A Representative from California. Born in Richmond, Contra Costa County, Calif. , May 17, 1945. A. A. , Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, Calif. , 1965. A. B. , San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif. , 1968. J. D. , University of California Law School, Davis, Calif. , 1972. Lawyer, private practice. Staff, California state senate majority leader, 1969-1974. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the nineteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 2015). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014. Chair, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Ninety-eighth through One Hundred First Congresses). Chair, Committee on Natural Resources (One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses). Chair, Committee on Education and Labor (One Hundred Tenth and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses).