Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 31, 2023-2025

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 32, 2013-2023

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 32, 2022

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 38, 2003-2013

Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 34, 1999-2003

Member, California State Assembly, 1993-1998

Member, Norwalk City Council, 1986-1992

Mayor, City of Norwalk, 1989-1990

Former Member, Addiction, Treatment & Recovery Caucus

Former Member, Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease

Former Member, Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease

Former Member, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Bike Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues

Former Member, Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues

Former Member, Congressional Caucus on California High-Speed Rail

Former Member, Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth

Former Member, Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues

Former Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Former Member, Congressional Coastal Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Courthouse Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Former Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Humanities Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Hydropower Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Labor & Working Families Caucus

Founder/Co-Chair, Congressional Mental Health Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Native American Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Nursing Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Steel Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Taiwan Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Youth Challenge Caucus

Former Member, Diversity and Innovation Caucus

Former Member, Goods Movement Caucus

Former Member, House Sugar Caucus

Former Vice Chair, Latino Caucus

Former Member, Public Broadcasting Caucus

Former Member, Subcommittee on Aviation, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, United States-Mexico Friendship Caucus

Former Chair, Women's Caucus

Member, House Committee on Natural Resources, United States House of Representatives, 2011-2025

Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, United States House of Representatives, 2011-2025

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, United States House of Representatives, 2023-2025

Founder, Committee on International Trade, California State Assembly, 1996

Former Employee, California Department of Employment

Former Director, Los Angeles County Sanitation District

Member, Norwalk Sub-Station Authority, Sheriff's Department

Employee, Ford Motor Company, 1970-1992

Founder, 32nd District Mental Health Consortium

Member, American Legion Auxiliary

Member, Coalition for Autism Research and Education

Founder, District Mental Health Task Force

Member, Health Task Force

Vice Chair, House Democratic Gun Violence Prevention Task Force

Member, Manufacturing Task Force

Member, Mexico Sister Cities Association

Member, New Democrat Coalition

Member, Norwalk International Friendship Commissions

Founder, Southeast Coalition for Safe Drinking Water

Chair, Southeast Los Angeles County Private Industry Council

Member, United States Cities Association

Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars

Astrological Sign:

Sagittarius

Number of Grandchildren:

14 (one great-grandson)

Publications:

With Richard G. Polanco and Valerie E. Martinez, Making Immigration Policy Work in the United States (Sacramento: California Latino Caucus, 1993)