A nonet starts with nine syllables.
The next line; it goes down to eight.
The longer the nonet goes,
the harder to make work.
Like life, I suppose.
It starts with birth
ends with death.
Make it
work.
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Thinking of You Today
My grandmother Mammy
taught me
that men and women
are not created equal.
She believed that women
were superior to men,
created by God
to endure
and withstand
both emotional
and physical pain.
She knew a thing or two
about pain.
I can still hear her today:
“Two weeks a month, we are
reminded by God
that our bodies
are divine vestibules.
As His vestibule, God has
tasked us
with a week of pain
leading up to our
sacrifice — a week of blood flow.”
Those were her words of wisdom.
The pain we live with as women
is why we are superior to men.
A week of pain followed by
a week of blood flow.
Thanks be to God.
“I would love to see a man try
to carry and deliver a baby.”
Yes, Mammy, I would love to see that too.
Speaking of babies, my grandmother
always promised me that she would
take care of mine, but she
died before they were born.
If I had to describe my grandmother
in a word, it would be:
Pain.
At 70
[My self-portrait with the help of AI]
From birth to age 12, my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were my heroes. In my teens through 21, my heroes were my friends. Then came the boss heroes who guided me through the corporate ladder climb. Once I reached my 40s, my husband morphed into my hero. And in my 50s, I looked for the hero in my kids. Then I went heroless for a while.
And now, at 70, I see that the hero I spent a lifetime searching for was inside me the whole time.
Here are my notes to self on the arrival of my 70th birthday:
At 70…
I am not too old.
I will plant another butterfly bush, so more will come.
I can spend the time I have left in any way I choose.
The clock is of no import to me now.
I’m still a work in progress.
Endings might just be more beautiful than beginnings.
I can finally focus on what I want to do and not what I need to do.
The most tragic and regretful goodbye is the one that was never said.
Money is not the answer to everything, but it helps.
The family I have isn’t all the family I need, but I have hope.
I’m not at peace. But I’m working on it.
I now know that to exist is to survive.
Friends come and go, but some surprise you and stay forever.
For the first time in my life, I can do whatever I want, whenever I want.
I am more than the sum of my Bridgeport parts, but I will never forget where I came from.
The adage “You get what you give” is not always true.
I don’t want anything I don’t already have.
Sometimes goodbye, not sorry, is the hardest word.
My hard work actually did pay off.
I will say his name. But not yet.
It is never too late.
My Stolen Diaries – Chapter 21: Building 55, Success Park
CHAPTER 21
BUILDING 55, SUCCESS PARK
October 1965
Two weeks after the meeting with Adam’s lawyer, Mem got a big fat check and the keys to his car.
Soon after, Mem put a down payment on a two-bedroom unit in Success Park, which is in Bridgeport but closer to the Stratford side, which Mem says is the safer section of town.
It’s no surprise that Mom disagrees with Mem and says there is nothing safe about Bridgeport, mainly because she despises everything about it. And she’s still blaming me for ruining her chances of getting out of Bridgeport for good.
According to Mom, Success Park is a housing complex that the U.S. Government built to accommodate the massive number of workers coming to Bridgeport in hopes of getting good-paying jobs during the war effort.
Success Park sounds to me like it’s mostly for low-income working-class people like Mem and Mom, and lucky for us, it’s far from any bullet-flying, street-knifing areas like Father Panik and a huge step up from White Street.
Mem agrees that the people who live in Success Park are a lot like her — hard-working, honest, decent people who struggle to make ends meet and, most importantly, are devout church-going people.
Success Park sounds like everything Mem has ever wished for, but the best part for me is that Mere Germaine is moving back in with us.
Adam left us his furniture, dishes, and Frigidaire, so Mem says he not only saved us financially but also set us up with everything we needed to live our best lives.
I’m happy Adam saved us, but Mem treats him like a saint, so now I know she’ll never get back with Steve. It seems to me that Mem is in love with a dead man, and nobody can ever live up to that — not even Steve.
Mom is relieved that we are getting out of our rat trap White Street apartment and moving to Success Park, but she still thinks we deserve better and need to get out of Bridgeport to make a name for ourselves. I hate that she always says “we” because I don’t know who “we” is, and I don’t want to be part of her dream. I have dreams of my own.
Mom always says she wants money, a rich husband, famous friends, a beautiful house, and everything else wealth brings. No one can disagree that Success Park is way better than White Street, but it’s not even close to the rich and famous stuff Mom keeps wishing for.
Mom’s definition of making a name for herself is marrying someone rich, but that’s not how I plan to make a name for myself. I have no plans to marry someone rich because Mem always tells me I can only depend on one person and one person only for what I need — that person being me, myself, and I. But now, I’m not sure she’s right because Adam turned out to be a very dependable person to Mem.
Now that I’m the proud owner of a beautiful piano, I would love to be a famous pianist and travel the world playing my music, but Mem says I need to learn how to play the piano first.
