• BRAT, DAVID ALAN MR.
Experience: House: District 7, 2014-Present
Home State: Virginia
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $932,481Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: David 'Dave' Brat
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Laura; 2 Children: Jonathan, Sophia
    Home City: Henrico, VA

Education

    BA, Business Administration, Hope College
    MDV, Princeton Theological Seminary
    PhD, Economics, American University

Political Experience

    Member, United States House of Representatives, 2014-Present

Current Legislative Committees

    Budget, Member
    Education and the Workforce, Member
    Small Business, Member
    Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, Member
    Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, Member
    Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access, Member
    Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Member

Professional Experience

    Director, BB&T Ethics Program, 2009-present
    Chair, Economics and Business Department, Randolph-Macon College, 2005-present
    Professor, Economics and Ethics, Randolph-Macon College, 1996-present
    Employee, Arthur Anderson & Company
    Former Economics Consultant, United States Army
    Special Assistant, Office of the Senator Walter Stosch, 2005-2011
    President, Virginia Association of Economists, 2005-2006

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Advisory Board, The Virginia Public Access Project, 2011-present
    Member, Board of Trustees, Virginia Municipal League/Virginia Association of Counties Pooled Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust (VACo/VML Pooled OPEB Trust), 2009-present
    Vice-Chair, Great Aspirations Scholarship Program, Incorporated, 2008-present
    Member, Richmond Metropolitan Authority Board, 2008-present
    Member, Henrico Republican Party
    Member, Joint Advisory Board of Economists
    Member, Saint Mary’s Catholic Church
    Member, Virginia Board of Accountancy
Total: 1
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

No Opinion
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

No Opinion
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Strongly Support
11. Support & expand free trade

No Opinion
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

No Opinion
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

No Opinion
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

No Opinion
20. Privatize Social Security

No Opinion
Total: 30
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
06/08/2017 H.R.2835 To amend the Small Business Act to waive the guarantee fee for loans of not more than $150,000 provided to veterans and spouses of veterans under the Export Working Capital, International Trade, and Export Express programs. 06/08/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.  (All Actions)
05/02/2017 H.R.2157 OCEAN Act 05/02/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.  (All Actions)
04/25/2017 H.R.2125 BASIC Act 04/25/2017 Referred to House Budget  (All Actions)
03/28/2017 H.R.1753 Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 2017 03/28/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.  (All Actions)
03/28/2017 H.R.1752 Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act 03/28/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.  (All Actions)
03/27/2017 H.R.1729 Statutes at Large Modernization Act 03/27/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.  (All Actions)
03/17/2017 H.R.1597 The Commercial Market Representatives Clarification Act 03/17/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.  (All Actions)
03/10/2017 H.Res.190 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Lake of the Woods Association of Orange County, Virginia. 03/10/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  (All Actions)
02/08/2017 H.R.591 USCIS Act 02/08/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
02/07/2017 H.R.937 Universal Savings Account Act 02/07/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
01/04/2017 H.R.247 Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 01/04/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
11/16/2016 H.R.5032 To allow certain property in the town of Louisa, Virginia, to be used for purposes related to compliance with water quality standards, and for other purposes. 11/16/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 650.  (All Actions)
08/11/2016 H.R.5826 Detain and Deport Act 08/11/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
08/11/2016 H.R.5825 Illegal Alien Capture Notification Act 08/11/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
08/11/2016 H.R.5824 Religious FIRE Act 08/11/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.  (All Actions)
08/02/2016 H.R.5823 Naming the Enemy Within Homeland Security Act 08/02/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.  (All Actions)
05/25/2016 H.R.5324 Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2016 05/25/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.  (All Actions)
04/27/2016 H.Res.707 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Committee on Appropriations to maintain proposed and historical budget authority and outlays for each category of spending. 04/27/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.  (All Actions)
04/21/2016 H.Res.698 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Committee on Appropriations to maintain proposed and historical budget authority and outlays for each category of spending. 04/21/2016 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.  (All Actions)
04/01/2016 H.R.4791 USCIS Act 04/01/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
Total: 338
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
02/15/2017 H.R.1045 Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2017
02/14/2017 H.R.1031 To eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.
02/14/2017 H.J.Res.72 Relating to the disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Kenya of Air Tractor aircraft with weapons, and related support.
02/14/2017 H.R.1019 To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 255 West Main Street Charlottesville, Virginia, as the "Justice Antonin G. Scalia Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
02/14/2017 H.R.512 WINGMAN Act
02/10/2017 H.R.553 To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes.
02/10/2017 H.R.352 State Health Flexibility Act of 2017
02/10/2017 H.R.175 ObamaCare Repeal Act
02/08/2017 H.R.674 One In, One Out Act
02/07/2017 H.R.387 Email Privacy Act
02/06/2017 H.R.586 Sanctity of Human Life Act
02/06/2017 H.R.490 Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017
02/06/2017 H.R.395 One Subject at a Time Act
02/03/2017 H.R.486 Grant's Law
02/02/2017 H.R.842 EDIT Act
02/06/2017 H.R.391 Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017
02/06/2017 H.R.377 Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2017
02/06/2017 H.R.367 Hearing Protection Act of 2017
02/06/2017 H.R.358 To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
02/03/2017 H.J.Res.39 Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients".
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