PORTER, Katie, a Representative from California; born in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, January 3, 1974; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1996; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2001; law professor; staff, office of the attorney general, Calif. state department of justice, 2012-2014; faculty, University of California, Irvine, Calif., 2011-2018, 2025-present; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2019-January 3, 2025); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress in 2024, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate.
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[ Top ]Porter, Katherine, ed. Broke: How Debt Bankrupts the Middle Class. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2012.
Porter, Katie. I Swear: Politics is Messier Than My Minivan. New York: Crown Books, 2018.
Porter, Katherine M. Modern Consumer Law. New York: Wolters Kluwer, 2016.
Warren, Elizabeth, Jay Lawrence Westbrook, Katherine Porter, and John A. E. Pottow. The Law of Debtors and Creditors: Text, Cases and Problems. 8th ed. New York: Wolters Kluwer, 2021.
| Committee Name & Date | Congresses | Congresses |
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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)
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116th (2019–2021)
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116th (2019–2021)
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Oversight and Reform
[2019–2023]
116th Congress through 117th Congress
(See also the following standing committees: Expenditures in the Executive Departments; Oversight; Oversight and Government Reform; Government Operations; Government Reform; Government Reform and Oversight; and Oversight and Accountability)
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116th (2019–2021) – 117th (2021–2023)
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116th (2019–2021) –
117th (2021–2023)
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Natural Resources
[1993–1995; 2007–Present]
103rd Congress; 110th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committees: Insular Affairs; Interior and Insular Affairs; Resources)
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117th (2021–2023) – 118th (2023–2025)
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117th (2021–2023) –
118th (2023–2025)
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Joint Economic Committee
[1957-Present; 1957-present]
85th Congress-Present
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118th (2023–2025)
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118th (2023–2025)
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Oversight and Accountability
[2023-2025]
118th Congress
(See also the following standing committees: Expenditures in the Executive Departments; Government Reform and Oversight; Government Reform; Government Operations; Oversight and Government Reform; and Oversight and Reform)
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118th (2023–2025)
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118th (2023–2025)
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| Committee | Subcommittee | Congresses | Congresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources | Oversight and Investigations |
117th (2021–2023)
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117th (2021–2023)
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