What is the House of Representatives?

Adam Schiff was born in Massachusetts to a Jewish family, and moved to California when he was 12. He got his undergraduate degree in political science at Stanford, and then got his law degree at Harvard Law. He served with the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles for 6 years and was a federal prosecutor, most notably prosecuting an FBI agent who was convicted of espionage for the soviet union. He previously served as the Democratic State Senator for California District 21 where he chaired the senate judiciary committee, senate select committee on juvenile justice, and the joint committee on the arts. He has served in the California House of Representatives since 2001, serving the 27th, 28th, and 29th Districts. He currently serves as the representative for the 28th district of California in the House of Representatives, a position he has maintained since 2013. As a congressman, he serves as vice chair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, and is the chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Among the many other things he has done in this position, he introduced a bill to create a commission to review the U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, he wrote legislation for the Gold Line, and he was part of the group leading the initiative to get congress to acknowledge the Armenian genocide. He is a public supporter of equal rights, science, and wearing a mask. Schiff is devoted to the causes of his constituents, being a historically outspoken advocate for what the people tell him they want. In addition to politics, Adam is vegan, runs triathlons and marathons, and writes screenplays on the side. He lives with his wife Eve and their children Alexa and Elijah.