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About Me
Since November 5th, 2009, I have been proud to represent the people of Northern California's 10th Congressional District, which includes all or portions of Alamo, Antioch, Bethel Island, Birds Landing, Canyon, Concord, Dixon, El Cerrito, Elmira, Fairfield, Isleton, Kensington, Knightsen, Lafayette, Livermore, Moraga, Oakley, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Suisun City, Walnut Creek, and Walnut Grove. I sit on the House Armed Services and Natural Resources committees.Prior to my election to Congress, I served as California's Lieutenant Governor, where I chaired the California State Lands Commission and California Commission for Economic Development and served as a University of California regent and California State University trustee.
I have also served eight years as California's State Insurance Commissioner, three years as Deputy Interior Secretary under President Bill Clinton, and 16 years as a state legislator.
Favorite Quotations
"The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little."- Franklin D. Roosevelt"The best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." -Theodore Roosevelt
Work Info
Employer: House of Representatives
Position: Congressman
Time Period: November 2009 to present
Location: Washington, DC
Description: I represent the people of California's 10th Congressional District, which includes Walnut Creek, Fairfield, Antioch, and Livermore. I sit on the House Transportation & Infrastructure and Science & Technology committees.
Employer: State of California
Position: Lieutenant Governor
Time Period: 2007 to 2009
Employer: State of California
Position: State Insurance Commissioner
Time Period: 2003 to 2007
Description: I also served as California's first elected State Insurance Commissioner from 1991-1995.
Employer: Department of the Interior
Position: Deputy Interior Secretary
Time Period: 1995 to 1998
Employer: State of California
Position: State Legislator
Time Period: 1977 to 1991
Description: I served as a State Assemblymember from 1975 to 1977 and a State Senator from 1977 to 1991.
Activities
Family, public policy, reading, fishing, horses and backpackingInterests
Raising children and cattle, cooking Sunday meals for the family (my enchiladas are famous), writing poetry, staying in touch with old friends and colleagues in California and the Peace CorpsFavorite Books
"Guns Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond, the Patrick O’Brian "Master and Commander" series, the Bible, "Men to Match My Mountains" by Irving Stone, "The World Rushed In" by J.S. HolidayFavorite Music
Peter Paul and Mary, John Denver, Garth Brooks, The EaglesFavorite Movies
Casablanca, An Inconvenient Truth, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Last ArkFavorite TV Shows
60 Minutes, Meet the Press, Planet EarthBasic Info
| Born | January 24, 1945 |
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| Hometown | Walnut Grove, CA |
| Country | United States |
| Current Office | Office: U.S. Congress State: California District: 10th -- Walnut Creek, Antioch, Fairfield, Livermore Party: Democratic |
| Relationship Status | Married to Patricia Garamendi |
| Gender | Male |