Roberto is still not talking to Mom, and she told Mem she’s worried that he won’t be able to find her once we move and change our phone number. Mem answered that if Roberto wanted to find her, he’d figure out a way. Otherwise, it’s his loss and too bad for him. I keep my Roberto thoughts to myself, but I pray to God every night that he never finds her.
Our moving day was exciting but also really sad. I took my chances and ran through the Panik to say goodbye to Yolanda. We both cried our eyes out because we knew we would never see each other again. Yolanda convinced me to stop by Steve’s Market to say goodbye. I didn’t want to go alone, so Yolanda went with me.
As soon as Steve saw me, I could tell he was happy but also unhappy. I hugged him and told him we were moving, but he already knew. I told him I would never forget him and thanked him for teaching me all about meat, which made him smile.
Then Steve said that he expects to read about me in the papers because he’s sure I will do great things and to always believe in myself. I could see Steve getting misty-eyed, especially when Yolanda told us we were the only white people she ever loved.
I hugged Steve again, and he whispered in my ear to run off and have a beautiful life. I squeezed them both one last time and then ran back to White Street, bawling but excited.
Mem drove Mom to Success Park in Adam’s car, and Mere Germaine, Rib, and I went with the moving guy in his truck. Poor Rib threw up brown bits all over my shirt and pants.
When we pulled up to the parking lot in front of Building 55, a bunch of kids were playing in a cement lot next to it. They all stopped what they were doing to watch us get out of the truck. I felt like a movie star with all their staring, although I hoped they couldn’t see the chunks of Rib’s vomit dripping down the front of me.
Building 55 was a brick two-story townhouse with ten units attached in one long row. As we walked up to the front door, there was a tiny fenced-in patch of yard that I let Rib run around in.
When we opened the front door, the apartment was sunny and smelled of fresh paint. The kitchen and living room were one giant room with a patterned wood floor, which Mom said was parquet.
Adam’s piano will surely take up half the living room, but Mem said it would serve as a constant reminder that Adam saved us.
We now have a front and back yard with our very own clothesline. And both the front and rear doors open properly, so we finally have two ways to escape in an emergency.
Mem is thrilled that we don’t have to share a clothesline with our neighbors any longer, but she is worried about who will mow the front and back lawns since we never had grass before.
There are two bedrooms and a bath upstairs, and the whole place is spick and span. The best part about our new home is no bugs, rodents, peeling paint, or moldy walls. And each bedroom has a door, which we didn’t have on White Street, although Mem says there’s no good reason to close them. Since I never had a bedroom door before, I disagree with Mem and can’t wait to close it for privacy, although I have to sleep in a bed with her. Mom and Mere Germaine will share the other bedroom and are lucky to have twin beds.
Mom might have dreams of leaving Bridgeport, but I would consider myself the luckiest girl in the world if I could spend the rest of my life in Building 55, Success Park.
Stay tuned for Chapter 22: O Holy Night
I’m Wide Awake and Proud of It
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of “Woke” is being aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues.
In other words: Pay attention!
If I’m “woke,” it means that I’m informed, educated, and conscious of the issues that matter to me.
I pay attention to the issues I deem crucial to my life.
Who knew that would become a moral negative?
And my concerns encompass a whole range of issues, including, but not exclusively centered around, social justice or racial equality.
Pay attention. Be informed. Be aware.
Fairly straightforward, right?
And yet, the definition of “woke” has morphed into a no-no, something to be ashamed of, a political faux pas.
Many people (mostly Republicans) use “woke” as an insult against progressive values, or maybe it’s their way of clarion calling racism, white supremacy, and bigotry.
√ Progressive = Developing gradually or in stages; proceeding step by step.
√ Values = A person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life.
Here is a short list of the things I deem essential in my wide-awake life:
- Freedom
- Equality
- Safety & Security
- Dignity
- Integrity
- Kindness
- Truthfulness
- Responsibility
- Inclusiveness
- Creativity
- Identity
- Community
I’m also wide awake regarding religious choice, affordable child care, common sense/bipartisan immigration, women’s rights, eradicating sexual assault, equal pay for equal work, sensible gun control, clean drinking water, equal taxation, affordable health care, saving our planet, bullies, bigots, and bullsh*t.
Do I deserve to be called a Marxist, snowflake, or even a liberal for what I believe to be necessary to live my best life?
I won’t call them friends any longer, but I even had some Facebook people put me down for where I was born and where I currently live.
Excuse me for being born in Connecticut (I’ve been called a Yankee) and relocating to New York (I’ve been accused of living in a Democratic bubble).
Really? You people who call yourself my friend have a problem with where I live?
I don’t put you down for living in podunk nowheresville.
And I never once accused anyone of living in a Republican bubble.
Give me a bubble break.
And FYI: I don’t need your permission or acceptance regarding my beliefs, where I was born, where I currently reside, or my political affiliation (until 2017, I was a registered Republican).
