Patrick McHenry (R-NC) is a Ranking Member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is the U.S. Representative for North Carolina’s 10th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for a single term.
Subject: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Subject of InterestAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York’s 14th congressional district. The district includes the eastern part of the Bronx and portions of north-central Queens in New York City. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Ocasio-Cortez graduated from Boston University (BA).
Subject: Ayanna Pressley
Subject of InterestAyanna Soyini Pressley (D-MA) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts’s 7th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Pressley defeated ten-term incumbent Mike Capuano in the primary election and ran unopposed in the general election. She was previously elected as an at-large member of the Boston City Council in 2010. She graduated from Boston University.
Subject: Rashida Tlaib
Subject of InterestRashida Harbi Tlaib (D-MI) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 13th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Tlaib represented the 6th and 12th districts of the Michigan House of Representatives before her election to Congress. In 2018, Tlaib won the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives seat from Michigan’s 13th congressional district. She graduated from Wayne State University (BA), and Thomas M. Cooley Law School (JD).
Subject: Joyce Beatty
Subject of InterestJoyce Birdsong Beatty (D-OH) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is an American politician who has served as United States Representative for Ohio’s 3rd congressional district since 2013. Previously, she was the Senior Vice-President for Outreach and Engagement at Ohio State University. A Democrat, Beatty was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999 to 2008, representing the 27th House District; in the Ohio House of Representatives, she served for a time as Minority Leader. She has a B.A. in speech from Central State University, an M.S. in counseling psychology from Wright State University in 1975 and has studied at the doctoral level at the University of Cincinnati. Beatty served as the Montgomery County Health and Human Services Director. In 2003, she received an honorary doctorate from the Ohio Dominican University. Beatty served as a delegate for John Kerry on the Ohio delegation to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.
Subject: Katie Porter
Subject of InterestKatherine Moore Porter (D-CA) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is an American law professor, attorney, and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California’s 45th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first Democrat to be elected to represent the district. Porter attended Harvard University and Yale University; she most recently taught at the University of California, Irvine School of Law.
Subject: Cindy Axne
Subject of InterestCynthia Lynne Axne (D-IA) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is a businesswoman and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Iowa’s 3rd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated incumbent Republican David Young in the 2018 elections. The district is anchored in the state capital, Des Moines; it serves much of the state’s southwest quadrant, including Council Bluffs. She graduated from the University of Iowa (BA), and Northwestern University (MBA).
Subject: Jennifer Wexton
Subject of InterestJennifer Lynn Wexton (D-VA) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is an American lawyer and politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia who has served as the United States Representative for Virginia’s 10th congressional district since 2019. From 2014 to 2019 Wexton was a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the 33rd district, which includes parts of Fairfax and Loudoun counties. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park (BA), and College of William & Mary (JD). Wexton was a partner in the Laurel Brigade Law Group. She served as a substitute judge in Loudoun County, Virginia, and from 2001 to 2005 as an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney.
Subject: Tulsi Gabbard
Subject of InterestTulsi Gabbard (D-HI) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is an American politician and Hawaii Army National Guard major who serves as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii’s 2nd congressional district. Elected in 2012, she is the first Hindu member of Congress and the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election. In 2002, Gabbard was elected to the Hawaii House of Representatives. Gabbard served in a field medical unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and was deployed to Kuwait from 2008 to 2009 as Army Military Police platoon leader. She was a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2013 to 2016, when she resigned to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. Gabbard graduated from Hawaii Pacific University (BSBA).
Subject: Alma Adams
Subject of InterestAlma Shealey Adams (D-NC) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is an American politician who represents North Carolina’s 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A Democrat, Adams served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state’s 58th House district in Guilford County from her appointment in April 1994 until her election to Congress, being succeeded by Ralph C. Johnson. Adams graduated from North Carolina A&T State University (BS, MS), and Ohio State University (PhD).
Subject: Madeleine Dean
Subject of InterestMadeleine Cunnane Dean (D-PA) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 4th congressional district. Prior to being elected to Congress, Dean was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, representing the 153rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. A Pennsylvania native, Dean was first elected to serve in the General Assembly in 2012 in a special election. Dean served on several committees, including Appropriations, Judiciary, Policy, Urban Affairs, State Government, and Finance, of which she was vice-chair. Dean graduated from Montgomery County Community College, La Salle University (BA), Widener University (JD), and University of Pennsylvania.
Subject: Sylvia Garcia
Subject of InterestSylvia Rodriguez Garcia (D-TX)is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. She is an American politician who has been serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas’s 29th congressional district since 2019. Her district covers much of eastern Houston. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented District 6 in the Texas Senate. In the early 1980s, Houston Mayor Kathryn Whitmire appointed Garcia as presiding judge of the Houston Municipal System. She served for an unprecedented five terms under two mayors. In 1998, Garcia became Houston city controller. In 2002, Garcia was elected to the Harris County Commissioner’s Court. She graduated from Texas Woman’s University (BA), and Texas Southern University (JD).
Subject: Bill Foster
Subject of InterestGeorge William Foster (D-Ill) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American businessman, physicist, and U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 11th congressional district, winning the seat in 2012. He was previously the U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 14th congressional district from 2008 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (BS), and Harvard University (MS, PhD).
Subject: Josh Gottheimer
Subject of InterestJoshua S. Gottheimer (D-NY) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American lawyer, writer, and public policy adviser serving as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 5th congressional district. Gottheimer was active in the Democratic Party as a speechwriter for Bill Clinton and as an adviser to the presidential campaigns of Wesley Clark, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. He has also worked for Burson-Marsteller, the Federal Communications Commission, Ford Motor Company, and Microsoft. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (BA), Pembroke College, Oxford, Harvard University (JD).
Subject: Juan Vargas
Subject of InterestJuan Carlos Vargas (D-CA) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American businessman and politician who has been the U.S. Representative for California’s 51st congressional district since 2013. Vargas previously served as a Democratic member in the California State Senate representing the 40th District, the California State Assembly representing the 79th district, and the San Diego City Council. He graduated from the University of San Diego (B.A.), Fordham University (M.A.), and Harvard University (J.D.).