Top Issues: Affordable Healthcare, Job Creation, Public Education

Current Elected Office: US House of Representatives, Illinois District 14

Committees: Committee on Education and Labor— Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions; Committee on Homeland Security— Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation; Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs— Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Profession: Public health

Experience: Special assistant/senior adviser, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Education: MSN/MPH, Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; BSN, Nursing, University of Michigan