Biography
Representative from California; born in Brownsville, Cameron County, Tex., December 4, 1936; graduated from Brownsville High School, Brownsville, Tex., 1954; attended Cerritos College, Norwalk, Calif.; attended Texas Southmost College, Brownsville, Tex.; member of the Norwalk, Calif., city council, 1986; Mayor of Norwalk, Calif., 1989-1990; member of the California state assembly, 1992-1998; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-present).
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress