ACA American Citizens Abroad

The Americans Abroad Caucus counts 29 members at present, representing many states and all regions of the nation, from the West Coast, the Middle West, the South and the East Coast.  Twenty-two Democrats and five Republicans are members.  ACA looks forward to working with these Representatives in Congress to advance the cause of Americans residing and working overseas.

Congresswoman Maloney has represented the 14th Congressional District of New York, the East side Manhattan and Queens, since 1993. She is Chair of the Joint Economic Committee, a House and Senate panel that examines the nation’s most pressing economic issues. Rep. Maloney also chairs the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee of the House Financial Service Committee, and is member of the Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology Subcommittee. She is a senior member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and on its subcommittees on Government Management, Organization and Procurement; Information Policy, Census and National Archives; and National Security and Foreign Affairs. She is also a national leader on homeland security and a recognized advocate for women’s and family issues. Congresswoman Maloney has been a long-time supporter of overseas Americans and is the co-founder of the Americans Abroad Caucus. She introduced the Overseas Voting Practical Amendments Act of 2007 (H.R.4237) to significantly enhance the enfranchisement of overseas American voters, and will again introduce the measure in the 111th Congress.

Tel: 202.225.7944     2331 Rayburn
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Joe Wilson (R-SC), Co-Chair                  http://joewilson.house.gov

Congressman Wilson has represented the Second Congressional District of South Carolina since 2001, a district with a rich military tradition with bases in and around Beaufort and Columbia. Throughout his life, he has had a passion to serve his country as a member of the United States armed forces. Before his retirement in 2003 as Colonel in the South Carolina Army National Guard, Congressman Wilson was the only active Guard member service in Congress. He serves on the House Armed Services Committee, and is Ranking Member of its Subcommittee on Military Personnel. He is also on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Education and Labor, where he is on the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. He is also on the Republican Policy Committee and works as an assistant Republican Whip.

Tel: 202.225.2452       212 Cannon
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John Boozman (R-AR)                         http://www.boozman.house.gov

Congressman John Boozman is in his fourth term representing the Third District of Arkansas (northwest Arkansas). He serves on the House Veterans Affairs Committee, where he is ranking member of the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee that focuses on ensuring that veterans have a smooth transition to civilian life. He is also on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he is ranking member of the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee. Congressman Boozman is member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Assembly and is vice-chairman of the British American Parliamentary Group. He believes US relations with its friends in the world community are crucial in addressing international economic and humanitarian issues. He strongly supports opening world markets to US goods.

Tel: 202.225.4301   1519 Longworth

 

Michael Capuano (D-MA)                         http://www.house.gov/capuano

Congressman Capuano is in his fifth term representing the 8th Congressional District of Massachusetts, which includes Cambridge, Chelsea, Somerville and 70% of Boston. He is a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the House Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on House Administration, chairing its Subcommittee on Capitol Security. He also serves on the House Democratic Leadership team as a member of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. In 2007, House Speaker Pelosi appointed him to chair the Special Task Force on Ethics Enforcement, which led to a 2008 resolution establishing an Office of Congressional Ethics. Congressman Capuano created and co-chairs the bipartisan Congressional Former Mayors' Caucus, the Congressional Caucus on Community Health Centers, and the Empowered Communities Caucus. He also co-founded and co-chairs the Congressional Caucus on Sudan and has emerged as a leading Congressional voice fighting the atrocities and genocide in the Darfur region.

Tel: 202.225.5111    1530 Longworth
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André Carson (D-IN)                                http://carson.house.gov/ 

Congressman Carson, whose previous career was in law enforcemenet, represents the 7th Congressional District of Indiana (Indianapolis). He serves on the Financial Services Committee, which oversees all components of the nation’s housing and financial services sectors, as well as on the Committee on Science and Technology, which includes all non-defense federal scientific research and development. Rep. Carson is committed to improving the quality of and opportunities for education for all, working to create economic opportunity for Hoosiers, pushing forward comprehensive affordable healthcare legislation, working to restore America’s role as a respected global leader.

