Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1998-2014

Candidate, United States Senate, 2013

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1996

Co-Chair, Children's Environmental Health Caucus

Member, Congressional Alzheimer's Caucus

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on Indian and Indian Americans

Member, Congressional Community College Caucus

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus

Member, Congressional Hellenic and Greek American Affairs Caucus

Member, Congressional Homeland Security Task Force

Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Member, Congressional Internet Caucus

Member, Congressional Privacy Caucus

Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Congressional Research and Development Caucus

Member, Congressional Women's Right to Choose Caucus

Member, Crime and Drugs Task Force

Member, Democratic Caucus Task Force on Crime and Drugs

Member, Democratic Caucus Task Force on Education

Member, Democratic Caucus Task Force on Livable Communities

Member, Democratic Leader's High-Tech Advisory Group

Member, Farmland Protection Caucus

Member, House Democracy Assistance Commission

Former Member, National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century

Member, Renewable Energy Caucus

Member, Sustainable Development Caucus

Member, Working Group on Children

Chair, Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, 2007-2010

Member, National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, 1999-2000

Assistant Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1989-1998

Acting Chief, Nuclear and Scientific Division, Office of Strategic Forces, United States Department of State, 1987-1989

Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Swarthmore College, 1980-1988

Congressional Science Fellow, Office of Representative Bob Edgar, 1982-1983

Teaching Fellow, Department of Physics, New York University, 1974-1980

Consultant, Energy and Environmental Matters, 1976-1980

Acoustic Physicist, New York City Environmental Protection Agency, 1972-1974

Director, Youth Programs, Aldersgate Methodist Camp, 1970-1972

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Member, American Association of Physics Teachers

Fellow, American Physical Society

Chair, American Physical Society's Forum on Education

Member, Board of Directors, Federation of American Scientists Fund

Chair, Board of Trustees, Stony-Brook-Millstone Watershed Association

Director, Family and Children's Services of Central New Jersey

Trustee, McCarter Theater

Member, New Democrat Coalition

Member, Population Resource Center

Member, Sigma Xi Research Society

Member, Steering Committee, Environmentors Project

Member, Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition

Trustee, Planned Parenthood Association, Mercer Area, New Jersey, 1997-2000

Chair/Co-Founder, School Science Adviser Program, 1993-1998

Astrological Sign:

Libra

Awards:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Visonary Award, March of Dimes, 2003

Sarah P. Fiske Preservation Award, Preservation NJ, 2004

William D. Carey Lectureship Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005

Top 50 National Visionaries, Scientific American, 2002

Father's Name:

Rush Holt

Father's Occupation:

U.S. Senator

Height:

5' 10''

Mother's Name:

Helen Holt

Mother's Occupation:

Teacher; Secretary of State, West Virginia

Names of Grandchildren:

Noah, Niala, Boaz, Varun, and Cecile

Number of Grandchildren:

5

Publications:

How Should Government Regulate Stem-Cell Research? Perspectives of a Scientist-Legislator,' in The Grand Bargain (Cambridge University Press, 2005)