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Home City: Phoenix Occupation: Member Since: |
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Ruben sits on the board of Valley Citizens League, the Childrens Museum, and South Mountain Community College Governing Board. He was named by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of Phoenixs 40 people under the age of 40 that are leading the way in Phoenix. Recently Ruben was named one of Chicanos Por La Causa Hispanic 40 under 40 most influential leaders. He has served on Blue Ribbon Commissions for Veteran Issues.
In 2009 Ruben was elected as the Vice Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party. He has also been a State Delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Ruben is the son of two Hispanic immigrants. He was the first in his family to attend college when he was admitted to Harvard and majored in International Relations. Ruben graduated Harvard with a degree in International Relations and was the recipient of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American studies grant. To fulfill his call to duty and country Ruben joined the Marine Corps. He served one tour in Iraq with Lima 3/25. Lima 3/25 was involved in some of the hardest combat of the Iraq War. He still remains close to his fellow Marines and is involved in many Veteran Causes. Ruben is currently the State Representative for District 16. "Like the other immigrant groups, the day will come when we win the economic and political rewards which are in keeping with our numbers in society. The day will come when the politicians will do the right thing for our people out of political necessity and not out of charity or idealism." - Cesar E. Chavez |
Bill Number | Sponsor Type | Short/NOW Title |
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HB2101 | C | protest activity; prohibition |
HB2249 | C | school board agendas; posting; time |
HB2250 | C | surveys; ethnicity; multiracial category |
HB2251 | C | 8th grade promotion certificates |
HB2262 | P | clean elections; assets; other purchases |
HB2293 | C | community property; separate debts |
HB2299 | C | private prisons; regulation. |
HB2300 | P | private prison contractors; public records |
HB2381 | P | auto title loans; military members |
HB2382 | P | ombudsman-citizen aide; military veterans |
HB2385 | C | schools; athletics; head injury policies |
HB2410 | P | honorably discharged veterans; in-state tuition |
HB2564 | C | sales tax; pipes and valves |
HB2566 | P | native American tribes; revenue sharing |
HB2567 | P | state transportation board; tribal representation |
HB2568 | P | shared revenue; Navajo technical college |
HB2569 | P | prioritize repairs; state highways |
HB2586 | P* | military members; consumer reporting agencies |
HB2594 | P | family leave insurance |
HB2596 | P | personal property tax exemption |
HB2604 | P | AHCCCS; services; restoration. |
HB2605 | P | accounting tax credit; repeal. |
HB2606 | C | AHCCCS; nonexperimental transplants; funding |
HB2607 | P | transplant services; AHCCCS. |
HB2623 | C | landowner prohibition of hunting; posting |
HB2630 | C | schools; prohibited courses; repeal |
HB2632 | C | foreclosures; rentals; landlord duties |
HB2633 | C | repeal; accounting tax credit |
HB2639 | P | state contracts; preference; Arizona businesses |
HB2651 | P* | AHCCCS; veterans |
HB2653 | C | graffiti implements; unlawful possession; minors |
HB2660 | C | salvia; prohibition |
HB2698 | C | transplant funding; unclaimed lottery monies |
HB2699 | C | expanded public school tax credit |
HB2708 | C | homeowner's rebate; primary residence |
HB2715 | P* | privilege tax; private recreational establishments |
HCM2003 | P | daily commuter program |
HCM2005 | P | dream act; military service; adoption |
HCR2035 | C | personal property tax; repeal |
HCR2042 | C | legislative primary elections; single ballot |
HCR2051 | C | Arizona; centennial song |
HM2001 | C | F-35 program; support funding |
HR2004 | C | honoring John Waddell |
HR2005 | P | Roosevelt Dam; centennial |
HR2007 | C | Warrene Ware; service |
SB1159 | P | multimedia production tax credits |
SB1160 | C | city sales tax; residential rental |
SB1173 | C | enterprise zone tax credits; trusts |
SB1187 | C | dissolution of marriage; legal separation |
SB1306 | C | landlords; tenants; bedbug control |
SCR1061 | P | Mitch Menlove; death resolution |
SR1013 | C | Lloyd Oliver; death resolution |