Tel: 202.225.4011    2455 Rayburn
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 Donna M. Christensen (D-VI Delegate) http://www.house.gov/christian-christensen 

Delegate Donna M. Christensen is in her seventh term as a delegate representing the United States Virgin Islands. She is the first non-voting delegate to be named to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. She also serves on the Committee on Natural Resources, which oversees territorial and public land issues and on the Subcommittees on Insular Affairs, on Oceans and Wildlife, and on National Parks, Forests and Federal Lands. A medical doctor by training, Delegate Christensen is 2nd vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and chairwoman of the Caucus’s Health Braintrust, which oversees and advocates minority health issues nationally and internationally. She is member of other caucuses including the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues.

Tel: 202.225.1790    1510 Longworth
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James Clyburn (D-SC)                              http://clyburn.house.gov                                  

Congressman James E. Clyburn represents the 6th District of South Carolina since 1993. On November 16th, 2006, the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected Congressman Clyburn Majority Whip, a position he continues to hold in the 111th Congress. This was a historic day for House Democrats, having just won back the majority for the first time in twelve years. It was also historic for Jim Clyburn, who became the first South Carolinian and the second African American to ascend to the third ranking position in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is also Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Prior to his election as Majority Whip, he was on the Appropriations Committee.

Tel: 202.225.3315    2135 Rayburn
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Steven Cohen (D-TN)                              http://cohen.house.gov                                  

Congressman Cohen was first elected in 2006 to represent the 9th Congressional District of Tennessee, which includes Memphis and Shelby County. He serves on the House Judiciary Committee where he sits on three subcommittees – Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security; Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties; and he chairs the subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. Congressman Cohen also serves on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. He also serves as Regional Whip. Important for Overseas Americans, he supported HR 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2007, which would eliminate the windfall elimination provision (WEP). He is winner of numerous awards for his public service activities.

Tel: 202.225.3265    1004 Longworth
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Michael Conaway (R-TX)                                   http://conaway.house.gov

Serving in his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Mike Conaway represents the 11th Congressional District of Texas consisting of 36 counties in Central and West Texas. His background as a CPA has given him the credibility to be a vocal proponent in reducing the national debt. He was the first freshman member of Congress to win the Ronald Reagan Award for showing exemplary leadership in communicating the message of Social Security reform with their constituents. Congressman Conway currently serves on the House Intelligence, Ethics, Armed Services, and Agriculture Committees. In the latter, he is Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture. He also serves as Deputy Republican Whip.

Tel: 202.225.3605        511 Cannon
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Gerald E. (Gerry) Connolly (D-VA)                                  http://connolly.house.gov

Congressman Connolly is serving his first term representing Virginia’s 11th District, which includes Fairfax and surrounding area. Early in his career, he spent 10 years on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he handled numerous issues including oversight of international economic issues and policies concerning the Middle East and the United Nations. He has also worked in the non-profit and private sectors for organizations and companies involved in international trade, regulatory matters, and research. He serves on three House Committees: on the Budget, on Foreign Affairs, and on Oversight and Government Reform. He is a member of two Foreign Affairs Subcommittees: Terrorism and Nonproliferation; and Mideast and South Asia. On the Government Oversight and Reform Committee, he serves on: the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia; and the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.

Tel: 202.225.1492    325 Cannon HOB
 

Susan Davis (D-CA)                                  http://www.house.gov/susandavis

Congresswoman Davis is in her fifth term representing the 53rd Congressional District of California, the San Diego area. After obtaining her advanced degree in social work, she and her family lived for two years in Japan, where her husband was an Air Force doctor. In Congress Susan Davis has earned a reputation as a bipartisan consensus builder. Congresswoman Davis is a member of the Armed Services Committee, where she serves as Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. She also sits on the Education and Labor Committee, and the House Administration Committee. She is focusing on the issues of defense, education, election reform, the environment, health care, and veterans’ affairs, especially significant due to of the large population of veterans in San Diego. She has introduced legislation to encouraged highly qualified teachers to teach in low income areas and legislation to allow universal vote-by-mail in federal elections.