And no pun intended, but wake up “friends” because you are as woke as I am, you just don’t want to admit it and use wokeness as a slur against those you disagree with.
Your so-called anti-wokeness is an unsuccessful attempt to divert you from the reality of the world in which we all live. All of us, not just the some of us you think should exist.
THE ONLY ONE LIVING IN A BUBBLE IS YOU.
And for the record, I’d rather be awake than asleep.
My Stolen Diaries – Chapter 20: Help!
CHAPTER 20
HELP!
August 1965
Today the song Help! by the Beatles was playing on the radio, and the words of the song describe our lives to a T because we desperately need some help, especially the part that goes,
♪ Help me if you can; I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being ’round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won’t you please, please help me ♪
It’s been seven months since my window screw-up, and Mom still blames me for everything bad happening to her. She keeps whining that Roberto was our only hope of escaping Bridgeport and that Nick will never be of any help since he likes it here. Plus, Mom says Nick has no ambition and will never make enough money to get us out, even if he changes his mind. According to Mom, we’re stuck in Bridgeport forever, thanks to me.
I hate that I’m the cause of all of Mom’s troubles, but as long as I’m with Mom, Mem, and Mere Germaine, I agree with Nick that we don’t need to leave Bridgeport, although it would help if we could move someplace without bugs and rodents.
Mem always says that help can come in the unlikeliest of places and when we need it the most, but Mom says there is no one to help us now that Roberto is off with some other girl. Mem’s reply to Mom is that if he found another girl so fast, he wasn’t the right guy for her anyway.
Speaking of help, before school let out, Sister Regina Mary helped me sign up for a library card because she believes that reading is good exercise for the brain. Sister also says that books will help my imagination and strengthen relationships. I hope Sister is correct because I could sure use some help with my relationship with Mom.
But the biggest thing that has happened since I wrote last is that poor Adam passed away. Lucky for him, Mem was there and helped him get to the other side. I have never seen Mem so upset, and it took her a few weeks to return to herself. You’d think that with Adam dying, Mom would be nicer to me, but she hasn’t been any help at all, mainly because she still hasn’t heard one word from Roberto.
Two days ago, Mem got a call from Adam’s lawyer asking her to come into his office. I took the bus with Mem to a fancy building on Main Street. The lawyer said that Adam’s will was recently probated. Mem told the lawyer she didn’t understand what that meant, so the lawyer explained that Adam’s will was proved by the Bridgeport Court to be his last will and testament. Mem was still confused as to why she was there and asked the lawyer if she was in some kind of trouble. Mem was shaking like a leaf.
I could see the lawyer felt bad for Mem and calmed her down by saying that she was in no trouble at all and that he had great news for her. Mem replied that Adam dying was terrible news for her, and nothing could change that. That’s when the lawyer told Mem that Adam had left her his car, the contents of his house, and a substantial amount of money.
Mem cried like a baby, and the lawyer offered her a box of tissues. Seeing Mem cry made me cry because I never saw her cry before.
The lawyer sat quietly for a minute before asking, “Who is Tony?” Mem, who was blowing her nose, pointed her finger in my direction. The lawyer looked down at his notes and then back up at me and said, “Adam left you his baby grand piano,” which made the two of us cry even more.
Then the lawyer turned to Mem. “Don’t you want to know how much?” “How much what?” Mem asked, wiping the tears off her face. “How much money Adam left you,” the attorney replied, looking shocked that Mem didn’t think to ask him.
Mem stood up, straightened out her skirt, grabbed my hand, and on our way out of his office, looked back at Adam’s lawyer and said, “No, I don’t want to know how much. When I get the money, I’ll know.”
Up to me, I would have wanted to know how much money Adam left Mem. Poor thing cried the whole bus trip home, even though I tried to calm her down by reminding her she was right on the money when she said that help comes from the unlikeliest of places and when we need it the most. She replied that right on the money was the wrong choice of words.
The one thing I know for sure is thanks to poor dead Adam; help is on the way. And no matter how much or how little, I know his money will go a long way to helping us get our feet back on the ground.
My Nonet
My Stolen Diaries – Chapter 19: The Boot
CHAPTER 19
THE BOOT
April 1965
It’s been almost three months since Mem gave Steve the boot, Roberto gave Mom the boot, and Mom gave me the boot, or should I say the broom. But Mom won’t stop telling Mem that everyone got the boot because of me. Except, of course, Adam, because he’s almost dead, so there’s no way he’s getting the boot except from God.
Since I’m not allowed to go to Steve’s Market, and Adam is sicker than ever, I’ve spent most of my time at the Bridgeport Library.
I’m also not allowed to go to Father Panik Village, so Yolanda meets me at the library and helps me hide Rib in an old purse of Mem’s, so he can come with us.
We don’t have library cards which means Yolanda and I never get to the end of the books we like because we must leave them behind. I hope to apply for a library card soon because I’d like to finish just one of them, but I need an adult sponsor.
