Democratic Representative of California's 31st District
3/21/16
Unit 4 - Part 1
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| A typical orange grove, like that in Aguilar's district |
Pete Aguilar was a city council member and a mayor of the city of Redlands City. While raising over two million dollars, his biggest political contributors are all five thousand dollars or less. He has recieved multiple contributions from unions and agricultural PACs. Aguilar represents California’s 31st district, which contains the city of San Bernardino, the outlying suburbs, and the fruit growing agricultural area around. This means he is an agriculturally based, suburban, Democratic representative. Aguilar has served for three terms in congress. He is a member of the House Committee on Agriculture. He is likely to oppose the ENCRYPT Act of 2016 because of his district’s involvement in the recent San Bernardino shooting, and the debate about breaking into the shooters iPhone. His constituents likely would try and ban encryption in some forms. He is unlikely to support the Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act of 2016, because of his party affiliation. He is likely to support the Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 based on his voting record on other criminal justice reform bills.
