Education:
JD, University of Minnesota Law School, 1990
BA, Economics, Wayne State University, 1987

Professional Experience:
Attorney, Hassan and Reed, Limited
Executive Director, Legal Rights Center, Incorporated
Attorney, Linquist and Vennum

Political Experience:
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2006-present
Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, 2004-2006

Organizations:
Co-Founder, Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees:
Member, Congressional Black Caucus, 2006-present
Vice-Chair, Congressional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Equality Caucus, 2008
Member, Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
Member, Children's Environmental Health Caucus
Member, Congressional Adoption Caucus
Member, Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus
Member, Congressional Arts Caucus
Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Member, Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine
Founder, Congressional Consumer Justice Caucus
Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus
Member, Congressional E9-1-1 Caucus
Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Member, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus
Member, Congressional Progressive Caucus
Member, Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus
Member, Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus
Member, Law Enforcement Caucus
Member, Out of Iraq Caucus
Member, Pro-Choice Caucus

Committees:
Financial Services, Member
Foreign Affairs, Member
Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, Member
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, Member
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, Member
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, Member

• Michael James Cavlan (Independent Progressive)
• Joel Demos (Republican)
• Tom Schrunk (Independence)
• Lynne Torgerson (Independent)