Tel: 202.225.2040    1526 Longworth
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Mike Doyle (D-PA)                                  http://www.house.gov/doyle

Congressman Mike Doyle is currently serving his seventh term representing the 14th District of Pennsylvania, which includes Pittsburgh and surrounding area. He serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and is vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. He also serves on the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Congressman Doyle is also a member of the House Democratic Caucus. He is founder and co-chair of the recently formed Autism Caucus, and is a member of the Human Rights Caucus and the Internet Caucus. Rep. Doyle’s top interests center on preserving Social Security and Medicare, better public education, long-term national energy strategy, and a better climate for the US high-tech community.
Tel: 202.225.2135    401 Cannon
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Charles Gonzalez (D-TX)                                   http://www.gonzalez.house.gov

Charles A. Gonzalez is currently in his sixth term as the Representative from the 20th Congressional District of Texas (San Antonio). He is a member of the New Democrats and vice-chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. Since 1999, Congressman Gonzalez has served as a Texas Regional Whip for the Democratic Caucus and as Chair of the Hispanic Caucus Civil Rights Task Force. Congressman Gonzalez is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he serves on the Subcommittes on Energy and the Environment; and on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, and he is on the House Judiciary Committee (Subcommittees on Courts and Competititon Policy; on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law Membership), and on the Committee on House Administration and its Subcommittee on Elections.

Tel: 202.226.7533    303 Cannon
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Kay Granger (R-TX)                               http://kaygranger.house.gov                          

Congresswoman Granger has represented since 1997 the 12th Congressional District of Texas, which is located in the North Texas, including the city of Fort Worth and surrounding area. On the House Appropriations Committee, she  is the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations, and serves on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. Representative Granger co-chairs the Anti-Terrorism Caucus and serves as a deputy whip. She is also co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus.

Tel: 202.225.5071    440 Cannon
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Alcee Hastings (D-FL)                            http://alceehastings.house.gov                      

Congressman Alcee L. Hastings has represented the 23rd Congressional District of Florida, which includes the Palm Beach area since 1992. He is the Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, commonly referred to as the Helsinki Commission. He is Vice-Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a senior member of the powerful House Rules Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process. He is a Senior Democratic Whip in the House. Underscoring his commitment to work closely on a bipartisan basis with his Florida colleagues, Hastings is the Co-Chairman of the Florida Delegation. He is outspoken on ensuring that our election systems are easier and are fairer.

Tel: 202.225.1313    2353 Rayburn
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Rush Holt (D-NJ)                            http://holt.house.gov                      

Congressman Holt represents the 12th District of central New Jersey. He serves on the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Rep. Holt chairs the Select Intelligence Oversight Panel. A physicist who has held top-level positions in his field, he is co-chair of the Research and Development Caucus and sits on caucuses on Children’s Environmental Health, Renewable Energy; Sustainable Development, Biomedical Research, Internet, and Human Rights. He is member of the New Democrat Coalition. He has received numerous awards including "Biotec Legislator of the Year", and has also received top ratings from the League of Conservation Voters, the American Association of University Women, and Citizens for Global Solutions.

Tel: 202.225.5802    1019 Longworth
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Michael M. Honda (D-CA)                      http://honda.house.gov

Congressman Honda has represented the 15th Congressional District of California, which includes Silicon Valley, since 2001. He sits on the Appropriations Committee where he serves on the Labor, Health and Human Resources, and Education Subcommittee as well as the Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee and the Legislative Branch Subcommittee. He is now Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee and was named House Democratic Senior Whip in 2007. He also chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, coordinating with his colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucuses to champion the causes of under-represented communities. Last but not least, in November 2007, Representative Honda introduced H.R. 4173, The Overseas Vote Act, to promote the participation of absent overseas voters in elections for Federal office; he will support similar legislation in the 111th Congress.

