She walked the local precincts and gained an upset victory. In she won election to the California state assembly, serving there until , when she was elected to the state senate. She was the youngest member in the senate at the time of her election and its first-ever Latina. As a state senator, Solis also authored environmental protection legislation, including a bill that created the San Gabriel and Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy to preserve open spaces and habitat, restore the watershed, and promote recreational activities.
Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in She was the first woman to receive this award. In , facing term limits in the California senate, Solis challenged Matthew G. The campaign split the backing of local Latino leaders as well as members of the California congressional delegation. Solis won the support of labor unions as well as the state party organization. She won her subsequent re-elections easily, and ran unopposed for a fifth term in When Solis took her seat in the House in January , she won committee assignments to the Education and Workforce Committee and the Resources Committee.
Solis was also tapped as the Democratic freshman class Whip for the th Congress — In the th Congress — , she left her committees to become the first Latina member of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee and the Ranking Member on its Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee. She was the first Hispanic woman to hold these positions. In the House, Solis advanced the environmental justice agenda she had championed at the state level.
The area suffered from overdevelopment, the water was frequently contaminated, and children often suffered from asthma. Something we like to talk about is the fact that so many people in that area come from largely low-income, underrepresented areas, and do not have the ability or the economic means to go to Sequoia, to go to Yosemite, to even go to the beach…. Their recreation occurs in this particular geographic area. In Solis authored an amendment to prevent the testing of pesticides on humans; the amendment was later enacted into law.
She carefully monitored Environmental Protection Agency policies that affected her district, where several Superfund sites areas deemed by the federal government to be especially polluted were located and where numerous wells had been shut down because rocket fuel had seeped into the water table.
She led a congressional delegation to the city, located just five minutes from the U. Read More. It was an honor to attend the 15th Annual Northeas. County of Los Angeles providers are now officially.
Had such an incredible afternoon yesterday at the. So wonderful to attend cultivala1 Pumpkin Patch s. Great morning at the kick-off for the Eastside Acc. Honored to host a Veterans Wellness event in East. In , Solis continue her upward climb winning election to become the U. Representative for the 32nd District of California in Congress. In an unlikely turn of event, Solis defeated nine-term Republican incumbent Matthew G. Martinez in a landslide. With a longstanding reputation for being an advocate for low-wage workers and her close relationship with organized labor, Solis was Barack Obama's choice for secretary of the Department of Labor.
She was confirmed on February 24, , and served in Obama's administration until she resigned in January Grant Rutherford B.
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