Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-California) serves on the House Administration and the Small Business Committee, where she is Ranking Member of the Tax, Finance and Exports Subcommittee.

She also serves on the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, its Subcommittee on Aviation, its Subcommittee on Highways and Transit and its Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment. She also chairs the Caucus on Women's Issues.

First elected to Congress in 1996, Millender-McDonald has focused on combating the spread of HIV and AIDS, ending racial and sexual discrimination, creating jobs, protecting workers and expanding small business access to capital and technical assistance. She has worked to increase personal access to information technology, enact workplace safety legislation and secure funding for medical research programs, women's business centers, after-school enrichment programs, job-training programs and facilities that will increase the local water supply.

Before her election to Congress, Millender-McDonald taught math and English and served on her local city council. She later became mayor and then spent four years in the California state legislature, where she chaired its Insurance Committee and its Revenue & Taxation Committee.

Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald's Official Website

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