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Long Biography Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis was first elected to Congress in November, 2000, and is serving her third term in the U.S. House of Representatives. She represents California's 32nd Congressional District, which includes portions of East Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. Prior to her election to Congress, Solis served eight years in the California state legislature. Congresswoman Solis' priorities in Congress include expanding access to affordable health insurance, protecting our environment and improving the lives of working families. In 2003, Solis became the first Latina appointed to the powerful House Committee on Energy and Commerce. As a member of this exclusive Committee, Solis continues her career long commitment to improving the quality of health care and fighting for environmental justice. Solis serves as Ranking Member of the Committee's Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee and is a member of the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee. In 2005, Solis was elected Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues and named Chair of the Democratic Women's Working Group. Under these two important leadership roles, Solis advocates for issues of importance to women and their families, including workplace rights, violence against women and international women's rights. Solis has been an outspoken leader in efforts to end the murders of almost 400 women in the U.S. border town of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Solis is serving her second term as the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' Task Force on Health, under which she spearheads annual summits across the country to inform the public about racial and ethnic health disparities and efforts to eliminate them. Solis is also a Regional Whip for Southern California and a member of the Democratic Steering & Policy Committee. In Congress, Solis has won legislative victories to authorize the federal government to examine how it can improve the San Gabriel River Watershed's recreational and environmental opportunities (Public Law No. 108-042), to remove barriers to U.S. citizenship for the more than 45,000 non-U.S. citizens serving in the U.S. military and reserves (Public Law 108-136), and to prohibit pesticide testing on humans. In August 2000, Congresswoman Solis became the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for her pioneering work on environmental justice issues in California. Her California environmental justice legislation, enacted in 1999, was the first of its kind in the nation to become law. Congresswoman Solis graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. She worked in the Carter White House Office of Hispanic Affairs and was later appointed as a management analyst with the Office of Management and Budget in the Civil Rights Division. Congresswoman Solis was first elected to public office in 1985 as a member of the Rio Hondo Community College Board of Trustees. She served in the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1994, and in 1994 made history by becoming the first Latina elected to the California State Senate. As the chairwoman of the powerful Senate Industrial Relations Committee, she led the battle to increase the state's minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.75 an hour in 1996. She also authored a record seventeen state laws aimed at combating domestic violence. Congresswoman Solis is a lifetime resident of the San Gabriel Valley and currently resides in the city of El Monte with her husband Sam, a small business owner. Her parents and her six siblings continue to be a great source of inspiration to Congresswoman Solis. |
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