Your Corner events attended by more than 1,700 constituents

1 wedding

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

3,049 constituent cases opened and 2,516 closed (94% favorably)

113,523 constituent contacts received by email, telephone, fax or mail

25 events on Solar Energy

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

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

309 meetings and events in Arizona

163 days the 110th Congress was in session in 2007 (vs. 101 days the 109th Congress was in session in 2006)

1,128 bills passed by the 110th Congress in 1 year (vs. 1,457 passed by the 109th Congress in 2 years)

22 high school and college campaign interns

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

6,924 contributions from people like you who want effective leadership in Washington


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