The first couple of times we went, I was paranoid that the librarian was watching us because of Rib, but Yolanda said it was because I was with a girl with black skin. I think it’s sad that the librarian is way more interested in why I’m with black-skinned Yolanda than the dog in Mem’s purse.
Rib is only three pounds, and Mem says that’s as big as he’ll ever get, which is excellent for me because I get to take him everywhere, and because he’s so tiny, no one even knows he exists, which in Rib’s case is a good thing.
Speaking of not existing, Mom still hasn’t heard one word from Roberto since I shoved my stupid face out the window. And she still hasn’t forgiven me for it, even though I make her bed every day and do all the chores she’s supposed to do, like vacuuming, dusting, and taking out the garbage.
My birthday was a bust because Mom refused to participate. Mem and Mere Germaine took me for a birthday celebration at Valley Farm Drive-In on Boston Avenue. I had a hot dog with the works, and Mem and Mere Germaine shared a meatball grinder, but Mom never showed up. When I cried to Mem, Mere Germaine told me that Mom’s heart was healing and to give her some space and time.
Mere Germaine still lives in Samir’s apartment, although I haven’t seen him since he punched out Uncle Luke. You could say Uncle Luke also got the boot, but with a fist to the face instead.
And just to let you know, I check the kitchen cupboard from time to time for any new newspaper articles about my dad, and there are plenty of them, so I’m sure he’s another man that I won’t be seeing anytime soon.
Based on his law-breaking behavior, he’s the only one who deserves to get the boot, although I hope the police don’t shoot him in the head like they did to his friend Anthony.
Maybe Mem is right when she says that all men should get the boot — except for Adam, who, according to Mem, is one-of-a-kind and not like other men. When I asked Mem about Nick, she said only time would tell whether he should get the boot.
I try to bring up Steve to Mem because I miss him terribly, but she’s stubborn and says he got the boot because he wouldn’t stop bad-mouthing Adam. Without Steve, we’re back to chopped meat, hotdogs, and liver, plus no more free cigarettes for Mom and Mem.
Mom is still dating Nick, but I can see his frustration. Nick knows Mom doesn’t love him because he told me so himself. When I asked him why he was wasting time with her, he said he still had hope.
If you ask me, I think his situation is hopeless because Mom cries every day over Roberto, so I’m all but certain that Nick will be the next one to get the boot.
My Stolen Diaries – Chapter 18: The Secret Is Out
CHAPTER 18
THE SECRET IS OUT
January 1965
I should have never taken the chance that Roberto might see me at Mem’s window, but I was sick and tired of worrying about some guy I didn’t know. Plus, I was boiling mad at Mom for refusing to tell Roberto about me, and deep down, I wanted to punish her.
So late last night, when I saw the bright lights outside, I knew that Roberto was dropping off Mom, and I decided to take my chances at Mem’s window. Mem was busy on the sewing machine at the other end of the apartment, so I snuck a quick peek.
As I peeped out from the bottom right corner of the window, a cockroach ran out from under Mem’s bed, making me jump around and scream like a banshee.
That was the stupidest thing I could have done because Roberto looked up and saw me! I quickly dropped to the floor despite the cockroach. A few minutes later, I heard the kitchen door open and loudly slammed shut.
“Where is she? I’m gonna kill her,” Mom yelled out from the kitchen. I crawled under the bed, praying there weren’t more cockroaches, but from the sounds coming out of Mom, I was safer with the bugs.
Mom was screaming and swearing, and Mem warned her to stay away from me. Mom came into the bedroom with a broom and kept stabbing me under the bed with the bristles. It was painful, and I was crying. Mem tried to pull Mom away and threatened to call Mere Germaine on her if she didn’t calm herself down.
Then Mom dropped to the bedroom floor, sobbing. “Roberto saw Tony at the window. She did this on purpose. Roberto called me a distrustful liar and broke up with me. That Tony of yours is pure evil, and I wish she was never born.”
Mem responded by reminding Mom that I was her kid and not Mem’s and that I could hear every word she was saying. Mem warned Mom that she would regret her words later. “The only thing I regret is having that brat,” she yelled as she picked herself up off the floor and slammed the back door as she left.
Mem ordered me out from under her bed. When I crawled out, I was covered head to toe with blood pricks from the broom bristles. My bleeding body stung, but not as much as Mom’s ugly words.
Mem stayed quiet. She put me in the bath to clean off the blood and removed some broom bristles stuck in my hair and scalp.
Then Mem called Mere Germaine to ask what she should do because it wasn’t safe for Mom to be outside in the dark. Mere Germaine said she was walking over to our apartment, which was a very long walk, so Mem begged her not to come. But Mere Germaine said she was on her way.
I hated myself for what I had done, but there was nothing I could do to change the situation. If it weren’t for Mom refusing to tell Roberto about me, none of this would have happened.
