Katherine 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
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Cynthia 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
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Jennifer 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
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Tulsi 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
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Alma 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
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Madeleine 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
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Sylvia 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
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George 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
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Joshua 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
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Juan 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.).
Subject: Denny Heck
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Dennis Lynn Heck (D-WA) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American politician who has been the United States Representative for Washington’s 10th congressional district since 2013. Heck served as Chief of Staff to Washington Governor Booth Gardner from 1990 to 1993. Previously, he was Majority Leader of the Washington State House of Representatives and Chief Clerk of the House. He founded and served as CEO of TVW, the state equivalent of C-SPAN. From 1999 to 2012, he served on the board of directors of Intrepid Learning Solutions, which he co-founded with Christopher Hedrick. Heck graduated from Evergreen State College (BA), Portland State University.
Subject: Vicente Gonzalez
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Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D-TX) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American attorney and politician serving as the United States Representative for the 15th District of Texas. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Gonzalez won the 2016 general election and took office on January 3, 2017. Gonzalez was re-elected to serve a second term in the 116th Congress, taking his oath of office on January 3, 2019. He graduated from Del Mar College, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (B.A.), and Texas Wesleyan University (J.D.). Gonzalez founded his law firm, V. Gonzalez & Associates, in 1997. He is a member of the bar associations of Texas and New York.
Subject: Michael San Nicolas
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Michael Franklin Quitugua San Nicolas (D-Guam) is the vice-chair of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is a Guamanian Democratic Party politician, currently serving as the Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for Guam’s at-large congressional district. San Nicolas was elected by his colleagues in the 116th United States Congress to serve as Vice Chair of the United States House Committee on Financial Services. From 2013 to 2019, San Nicolas served as senator in the 32nd, 33rd, and 34th Guam Legislatures. Prior to running for the legislature in 2012, San Nicolas had worked as Chief of Staff for Senator Carmen Fernandez in the 27th Guam Legislature and subsequently as Assistant Vice President and Financial Adviser at the Bank of Guam. He graduated from the University of Guam (BA).
Subject: Al Lawson
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Alfred James Lawson Jr. (D-FL) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 5th congressional district, serving since 2017. A Democrat, Lawson served in the Florida Legislature for 28 years. From 1982 to 2000, he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives. From 2000 to 2010, Lawson was a member of the Florida Senate, where he was elected to serve as the Democratic Leader and eventually rose to the rank of “Dean of the Senate” prior to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. He graduated from Florida A&M University (BA), and Florida State University (MPA).
Subject: Sean Casten
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Sean Thomas Casten (D-Ill) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American entrepreneur and Democratic politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 6th congressional district. Casten served as the president and CEO of Turbosteam Corporation, which focused on utilizing energy recycling technologies. In 2006, Casten founded Recycled Energy Development (RED) and served as CEO along with his father Tom Casten, who served as Chairman. He graduated from Middlebury College (BA), and Dartmouth College (MSEM, MS).