Tel: 202.225.2631    1713 Longworth
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Eric Massa (D-NY)                   http://massa.house.gov

Congressman Eric Massa is serving his first term representing New York’s 29th congressional district (Corning region). A Naval Academy graduate, he retired after 24 years of service, with the rank of Navy Commander. During his Navy career, the Massa family had to move all over the world, wherever Congressman Massa was deployed. After retirement, he was a professional staffer on the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, then worked on the presidential campaign of General Wesley Clark. Once diagnosed with terminal cancer; Congressman Massa not only survived, but is completely cured. He firmly believes that all Americans deserve access to quality, affordable health care. Congressman Massa serves on the three House Committees: the Agriculture Committee, the Armed Services Committee and the Homeland Security Committee.

Tel: 202.225.3161   1208 Longworth

James McGovern (D-MA)                   http://mcgovern.house.gov

Congressman James (Jim) McGovern is currently serving his seventh term representing Massachusetts’s 3rd Congressional District (Worcester and environs). He is member of the House Rules Committee, which sets the terms for debate and amendments on most legislation, and chairman of the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House. He also serves on the House Budget Committee. He co-chairs the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and the House Hunger Caucus. Rep. McGovern has a strong reputation as advocate of human rights; he has championed increased grant assistance for college students and their families; he has fought to provide adequate health care; he has worked to increase funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund; he has fought to preserve and strengthen Social Security.

Tel: 202.225.6101    438 Cannon
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Gregory Meeks (D-NY)                   http://www.house.gov/meeks

Congressman Meeks has represented the 6th Congressional District of New York (Jamaica) for more than a decade.  Rep. Meeks currently serves as a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, its Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. Congressman Meeks also serves as a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee where he is a member and vice chair of the Subcommittee on Asia, a member of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, and a member of the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight.  Congressman Meeks is a strong supporter of diplomacy and as such is a co-chair of the Dialogue Caucus in the House of Representatives. He also co-chairs the Malaysia Trade and Security Caucus and the Services Caucus to promote the advancement of trade in services at the World Trade Organization. In the 110th Session of Congress, Representative Meeks introduced legislation to eliminate the cap on the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion for Americans residing overseas.

Tel. 202.225.3461    2347 Rayburn
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Jim Moran (D-VA)                   http://moran.house.gov

Congressman Jim Moran is in his tenth term representing the 8th District of Virginia, which includes Alexandria and Falls Church. Rep. Moran serves on the Appropriations Committee, where he is member of three Subcommittees: on Defense; on the Interior; and on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. He co-chairs the Congressional Prevention Coalition Caucus and is active on human rights issues, particularly involving women in the developing world. Rep. Moran is a co-founder of the New Democrat Coalition of 75 centrist House Democrats committed to fiscal responsibility, free trade; technology; and maintaining US economic competitiveness. Congressman Moran was named "High Technology Legislator of the Year" by the Information Technology Industry Council. In 2006; he received near perfect ratings from the League of Conservation Voters.

Tel. 202.225.4376        2239 Rayburn
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Donald Payne (D-NJ)                                   http://www.house.gov/payne/

Congressman Payne has represented the 10th Congressional District of New Jersey since 1988. A past Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, he is a member of the Democratic Whip Organization and has served as a member of the House Democratic Leadership Advisory Group. He is on the House Committee on Education and Labor, as well as the Foreign Affairs Committee, where he serves as Chairman of the Subcommitee on Africa and Global Health and is a member of the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight. He has received awards and honors from national, international and community-based organizations, including the Visionaries Award bestowed by the Africa Society and the Democracy Service Medal of the National Endowment for Democracy.

Tel: 202.225.3436    2209 Longworth
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Congressman Sablan was sworn in on January 6, 2009 as the first member of Congress from the Northern Mariana Islands. He previously served in the administrations of several gubernatorial administrations in the Marianas, as well as two terms in the Commonwealth Legislature. He spent time in Washington, DC as Special Assistant to Senator Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii. Immediately prior to being elected to Congress, he was Executive Director of the Commonwealth Election Commission. In the 111th Congress, Congressman Sablan is a cosponsor of H.R. 235, introduced by Rep. Howard Berman, to amend the Social Security legislation to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.

