Judy Chu was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in July 2009.  She

represents the 27th Congressional District, which includes Pasadena and the west

San Gabriel Valley of southern California.

Rep. Chu currently serves on the House Judiciary Committee, where she is a

member of the Subcommittees on Intellectual Property and the Internet as well as

Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations.

She also serves on the House Small Business Committee, which has oversight of

the Small Business Administration.  Rep. Chu is the Ranking Member on the

Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access.  She is also a member

of the Subcommittees on Contracting and Workforce as well as the Subcommittee

on Health and Technology.

In 2011, Chu was elected Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American

Caucus, which advocates for the needs and concerns of the Asian American and

Pacific Islander community across the nation.

Chu founded and co-chairs the Congressional Creative Rights Caucus, which

advocates for the copyright protections of those in the creative industries, such as

music, film and visual arts.   She also serves in leadership of the House Democratic

Caucus as a Member of the Steering and Policy Committee.

In 2014, after years of work and outreach, Chu introduced legislation to create a

National Recreation Area to preserve and sustainably expand access to the San

Gabriel Mountains. President Obama followed Chu’s call for permanent protection

and declared much of the area the nation’s newest national monument.

Chu was first elected to the Board of Education for Garvey School District in 1985.

From there, she was elected to the Monterey Park City Council, where she served

as Mayor three times.  She then was elected to the State Assembly and then

California’s elected tax board, known as the State Board of Equalization.  In 2009,

she became the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress in history.