- Member, U.S. House Oversight and Govt. Reform Committee, U.S. House Intelligence Committee, and U.S. House Armed Services Committee.
- Member of the California state assembly, 1986-1998; member of the California state senate, 1998-2006.
- Democrat U.S. Congressional representative from California (8 April 2008-present). Started her service by winning a special election to fill the Congressional seat caused by the death of Congressman Tom Lantos.
- Has a Bachelor of Arts from University of California Davis.
- Advocated for Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet's use of the 25th Amendment to declare President Trump unable to discharge the powers of the presidency.[August 2017].
- Appeared in the 2013 Academy Award nominated documentary "The Invisible War".
- She was one of the survivors of the Jonestown mass murder-suicide tragedy headed by cult leader Reverend Jim Jones in Guyana (November 18, 1978).
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