Tel: 202.225.2646     423 Cannon HOB


 

Janice Schakowsky (D-IL)                            http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/

Congresswoman Schakowsky is in her fifth term representing Illinois' 9th Congressional District, after serving for eight years in the Illinois State Assembly. She serves in the House Democratic Leadership as Chief Deputy Whip and as a member of the Steering and Policy Committee. She is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, where she will work to accomplish her top priority in Congress -- providing universal healthcare coverage for all Americans. On that committee, she serves as vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection and as a member of the subcommittees on Health and on Oversight and Investigations. She was appointed to serve on the House Select Committee on Intelligence. Schakowsky is a leading advocate for women's issues in Congress; she currently serves as Democratic vice-chair of the bipartisan Women's Caucus.

Tel: 202.225.2111    1027 Longworth
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Joe Sestak is serving his second term as the  Representative from Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional  District, which includes most of Delaware County and  parts of Chester and Montgomery Counties. Born and  raised in Delaware County, Joe Sestak spent 31 years  serving our nation in the U.S. Navy, rising to the rank  of three-star Admiral. He brings to Congress the same  dedication and commitment with which he served this  country in the Navy. He serves on the following  committees: House Committee on Armed Services,  (subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, subcommittee on  Oversight and Investigations and subcommittee on  Seapower and Expeditionary Forces); the House Committee  on Education and Labor (subcommittee on Early Childhood,  Elementary and Secondary Education, Subcommittee on  Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions); the House  Committee on Small Business (subcommittee on Contracting  and Technology, subcommittee on Finance and Tax and  subcommittee on Regulations, Healthcare, and Trade). As a  member of Congress, Joe is working to strengthen our  country's national security - national security that  begins at home in the health, education, and economic promise of our people, as well as our defense security.

tel: 202.225.2011   1022 Longworth
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Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)                       http://vanhollen.house.gov     

Congressman Van Hollen was elected to Congress in 2002 to represent the 8th Congressional District of Maryland (Rockville, Hyattsville). He is considered a fast rising young member in Congress. Representative Van Hollen is Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means as well as the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He is the Vice Chairman of the bipartisan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, Co-Chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force and Vice Chairman of the Democratic Task Force on Budget and Tax Policy.  Representative Van Hollen has been recognized for his leadership in the areas of education, foreign policy, the environment, healthcare, energy policy, protecting the rights of federal employees and civil rights.

Tel: 202.225.5341    1707 Longworth
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Henry Waxman (D-CA)                            http://www.house.gov/waxman                     

Congressman Waxman has represented the 30th Congressional District of California, the Los Angeles area, since 1974. He is currently Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Representative Waxman has been a leader on a wide erange of health reform and environmental issues, fighting for universal health insurance, comprehensive Medicare and Medicaid coverage, women’s health research, tobacco research, AIDS research and treatment, air and water quality standards, the affordability of prescription drugs, and the right of communities to know about pollution levels. Since coming to Congress he has also earned the reputation as an expert on Middle East policy.

Tel: 202.225.3976    2204 Rayburn
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Congressman Wolf, now in his 14th Congressional term, represents the 10th District of Virginia, which stretches from McLean to Winchester. Representative Wolf sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, where he is the senior Republican on the State and Foreign Operations subcommittee. He also serves on the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development subcommittee. A leading crusader for human rights, Congressman Wolf is Co-chairman of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, which identifies and works to alleviate human rights abuses worldwide, and he has traveled widely throughout the world on this issue.  He is also a recognized strong supporter of basic science research.  In the fiscal area, he has introduced legislation to establish a commission to develop legislation designed to reform tax policy and entitlement benefit programs.

Tel: 202.225.5136    241 Cannon
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Congressman David Wu is in his sixth term representing Oregon’s 1st Congressional District (Portland to the Oregon Coast). He serves on Education & Labor Committee, where he is on the Subcommittees on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness; and on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions. He is also on the Committee onScience and Technology, where he is Chair of the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Congressman Wu is member of the Executive Board for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and is also a member of the New Democrat Coalition. His priorities include: improving the public education system and making college more affordable, support for high tech research, improving the national healthcare system and the Medicare prescription drug benefit, preserving Social Security, and protecting the natural environment.

Tel: 202.225.0855    2338 RHOB
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