When Mere Germaine finally showed up, Mem ran outside to look for Mom. Before Mem left, Mere Germaine told her to take a can of Raid with her so if anyone tried to hurt her or Mom, she could spray it in their eyes.
I told Mere Germaine what happened, and she scolded me but held me tight while gently patting my still-bleeding arms and legs with her dainty needle-pointed handkerchief as I cried uncontrollably in her lap.
She put me to bed and told me not to move a muscle. “When your mother gets home, you pretend to be asleep, tu comprends?” Oh, I understood, all right.
Soon after, I heard Mem and Mom come into the apartment. Mom was still sobbing hysterically and telling Mem and Mere Germaine that she couldn’t take me anymore.
“If it wasn’t for her,” she cried to Mem, “my life would be so much easier. All of our lives would be easier.”
Mere Germaine was quiet, but Mem said, “How can you say such a thing? She’s a child. Your child.”
“Tony just had to put her ugly, scrawny face on the window. How many times have I told her not to do it? She ruined everything. We will never get out of here now, thanks to her. Roberto demanded to know who the kid was. This is not how I wanted him to find out about her. He’ll never speak to me again; I just know it.”
Mem and Mere Germaine did their best to calm her crying fit, but she wailed away for hours. That’s what Mom gets for being a big fat liar.
Mom’s words were way more painful than the stabbing she gave me with the broom, but getting Roberto out of our lives was worth the pain of all of it, and given a chance, I would do it again and again and again.
Current Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
If we’ve learned anything from the 2022 elections, it’s that political complacency is no longer an option. And to effect change, there is no need to look any further than your own legislative backyards.
Elections for the 118th United States House of Representatives were held on November 8, 2022, and since they serve two-year terms, all 435 will be up for reelection in 2024.
Republicans only have a slim majority – 222 Republicans compared with 212 Democrats.
In the House of Representatives, the majority party holds significant power to draft chamber rules and schedule bills to reach the floor for debate and voting.
The House is charged with the passage of federal legislation, otherwise known as bills, which, after concurrence by the Senate, are sent to the President for consideration.
The House also has the exclusive power to initiate bills for raising revenue, impeach officials, and choose the President in the event that a presidential candidate fails to get a majority of the Electoral College votes.
Under Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution, in the House of Representatives, a state’s representation is based on its population as measured by the U.S. Census.
The Constitution does not provide for the representation of the District of Columbia or the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marina Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, although each is represented by one non-voting delegate. They have a voice on the floor but have no voting power.
To run for House of Representatives, he or she must be at least 25 years of age, have been a citizen of the United States for at least seven years, and at the time of the election, be a resident of the state they represent. Members are not required to live in the district they represent, but they traditionally do.
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Below is the complete list of the 118th United States House of Representatives by political party and State:
DEMOCRATS
Alabama (District 7): Terri Sewell
Alaska (At Large): Mary Peltola
Arizona (District 3): Ruben Gallego
Arizona (District 4): Greg Stanton
Arizona (District 7): Raul Grijalva
California (District 2): Jared Huffman
California (District 4): Mike Thompson
California (District 6): Ami Berra
California (District 7): Doris Matsui
California (District 8): John Garamendi
California (District 9): Josh Harder
California (District 10): Mark DeSaulnier
California (District 11): Nancy Pelosi
California (District 12): Barbara Lee
California (District 14): Eric Swalwell
California (District 15): Kevin Mullin
California (District 16): Anna Eshoo
California (District 17): Ro Khanna
California (District 18): Zoe Lofgren
California (District 19): Jimmy Panetta
California (District 21): Jim Costa
California (District 24): Salud Carbajal
California (District 25): Raul Ruiz
California (District 26): Julia Brownley
California (District 28): Judy Chu
California (District 29): Tony Cardenas
California (District 30): Adam Schiff
California (District 31): Grace Napolitano
California (District 32): Brad Sherman
California (District 33): Pete Aguilar
California (District 34): Jimmy Gomez
California (District 35): Norma Torres
California (District 36): Ted Lieu
California (District 37): Sydney Kamlager
California (District 38): Linda Sanchez
California (District 39): Mark Takano
California (District 42): Robert Garcia
California (District 43): Maxine Waters
California (District 44): Nanette Barragan
California (District 46): Luis Correa
California (District 47): Katie Porter
California (District 49): Mike Levin
California (District 50): Scott Peters
California (District 51): Sara Jacobs
California (District 52): Juan Vargas
Colorado (District 1): Diana DeGette
Colorado (District 2): Joe Neguse
Colorado (District 6): Jason Crow
Colorado (District 7): Brittany Pettersen
Colorado (District 8): Yadira Caraveo
Connecticut (District 1): John B. Larson
Connecticut (District 2): Joe Courtney
Connecticut (District 3): Rosa DeLauro
Connecticut (District 4): Jim Hines
Connecticut (District 5): Jahana Hayes
Delaware (At Large): Lisa Blunt Rochester
Florida (District 9): Darren Soto
Florida (District 10): Maxwell Frost
Florida (District 14): Kathy Castor
Florida (District 20): Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Florida (District 22): Lois Frankel
Florida (District 23): Jared Moscowitz
Florida (District 24): Frederica Wilson
Florida (District 25): Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Georgia (District 2): Sanford Bishop, Jr.
Georgia (District 4): Hank Johnson
Georgia (District 5): Nikema Williams
Georgia (District 7): Lucy McBath
Georgia (District 13): David Scott
Hawaii (District 1): Ed Case
Hawaii (District 2): Jill Tokuda
Illinois (District 1): Jonathan Jackson
Illinois (District 2): Robin Kelly
Illinois (District 3): Della Ramirez
Illinois (District 4): Jesus “Chuy” Garcia
Illinois (District 5): Mike Quigley
Illinois (District 6): Sean Casten
Illinois (District 7): Danny K. Davis
Illinois (District 8): Raja Krishnamoorthi
Illinois (District 9): Jan Schakowsky
Illinois (District 10): Brad Schneider
Illinois (District 11): Bill Foster
Illinois (District 13): Nikki Budzinski
Illinois (District 14): Lauren Underwood
Illinois (District 17): Eric Sorensen
Indiana (District 1): Frank J. Mrvan
Indiana (District 7): Andre Carson
Iowa (District 3): Cindy Axne
Kansas (District 3): Sharice Davids
Kentucky (District 3): Morgan McGarvey
Louisiana (District 2): Troy Carter
Maine (District 1): Chellie Pingree
Maine (District 2): Jared Golden
Maryland (District 2): Dutch Ruppersberger
Maryland (District 3): John Sarbanes
Maryland (District 4): Glenn Ivey
Maryland (District 5): Steny Hoyer
Maryland (District 6): David Trone
Maryland (District 7): Kweisi Mfume
Maryland (District 8): Jamie Raskin
Massachusetts (District 1): Richard Neal
Massachusetts (District 2): Jim McGovern
Massachusetts (District 3): Lori Trahan
Massachusetts (District 4): Jake Auchincloss
Massachusetts (District 5): Katherine Clark
Massachusetts (District 6): Seth Moulton
Massachusetts (District 7): Ayanna Pressley
Massachusetts (District 8): Stephen F. Lynch
Massachusetts (District 9): Bill Keating
Michigan (District 3): Hillary Scholten
Michigan (District 6): Debbie Dingel
Michigan (District 7): Elissa Slotkin
Michigan (District 8): Daniel Kildee
Michigan (District 11): Haley Stevens
Michigan (District 12): Rashida Tlaib
Michigan (District 13): Shri Thanedar
Michigan (District 14): Brenda Lawrence
Minnesota (District 2): Angie Craig
Minnesota (District 3): Dean Phillips
Minnesota (District 4): Betty McCollum
Minnesota (District 5): Ilan Omar
Mississippi (District 2): Bennie Thompson
Missouri (District 1): Cori Bush
Missouri (District 5): Emanuel Cleaver
Nevada (District 1): Dina Titus
Nevada (District 3): Susie Lee
Nevada (District 4): Steven Horsford
New Hampshire (District 1): Chris Pappas
New Hampshire (District 2): Ann McLane Kuster
New Jersey (District 1): Donald Norcross
New Jersey (District 3): Andy Kim
New Jersey (District 5): Josh Gottheimer
New Jersey (District 6): Frank Pallone, Jr.
New Jersey (District 8): Robert Menendez
New Jersey (District 9): Bill Pascrell, Jr.
New Jersey (District 10): Donald Payne, Jr.
New Jersey (District 11): Mikie Sherill
New Jersey (District 12): Bonnie Watson Coleman
New Mexico (District 1): Melanie Stansbury
New Mexico (District 2): Gabriel Vasquez
New Mexico (District 3): Teresa Leger Fernandez
New York (District 5): Gregory Meeks
New York (District 6): Grace Meng
New York (District 7): Nydia Velazquez
New York (District 8): Hakeem Jeffries
New York (District 9): Yvette Clarke
New York (District 10): Dan Goldman
New York (District 12): Jerrold Nadler
New York (District 13): Adriano Espaillat
New York (District 14): Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
New York (District 15): Ritchie Torres
New York (District 16): Jamaal Bowman
New York (District 18): Pat Ryan
New York (District 20): Paul Tonko
New York (District 25): Joseph Morelle
New York (District 26): Brian Higgins
North Carolina (District 1): Don Davis
North Carolina (District 2): Deborah K. Ross
North Carolina (District 4): Valerie Foushee
North Carolina (District 6): Kathy Manning
North Carolina (District 12): Alma Adams
North Carolina (District 13): Wiley Nickel
North Carolina (District 14): Jeff Jackson
Ohio (District 1): Greg Landsman
Ohio (District 3): Joyce Beatty
Ohio (District 9): Marcy Kaptur
Ohio (District 11): Shontel Brown
Ohio (District 13): Emilia Sykes
Oregon (District 1): Suzanne Bonamici
Oregon (District 3) Earl Blumenauer
Oregon (District 4): Val Hoyle
Oregon (District 6): Andrea Salinas
Pennsylvania (District 2): Brendan Boyle
Pennsylvania (District 3): Dwight Evans
Pennsylvania (District 4): Madeleine Dean
Pennsylvania (District 5): Mary Gay Scanlon
Pennsylvania (District 6): Chrissy Houlahan
Pennsylvania (District 7): Susan Wild
Pennsylvania (District 8): Matt Cartwright
Pennsylvania (District 12): Summer Lee
Pennsylvania (District 17): Chris Deluzio
Rhode Island (District 1): David Cicilline (Resigning on June 1, 2023)
Rhode Island (District 2): Seth Magaziner
South Carolina (District 6): Jim Clyburn
Tennessee (District 9): Steve Cohen
Texas (District 7): Lizzie Fletcher
Texas (District 9): Al Green
Texas (District 16): Veronica Escobar
Texas (District 18): Sheila Jackson Lee
Texas (District 20): Joaquin Castro
Texas (District 28): Henry Cuellar
Texas (District 29): Sylvia Garcia
Texas (District 30): Jasmine Crockett
Texas (District 32): Colin Allred
Texas (District 33): Marc Veasey
Texas (District 34): Vincente Gonzalez
Texas (District 35): Greg Casar
Texas (District 37): Lloyd Doggett
Vermont (At Large): Becca Balint
Virginia (District 3): Bobby Scott
Virginia (District 4): Jennifer McClellan
Virginia (District 7): Abigail Spanberger
Virginia (District 8): Don Beyer
Virginia (District 10): Jennifer Wexton
Virginia (District 11): Gerry Connolly
Washington (District 1): Suzan DelBene
Washington (District 2): Rick Larsen
Washington (District 3): Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Washington (District 6): Derek Kilmer
Washington (District 7): Pramila Jayapal
Washington (District 8): Kim Schrier
Washington (District 9): Adam Smith
Washington (District 10): Marilyn Strickland
Wisconsin (District 2): Mark Pocan
Wisconsin (District 4): Gwen Moore
REPUBLICANS
Alabama (District 1): Jerry Carl
Alabama (District 2): Barry Moore
Alabama (District 3): Mike Rogers
Alabama (District 4): Robert Aderholt
Alabama (District 5): Dale Strong
Alabama (District 6): Gary Palmer
Arizona (District 1): David Schweikert
Arizona (District 2): Eli Crane
Arizona (District 5) Andy Biggs
Arizona (District 6): Juan Ciscomani
Arizona (District 8): Debbie Lesko
Arizona (District 9): Paul Gosar
Arkansas (District 1): Rick Crawford
Arkansas (District 2): French Hill
Arkansas (District 3): Steve Womack
Arkansas (District 4): Bruce Westerman
California (District 1): Doug LaMalfa
California (District 3): Kevin Kiley
California (District 5): Tom McClintock
California (District 13): John Duarte
California (District 20): Kevin McCarthy
California (District 22): David Valadao
California (District 23): Jay Obernolte
California (District 27): Mike Garcia
California (District 40): Kim Young
California (District 41): Ken Calvert
California (District 45): Michelle Steel
California (District 48): Darrell Issa
Colorado (District 3): Lauren Boebert
Colorado (District 4): Ken Buck
Colorado (District 5): Doug Lamborn
Florida (District 1): Matt Gaetz
Florida (District 2): Neal Dunn
Florida (District 3): Kat Cammack
Florida (District 4): Aaron Bean
Florida (District 5): John Rutherford
Florida (District 6): Michael Waltz
Florida (District 7): Cory Mills
Florida (District 8): Bill Posey
Florida (District 11): Daniel Webster
Florida (District 12): Gus Bilirakis
Florida (District 13): Anna Paulina Luna
Florida (District 15): Laurel Lee
Florida (District 16): Vern Buchanan
Florida (District 17): Greg Steube
Florida (District 18): Scott Franklin
Florida (District 19): Byron Donalds
