Regional Whip and Senior Whip, House of Representatives, 2009-present

Representative

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 17, 2010

Experience, Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson’s Disease

Experience, Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus

Experience, Class of 2006 Caucus

Experience, Community College Caucus

Experience, Congressional Bike Caucus

Experience, Congressional Brain Injury Task Force

Experience, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Experience, Congressional Humanities Caucus

Experience, Congressional Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus

Experience, Congressional Progressive Caucus

Experience, Congressional Steel Caucus

Experience, Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus

Founder/Co-Chair, Fragile X Caucus

LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Equality Caucus

Experience, Green Schools Caucus

Experience, House Air Force Caucus

Experience, House Mississippi River Delta Caucus

Experience, House Rural Health Care Caucus

Experience, House Trade Working Group

Experience, International Workers Rights Caucus

Experience, Labor and Working Families Caucus

Experience, Land Conservation Caucus

Experience, National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus

Experience, National Service Caucus

Experience, Northeast Midwest Congressional Coalition

Experience, Out of Iraq Caucus

Experience, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus

Founder/Co-Chair, Rural Education Caucus

Experience, Rural Veterans Caucus

House Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus

Founder/Co-Chair, Trade Task Force of the Congressional Progressive Caucus

District Director, Friends of United States Representative Lane Evans, 1982-2006

Lining Cutter, Seaford Clothing Company, 1969-1982

Sergeant, United States Army Reserve, 1969-1975

Democratic Precinct Committeeman, 1974-present

Board Member, Community Caring Conference

Board member, Project NOW

Friends of Lane Evans, 1982-2006

Volunteer, Trinity Hospice, 1990-1994

Coach, Rock Island Youth Basketball, 1981-1985

Coach, Rock Island Youth Football, 1980-1985

Board Member, Quad City Federation of Labor, 1976-1983

President, UNITE HERE Local 617, 1969-1982