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Ciro Rodriguez alienated himself from not only the bipartisan group of U.S. Senators who strongly support the Protect America Act, but also the American public as a whole, and he supported a sham FISA bill in hopes of finding political cover from voters who are tired of his bobbing and weaving on the issue of national security. (House Roll Call 145)

Ciro Rodriguez voted in lock-step with the liberal Democrat leadership to fund duplicitous pet projects over critical human intelligence. (House Roll Call 117)

Ciro Rodriguez continued to abdicate his duty to protect the American people and instead play political games by voting repeatedly to block a vote on the Senate's bipartisan Protect America Act. (House Roll Call 116)

By blatantly blocking the renewal of the critical terrorist surveillance program, Ciro Rodriguez prolonged the Democrats? payback to trial lawyers who are filing frivolous lawsuits against the telecom companies who fulfilled their patriotic duty by aiding the government in terrorist surveillances in the aftermath of 9/11. (House Roll Call 73)

Ciro Rodriguez completely abandoned his responsibility to ensure that our intelligence officials have all of the necessary tools to provide for our national security by allowing the terrorist surveillance program to expire, leaving Americans' security in serious jeopardy (House Roll Call 48 and 53)

The number one priority of Congress should be to protect the American people, but unfortunately, Ciro Rodriguez is proving he cannot be trusted with this responsibility as he continues to play politics with our national security. Rodriguez voted in lock-step with his liberal Democrat leadership to weaken our nation's intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole. (House Roll Call 1120)

Ciro Rodriguez voted to jeopardize our national security when he sided with his democrat leadership to weaken our nation's intelligence laws and to reopen the terrorist loophole (House Roll Call 1119).

Rodriguez voted for a bill that is widely perceived as a giveaway to the trial lawyer lobby, allowing for an open-ended commitment for frivolous lawsuits in the workplace. (House Roll Call 768)

Disregarding an important component of the Civil Rights Act, Ciro Rodriguez voted against legislation that would fully protect the rights of faith-based organizations that administer Head Start programs. (House Roll Call 284)

Voted against a measure that would have eliminated taxpayer-funded small business grants for convicted felons including sex offenders, kidnappers and others. (House Roll Call 224)

In a stunning payback to Big Labor for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions and a Democrat victory on Election Day, Rodriguez voted to strip away a worker's democratic right to a private ballot. (House Roll Call 118)

Rodriguez voted to turn over United States homeland security protections to the United Nations. (House Roll Call 14)