Rep. Adam Schiff

Representative Adam B. Schiff was elected to Congress in 2000, and has focused on bolstering national security, strengthening our communities, and introducing a "Kids First" agenda of initiatives.

Schiff is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Select Intelligence Oversight Panel. In March 2003, Schiff co-founded the Democratic Study Group on National Security in an effort to explore emerging national security issues with other Members of Congress.

Schiff represents California's 29th Congressional District, including the communities of Alhambra, Altadena, Burbank, Glendale, Griffith Park, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Gabriel, South Pasadena, and Temple City.

Prior to his election to the House of Representatives, Congressman Schiff completed a four-year term as State Senator for California's 21st State Senate District, chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee. Before serving in the Legislature, Schiff was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles for six years. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Law School. Congressman Schiff and his wife, Eve, have two children, a daughter, Alexa Marion, born in July 1998, and a son, Elijah Harris, born in July 2002.

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