Michelle Steel

Michelle Steel REPRepublican

United States Representative, CA-45

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Michelle SteelREPRepublican United States Representative, CA-45
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Michelle Eunjoo Steel (née Park, born June 21, 1955) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 45th congressional district since 2023, previously representing the 48th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she concurrently served as a member of House Minority Whip Steve Scalise's Whip Team for the 117th Congress.Steel served as the member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district from 2015 to 2021 and of the California State Board of Equalization from the 3rd district from 2007 to 2015. Steel, fellow California Republican Young Kim and Democrat Marilyn Strickland of Washington are the first Korean-American women to serve in Congress. Steel and Kim, along with David Valadao, also became the first Republican congressional candidates since 1994 to unseat incumbent House Democrats in California.

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Education5 - 5 of 3
Pepperdine University
University of Southern California
USC Marshall School of Business
Past Positions1 - 4 of 4
Representative
United States House of Representatives, California
2023 - Current
Representative
United States House of Representatives, California
2021 - 2023
Vice Chair
Orange County Board of Supervisors
2015 - 2021
Former Member
House Committee on Education and Labor
Other Experience1 - 12 of 12
Appointed by President Donald Trump
President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
2019 - Current
Member
California State Board of Equalization
2007 - 2015
Member
Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Subcommittee on Work and Welfare, United States House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, United States House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, United States House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Committee on Education and Labor, United State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Former Member
House Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation
Former Member
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Former Member
House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Former Member
House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Former Member
House Education Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
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