David Wu



David Wu has been a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Oregon, representing the state's 1st Congressional District, since 1999. The district includes a small section fo western Multnomah and all of Yamhill, Columbia, Clatsop, and Washington counties. (map).

Environmental record
For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Healthcare professional training
In May 2007, the House Committee on Science and Technology passed the 10,000 Trained by 2010 Act (H.R. 1467), sponsored by Rep. Wu and Reps. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), and Ralph Hall (R-Tex.). The act would authorize the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide grants to colleges and universities geared toward applied health and medical informatics training.

The Technology Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act
On April 17, 2007 Rep. David Wu introduced the Technology Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, which is a bill intended to provide funding for fiscal years 2008 through 2010 for research in manufacturing technology advancements. On May 3, 2007, the House passed the bill in a 385-23 vote.

Background
Wu was born April 8, 1955 in Taiwan, and moved to the United States with his family in 1961. He received a bachelor of science degree from Stanford University in 1977, and attended medical school] at Harvard University. Wu also received a Juris Doctor degree from Yale University in 1982. Wu is the first Taiwanese-American to be elected to the US Congress.

Prior to being elected a US Representative, Wu served as a clerk for a federal judge and co-founded a law firm, Cohen & Wu, which primarily served the high tech sector in Oregon's "Silicon Forest."

Congressional Career
Wu was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998, replacing fellow Democrat Elizabeth Furse, and began serving in 1999 with the 106th Congress.

In the 2004 election, Wu was challenged by Goli Ameri, a Republican Iranian-American. On October 12, 2004, Congressman Wu admitted that he had been disciplined for attempted sexual assault by Stanford officials while a student at the school in 1976. Ameri was reluctant at first to campaign on the issue, but toward the end of the campaign focused on the issue heavily. This had little effect on the final outcome as Wu garnered 58% of the vote in the 2004 race, compared to Ameri's 38%, and 4% for Dean Wolf, the Constitution Party candidate. 

2006 elections
In 2006, the Republicans nominated Derrick Kitts to face Wu in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) Wu retained his seat.

Money in politics
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Committees

 * House Committee on Education and Labor
 * Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness
 * Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
 * House Committee on Foreign Affairs
 * Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
 * House Committee on Science and Technology
 * Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation - Chairman
 * Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

 * House Committee on Education and the Workforce
 * House Committee on Science
 * Science Subcommittee on Environment Technology and Standards -- Ranking Minority Member
 * Space Subcommittee

Coalitions and Caucuses

 * Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus - Chair
 * Information Technology Round Table - Co-Chair
 * New Democrat Coalition

Boards and other Affiliations

 * Founding President, Delphi Society
 * Member, Tom McCall Chapter, Northwest Steelheaders Association
 * Past President, Oregon Graduate Center Associates
 * Founding President, Portland-Suzhou Sister City Association
 * Board of Directors, Portland Youth Philharmonic
 * Member, Portland Downtown Rotary Club
 * Executive Office of the President, United States Regulatory Council

Contact
DC Office: 1023 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515-3701 Phone: 202-225-0855 Fax: 202-225-9497 Web Email Website

District Office- Portland: 620 S.W. Main, Suite 606 Portland, OR 97205-3037 Phone: 800-422-4003 Fax: 503-326-5066

Resources

 * Official website
 * Campaign website
 * 2004 General Election Results
 * Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Articles

 * "Ameri pummels Wu over incident," Portland Tribune, October 22, 2004.
 * Jeff Kosseff, "Would you send your relative to Iraq? Wu asks. War - The Oregon delegation's tenor previews what the president faces with a new Congress," The Sunday Oregonian, December 23, 2006.

Local blogs and discussion sites

 * Chuck Currie, M.Div.
 * Oregon League of Conservation Voters
 * Loaded Orygun
 * Portland Transport
 * Worldwide Pablo
 * The Archimedes Movement
 * NewWest.net -- A Refreshing, new kind of journalism.