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Linda Sánchez's Biography

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (CA) - District 38

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Post Office Box 4006
Whittier, CA 90607

15111 Whittier Blvd
Suite 220
Whittier, CA 90603

2329 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Full Name:

Linda T. Sánchez

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: James; 1 Child: Joaquin; 3 Stepchildren: Brendan, Jack, Seamus

Birth Date:

01/28/1969

Birth Place:

Orange, CA

Home City:

Whittier, CA

Religion:

Catholic

JD, University of California at Los Angeles, 1995

BA, Spanish Literature, University of California at Berkeley, 1991

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 38, 2003-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 38, 2022, 2024

Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present

Co-Founder, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus

Former Ranking Minority Member, Ethics Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on Benghazi, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Tax Policy Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, House Ways and Means Committee, United States House of Representatives, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2019-2020, 2021-2022, 2023-pound

Former Member, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, United States House of Representatives, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2021-2022

Former Member, Subcommittee on Social Security, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022

Former Member, Subcommittee on Trade, United States House of Representatives, 2021-2022

Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight, United States House of Representatives, 2013-2014

Former Compliance Officer, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Former Lecturer, National Association of Elected and Appointed Officials

Former Compliance Officer, National Electrical Contractors Association

Executive Secretary/Treasurer, Orange County Central Labor Council, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 2000-2002

Former Member, Justice for Janitors

Former Member, Local 441, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Astrological Sign:

Aquarius

Favorite Book:

Taming Horses, Moby Dick, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Handmaid's Tale, Memoirs of a Geisha, Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, The House on Mango Street, Anything by Isabel Allende

Favorite Movie:

Nacho Libre, Muriel's Wedding, School of Rock, Casablanca, The Piano, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Love Actually, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueler's Day Off,

Favorite Musician:

Classic Rock - Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen
80"s - Pat Benetar, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Idol, Concrete Blond, Oingo Boingo
Present Day - Michael Frani, Black Eyed Peas, Juanes, Christina Aguilera, Joss Stone, Pink
Folk: Paul Simon

Favorite TV Shows:

Project Runway, Top Chef, Ugly Betty, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Schoolhouse Rock, Chavo del Ocho, Desperate Housewives, You are What You Eat, What Not to Wear

Pets (include names):

3 Dogs: Baloo, Pip, and Chavo

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