Adam Schiff

For the fictional television character, see Adam Schiff (Law & Order).

Adam Schiff
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 28th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Howard Berman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 29th district
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013
Preceded by	Henry Waxman
Succeeded by	Tony Cardenas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 27th district
In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by	James E. Rogan
Succeeded by	Brad Sherman
California State Senator
In office 1996–2001
Personal details
Born	(1960-06-22) June 22, 1960 Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Eve Schiff
Children	Alexa Schiff Elijah Schiff
Residence	Burbank, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University Stanford University
Occupation	Attorney
Religion	Judaism

Adam Bennett Schiff (born June 22, 1960) is the U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district. He has served in Congress since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Schiff represented the 27th and 29th Districts between 2003 and 2013, which included the areas of Alhambra, Altadena, San Gabriel, Burbank, Glendale, South Pasadena, Temple City, Monterey Park, and Pasadena. He now represents the 28th District, which includes Burbank, Glendale, Hollywood, Echo Park, Hollywood Hills, La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta, Los Feliz, Pasadena, Silver Lake, Sunland, Tujunga, and West Hollywood.

In 2007, he became a member of the House Appropriations Committee.

Early life, education and career

He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts to a traditional Jewish family. He received a political science degree from Stanford University and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. He was a lawyer, working as an assistant prosecutor in the Los Angeles branch of the U.S. Attorney's Office. He was a member of the California State Senate, serving as the chair of that body's judiciary committee during his one term.

California Senate

During his tenure in the California Senate, Schiff authored Senate Bill 1847, Chapter 1021. Signed into law in 1998, this created the Pasadena Blue Line Authority, which continued work on the stalled then-Blue Line light rail extension to Pasadena, which would later be named the Gold Line instead.

U.S. House of Representatives

Committee assignments

• Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
  • Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
• Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Caucuses

• Co-chair of the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus
• Co-founded the Democratic Study Group on National Security
• Co-founded the Congressional Caucus for Freedom of the Press
• House Democracy Assistance Commission

Armenian Genocide

Schiff has also been a leading voice in Armenian-American issues; he claims to have over 70,000 Armenian-Americans in his district. He has strongly pushed for signing of the US House Resolution 106 recognizing the Armenian Genocide. On October 11, 2007, the resolution sponsored by Schiff was approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Turkey's prime minister said that approval of the resolution would endanger U.S.-Turkey relations. The resolution was again approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4, 2010 by a 23-22 margin.

Political campaigns

Schiff was elected in 2000, defeating Republican incumbent Jim Rogan. The district had once been a Republican stronghold, but had been trending Democratic since the early 1990s. In what was the most expensive House race ever at the time (several elections in 2006 and 2008 later eclipsed it), Schiff unseated Rogan, taking 53 percent of the vote to Rogan's 44 percent. He became only the second Democrat to represent this district since its creation in 1913 (it was the 9th District from 1913 to 1933, the 11th District from 1933–43, the 20th District from 1943 to 1975, the 22nd District from 1975 to 1993, and the 27th District from 1993 to 2003).

In 2010, Schiff defeated Tea Party backed Republican John Colbert for a 6th term. In 2012, Schiff defeated Republican Phil Jennerjahn.

Personal life

Schiff has settled in Burbank, California with his wife Eve and two children, Alexa and Elijah.

External links

• Congressman Adam Schiff official U.S. House site
• Adam Schiff for Congress
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Biography at Ballotpedia
• Biography at NNDB
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Congressional profile at GovTrack
• Congressional profile at OpenCongress
• Congressional profile at Roll Call
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Financial information (federal office) at OpenSecrets.org
• Financial investments (personal) at The Washington Post
• Financial information (state office) at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
• Issue positions and quotes at On the Issues
• Legislation sponsored at The Library of Congress
• Voting record at The Washington Post
• Works by or about Adam Schiff in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Appearances at the Internet Movie Database
• Collected news and commentary at The Washington Post
• Column archives at The Guardian

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by James E. Rogan	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 27th congressional district 2001–2003	Succeeded by Brad Sherman
Preceded by Henry Waxman	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 29th congressional district 2003-2013	Succeeded by Tony Cardenas
Preceded by Howard Berman	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 29th congressional district 2013–present	Incumbent
United States order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Mike Rogers R-Michigan	United States Representatives by seniority 139th	Succeeded by Pat Tiberi R-Ohio