Legislation
18 initiatives led by Altmire have been signed into law, including 6 dealing with veterans and military families:

• Treatment and screening of traumatic brain injury for returning veterans;
• Guaranteeing wounded military veterans can keep their enlistment bonuses;
• Expanding business opportunities for veterans who are small business owners;
• Tax relief to military families who are facing financial hardship due to multiple deployments;
• Extending FMLA benefits for all military guard and reserve families;
• Eliminating the late enrollment penalty on prescription drug coverage for low-income seniors;
• Ensuring seniors maintain access to critical medical equipment and supplies;
• Protecting sportsmen's right to hunt, fish,and trap on millions of acres of public land.

• Expanding access to capital for small businesses;
• Making college more affordable for working families;
• Increasing funding for volunteer firefighters.

• A tax cut for 95 percent of America’s working families; 
• A bill that will stem the foreclosure crisis and help families save their homes;
• New protections for American consumers who use credit cards;
• Health insurance for 11 million children who would otherwise go without;
• The most significant land conservation bill in 15 years.

 Leadership

• Appointed Chairman of Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation;
• Helped prevent a proposed hospital budget cut that saved PA hospitals $74 million;
• Convened a congressional field hearing to investigate SBA’s response to flooding in Aliquippa, the North Hills and the A-K Valley;
• Appointed Co-Chair of a congressional task force on health care reform.

 Funding for the District

Secured over $116 million for western PA projects, including funding for:

• Emergency first responders;
• Community hospitals;
• Transportation and infrastructure improvements including the Ohio River locks and dams;
• Research and development projects for Western PA companies.

Independent Voting Record

Altmire is rated by the non-partisan publications Congressional Quarterly and National Journal as having one of the most reliably moderate and centrist voting records in all of Congress.

Jason Altmire is one of only 2 members of the U.S. House of Representatives with perfect attendance, having made every vote during the 110th Session of Congress.