Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (DE-SOWN-YAY) proudly represents California’s 11th Congressional District, which includes the majority of Contra Costa County. For more than 30 years in public service and as a small business owner, Mark has been a leader for working families. During his time in U.S. House, most of which Republicans were in charge, Mark passed more than 60 legislative efforts. He is an effective legislator who knows how to get things done.
Mark is one of only a few Members of Congress to serve on four committees. He currently sits on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on Education and Labor, where he serves as Chairman of Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and the Committee on Oversight and Reform. He also is a Member of the House Committee on Rules, where he has the opportunity to weigh in on major pieces of legislation before they are brought to the House Floor and where he was chosen by his colleagues to serve as Vice Chair of the Committee. Mark is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
During his time as a state legislator, Mark chaired a Select Committee on Excellence and Innovation in State Government to find creative solutions to the California’s budget and governance challenges.
One of his first priorities in Congress was to launch the Innovation and Human Condition Caucus to focus on the nexus between developing technologies, the human experience, and federal policy. As part of his work on the caucus, Mark has visited innovation hubs such as UC Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Facebook, Twitter, Google, among others.
Congressman DeSaulnier is also member of the House Science and National Labs Caucus, which concentrates on reinforcing federal investment in research and the national laboratories, as well as raise awareness about the role laboratories play in long-term economic growth.
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Mark is a strong supporter of robust funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, local national labs like Berkley and Lawrence Livermore, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (Space Grant).
He is a sponsor of the American Innovation Act (H.R. 1398), which would protect American competitiveness by increasing funding for the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, National Science Foundation, Department of Defense Science and Technology programs, among others.
He is an advocate of the Women and Minorities in STEM Booster Act (H.R. 4803), which encourages the recruitment and retention of women and minority students into STEM fields.