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Congresswoman Gwen Moore was elected to represent Wisconsin’s 4th Congressional District in 2004 making her the first African American elected to Congress from the state of Wisconsin. She is a member of the prestigious House Committee on Financial Services, which has jurisdiction over the banking, insurance and housing industries. She serves on two subcommittees of the House Committee on Financial Services, including the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises and the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee.  Rep. Moore also sits on the House Budget Committee, which oversees the federal budget process, reviews all bills and resolutions on the budget, and monitors agencies and programs funded from the budget process.  She is also a member of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and is currently a Regional Whip for the Democratic Caucus. 
 
Rep. Moore has made it her mission to give voice to the voiceless both domestically and abroad. A strong advocate for measures that focus on improving the economic and employment conditions in low-income communities, she has fought to curb predatory lending in minority neighborhoods, supported sound efforts to help small businesses grow and advance the creation of new jobs, pushed for more affordable housing and advocated for compliance with respect to the non-discriminatory hiring of minority-owned businesses for government contracts.
 
A champion for women, Congresswoman Moore is the immediate past Democratic Co-Chair of the Congressional Women’s Caucus. In this capacity, she has become a leader on issues like, health insurance reform, women's health, maternal and infant mortality and domestic violence – leading the charge to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act over the past two Congresses.  
 
She has been an ardent supporter of initiatives that put low-income students on the path to educational success. She has consistently supported legislation to ensure low-income students have school access to three nutritious meals a day, year-round, as good nutrition has been proven to improve children’s attendance and attentiveness. Congresswoman Moore is an alumnus and strong advocate for the Federal TRIO programs, which are designed to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds and help them get to college. TRIO includes six outreach and support programs targeted to serve and assist low-income, first generation college students -- and students with disabilities -- to progress through the academic pipeline from middle school to post baccalaureate programs.
 
Born in Racine, Wisconsin in 1951, Congresswoman Moore was raised in Milwaukee. The eighth of nine children, Rep. Moore’s father was a factory worker and her mother was a public school teacher. Congresswoman Moore attended North Division High School in Milwaukee where she served as Student Council President. After graduation, Rep. Moore started college at Milwaukee’s Marquette University as a single, expectant mother on welfare who could only complete her education with the help of TRIO. Congresswoman Moore earned a B.A. in Political Science from Marquette, and went on to serve as a community leader spearheading the start-up of a community credit union as a VISTA volunteer for which she earned the national “VISTA Volunteer of the Decade” award from 1976-1986. She was also a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate before serving in Congress. 
 
She is the proud mother of Jesselynne, Ade and Sowande “Supreme” and grandmother of three.
Congresswoman Gwen Moore Full Biography (05/01/14 05:09 PM PST)