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GABBARD, Tulsi

GABBARD, Tulsi
Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
GABBARD, Tulsi
1981–

Office

Representative

State/Territory

Hawaii

Party

Democrat

Congress(es)

113th (2013–2015), 114th (2015–2017), 115th (2017–2019), 116th (2019–2021)

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Concise Biography

GABBARD, Tulsi, a Representative from Hawaii; born in Leloaloa, American Samoa, April 12, 1981; B.S.B.A., Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2009; member of the Hawaii state house of representatives, 2002-2004; Hawaii Army National Guard, 2003-2020; United States Army Reserve, 2020-present; staff, Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka of Hawaii; member of the Honolulu, Hawaii, city council, 2010-2012; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-January 3, 2021); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States; Director of National Intelligence in the Cabinet of President Donald J. Trump, 2025-2026.

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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Bibliography / Further Reading

"Tulsi Gabbard" in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of the Historian and the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Publishing Office, 2018.

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Committee Assignments

Committee Name & Date Congresses Congresses
Foreign Affairs
[1822-1975; 1979-1995; 2007-Present]
17th through 93rd Congresses; 96th through 103rd Congresses; 110th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committee: International Relations)
113th (2013–2015) – 115th (2017–2019)
113th (2013–2015) –
115th (2017–2019)
Homeland Security
[2005-Present]
109th Congress-Present
113th (2013–2015)
113th (2013–2015)
Armed Services
[1947-1995; 1999-Present]
80th through 103rd Congresses; 106th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committee: National Security)
114th (2015–2017) – 116th (2019–2021)
114th (2015–2017) –
116th (2019–2021)
Financial Services
[2001-Present]
107th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committees: Banking and Currency; Banking, Currency, and Housing; Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs; Banking and Financial Services)
116th (2019–2021)
116th (2019–2021)
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Related Links

Related Links

Office of the Historian: history@mail.house.gov
Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk: art@mail.house.gov, archives@mail.house.gov