U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan is an Air Force veteran, engineer, entrepreneur, and educator who is continuing her career of service as the first woman ever to represent Pennsylvania's 6th District in Congress.
Chrissy is the daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors who came to America with nothing. She grew up in a military family; her parents met when her father and grandfather flew P3s in the same Navy squadron. She earned her engineering degree from Stanford with an ROTC scholarship that launched her service in the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserves, and later earned her M.S. in Technology and Policy from MIT.
When Americans succeed, America succeeds. Every working American has the right to earn a living wage. As the COO of AND1 and a leader of B Lab, the organization that launched the B Corporation movement of social corporate responsibility, I am bringing my business expertise to Congress .
The vast majority-99%-of businesses in the Pennsylvania Sixth are small businesses. As a new member of Congress, I requested a third committee assignment, the Small Business Committee, to channel my many experiences in the for- and non-profit small business sectors towards enacting legislation that protects and advances small businesses in PA and across the country. Small businesses represent the foundation of our national economy - when they succeed, the country succeeds.