rollout of commercial hydrogen fueling stations. He has spoken of his vision for the development of a "Hydrogen Highway East", similar to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plans for a Hydrogen Highway on the West Coast. Dent is a member of The Republican Main Street Partnership. In 2007 he was elected to co-chair the Tuesday Group, a centrist organization of Congressional Republicans. Drug policy Dent is a proponent of drug prohibition, and is outspoken on the dangers of novel synthetic drugs, having personally sponsored several bills aimed to schedule new psychoactive compounds. In 2011, he sponsored the Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011, which sought to schedule a large number of cannabimimetic agents, as well as 26 other psychoactive substances. The bill passed the House but did not make its way through the Senate. On March 27, 2017, the bill was re-introduced as the Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2017. If passed in its current text (as of May 14, 2017), this bill would schedule a large number of novel psychoactive substances, including 96 phenethylamines, 94 cannabimimetic agents, 15 arylcyclohexylamines, 21 tryptamines, 8 benzylpiperazines, 4 benzodiazepines, 4 opioid or opioid-like substances, 8 piperazines, and 2 tropane alkaloids. Committee assignments Committee on Appropriations Chairman, United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Vice Chairman, United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairman United States House Committee on Ethics Caucus memberships Congressional Arts Caucus Congressional Cement Caucus, Co-Chair U.S.-Japan Caucus Friends of Wales Caucus Problem Solvers Caucus Electoral history |- | colspan=13 | |- !Year !Winning candidate !Party !Pct !Opponent !Party !Pct !Opponent !Party !Pct !Opponent !Party !Pct |- |2004 | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| Charlie Dent | style="background:#ffb3b3;"|Republican | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| 59% | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| Joe Driscoll | style="background:#b3d9ff;"|Democratic | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| 39% | style="background:#fc9;"|Richard J. Piotrowski | style="background:#fc9;"|Libertarian | style="background:#fc9;"| 1% | style="background:#0bda51;"|Greta Browne | style="background:#0bda51;"|Green Party | style="background:#0bda51;"| 1% |- |2006 | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| Charlie Dent (inc.) | style="background:#ffb3b3;"|Republican | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| 54% | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| Charles Dertinger | style="background:#b3d9ff;"|Democratic | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| 43% | | | | style="background:#0bda51;"|Greta Browne | style="background:#0bda51;"|Green Party | style="background:#0bda51;"| 3% |- |2008 | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| Charlie Dent (inc.) | style="background:#ffb3b3;"|Republican | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| 59% | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| Sam Bennett | style="background:#b3d9ff;"|Democratic | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| 41% |- ||2010 | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| Charlie Dent (inc.) | style="background:#ffb3b3;"|Republican | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| 54% | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| John Callahan | style="background:#b3d9ff;"|Democratic