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About Ellen Tauscher Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher was first elected to represent the people of the 10th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1996. The 10th district includes portions of Contra Costa, Alameda, Solano, and Sacramento Counties. During her six terms in Congress, Ellen has become a recognized leader on defense, high tech, childcare, transportation, veterans' issues and is recognized as a leader in Congress on nuclear non-proliferation issues. Ellen is currently serving her second term as the Chairman of the House New Democrat Coalition, a sixty-member organization that ranks as the largest centrist caucus in the House of Representatives. The New Democrat Coalition is committed to enacting policies that maintain U.S. competitiveness, meet the challenges posed by globalization in the 21st century, and strengthen our national security. As the U.S. makes the transition into the globalized world the New Dems provide the needed leadership and policies that tap into our strengths and ensure that America maintains its prosperity and global leadership. As a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Ellen is working to revitalize California's transportation system and reduce congestion. Over ten years, Ellen has brought $119 million in needed project funding to the district, $36 million of which went to improvements to Highway 4. She was also able to secure funding for improvements to the 80/680 interchange, an additional bore of the Caldecott tunnel, park-and-ride lots for the Tri-Delta Transit system, expanding transit in Contra Costa County, Livermore, and Solano County, and improvement projects along the 580 corridor. In the 110th Congress, Rep. Tauscher was appointed Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, becoming only the third woman in history to Chair an Armed Services Subcommittee. Rep. Tauscher is also the first California Democrat to be elevated to an Armed Services Subcommittee Chairmanship since 1992. Rep. Tauscher is a perfect fit to lead the committee, being the only member of Congress to represent two national defense laboratories – Lawrence Livermore and Sandia California. The district also includes Camp Parks Army Reserve facility as well as Travis Air Force Base home of the 60th Air Mobility Wing. Congresswoman Tauscher has been an advocate for the continued production and use of the C-17 aircraft, consistently urging that the Defense Budget include the vital airlift capabilities provided by the C-17’s housed at Travis. Much of Rep. Tauscher's work in Congress focuses on working to stop the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. She is the leader in the House of Representatives on the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation's Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign, which is working to reduce the threats associated with nuclear and biological weapons, and she has been a prominent opponent of development of new nuclear weapons and nuclear "bunker busters." Ellen Tauscher continues to be a strong advocate for working families. She wrote the Democrats' comprehensive bill to guarantee America's working families safe, affordable and accessible childcare, introduced the State Infrastructure Banks for Schools Act to rebuild our old and overcrowded schools, and co-authored a major prescription drug plan. For the 110th Congress, Rep. Tauscher’s peers nominated and elected her to serve as Regional Whip. In this capacity she is a link between Northern California’s Congressional Democrats and the House Democratic leadership. She has served on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and chaired the group’s Democratic Business Forum. She is also a past Finance Chair of the New Democrat Network. Her moderate, bi-partisan, independent brand of leadership, termed "Tauscherism" by Time Magazine, has helped her craft practical legislation that makes a real difference in the lives of her constituents. Ellen Tauscher was born in East Newark, NJ on November 15, 1951. She was the first member of her family to attend college, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education from Seton Hall University in 1974. Ellen Tauscher spent 20 years in the private sector prior to being elected to her first term in Congress in 1996. 14 of those years were spent working on Wall Street. At the age 25, she became one of the first women to hold a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. She later served as an officer of the American Stock Exchange. After moving to California in 1989, she founded the ChildCare Registry, the first national research service to assist parents and child care centers in verifying the background of child care workers. Ellen also published The ChildCare Sourcebook, to help working parents make informed decisions about their own childcare needs. Ellen Tauscher lives in Alamo and has one daughter, Katherine. Ellen Tauscher currently serves as:
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