Florida (District 21): Brian Mast
Florida (District 26): Mario Diaz-Balart
Florida (District 27): Maria Elvira Salazar
Florida (District 28): Carlos Gimenez
Georgia (District 1): Buddy Carter
Georgia (District 3): Drew Ferguson
Georgia (District 6): Rich McCormick
Georgia (District 8): Austin Scott
Georgia (District 9): Andrew Clyde
Georgia (District 10): Mike Collins
Georgia (District 11): Barry Loudermilk
Georgia (District 12): Rick W. Allen
Georgia (District 14): Marjorie Taylor Greene
Idaho (District 1): Russ Fulcher
Idaho (District 2): Mike Simpson
Illinois (District 12): Mike Bost
Illinois (District 15): Mary Miller
Illinois (District 16): Darin LaHood
Indiana (District 2): Jackie Walorski
Indiana (District 3): Jim Banks
Indiana (District 4): Jim Baird
Indiana (District 5): Victoria Spartz (Retiring)
Indiana (District 6): Greg Pence
Indiana (District 8): Larry Bucshon
Indiana (District 9): Trey Hollingsworth
Iowa (District 1): Ashley Hinson
Iowa (District 2): Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Iowa (District 4): Randy Feenstra
Kansas (District 1): Tracey Mann
Kansas: (District 2): Jake LaTurner
Kansas: (District 4): Ron Estes
Kentucky (District 1): James Comer
Kentucky (District 2): Brett Guthrie
Kentucky (District 4): Thomas Massie
Kentucky (District 5): Hal Rogers
Kentucky (District 6): Andy Barr
Louisiana (District 1): Steve Scalise
Louisiana (District 3): Clay Higgins
Louisiana (District 4): Mike Johnson
Louisiana (District 5): Julia Letlow
Louisiana (District 6): Garret Graves
Maryland (District 1): Andy Harris
Michigan (District 1): Jack Bergman
Michigan (District 2): John Moolenaar
Michigan (District 4): Bill Huizenga
Michigan (District 5): Tim Walberg
Michigan (District 9): Lisa McClain
Michigan (District 10): John James
Minnesota (District 1): Brad Finstad
Minnesota (District 6): Tom Emmer
Minnesota (District 7): Michelle Fischbach
Minnesota (District 8): Pete Stauber
Mississippi (District 1): Trent Kelly
Mississippi (District 3): Michael Guest
Mississippi (District 4): Mike Ezell
Missouri (District 2): Ann Wagner
Missouri (District 3): Blaine Luetkemeyer
Missouri (District 4): Mark Alford
Missouri (District 6): Sam Graves
Missouri (District 7): Eric Burlison
Missouri (District 8): Jason Smith
Montana (District 1): Ryan Zinke
Montana (District 2): Matt Rosendale
Nebraska (District 1): Mike Flood
Nebraska (District 2): Don Bacon
Nebraska (District 3): Adrian Smith
Nevada (District 2): Mark Amodei
New Jersey (District 2): Jeff Van Drew
New Jersey (District 4): Chris Smith
New Jersey (District 7): Thomas Kean, Jr.
New York (District 1): Nicholas LaLota
New York (District 2): Andrew Garbarino
New York (District 3): George Santos
New York (District 4): Anthony D’Esposito
New York (District 11): Nicole Malliotakis
New York (District 17): Michael Lawler
New York (District 19): Marcus Molinaro
New York (District 21): Elise Stefanik
New York (District 22): Brandon Williams
New York (District 23): Nick Langworthy
New York (District 24): Claudia Tenney
New York (District 27): Chris Jacobs
North Carolina (District 3): Greg Murphy
North Carolina (District 5): Virginia Foxx
North Carolina (District 7): David Rouzer
North Carolina (District 8): Dan Bishop
North Carolina (District 9): Richard Hudson
North Carolina (District 10): Patrick McHenry
North Carolina (District 11): Chuck Edwards
North Dakota (At Large): Kelly Armstrong
Ohio (District 2): Brad Wenstrup
Ohio (District 4): Jim Jordan
Ohio (District 5): Bob Latta
Ohio (District 6): Bill Johnson
Ohio (District 7): Max Miller
Ohio (District 8): Warren Davidson
Ohio (District 10): Mike Turner
Ohio (District 12): Troy Balderson
Ohio (District 14): David Joyce
Ohio (District 15): Mike Carey
Oklahoma (District 1): Kevin Hern
Oklahoma (District 2): Josh Brecheen
Oklahoma (District 3): Frank Lucas
Oklahoma (District 4): Tom Cole
Oklahoma (District 5): Stephanie Bice
Oregon (District 2): Cliff Bentz
Oregon (District 5): Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Pennsylvania (District 1): Brian Fitzpatrick
Pennsylvania (District 9): Dan Meuser
Pennsylvania (District 10): Scott Perry
Pennsylvania (District 11): Lloyd Smucker
Pennsylvania (District 13): John Joyce
Pennsylvania (District 14): Guy Reschenthaler
Pennsylvania (District 15): Glenn Thompson
Pennsylvania (District 16): Mike Kelly
South Carolina (District 1): Nancy Mace
South Carolina (District 2): Joe Wilson
South Carolina (District 3): Jeff Duncan
South Carolina (District 4): William Timmons
South Carolina (District 5): Ralph Norman
South Carolina (District 7): Russell Fry
South Dakota (At Large): Dusty Johnson
Tennessee (District 1): Diana Harshbarger
Tennessee (District 2): Tim Burchett
Tennessee (District 3): Chuck Fleischmann
Tennessee (District 4): Scott DesJarlais
Tennessee (District 5): Andy Ogles
Tennessee (District 6): John Rose
Tennessee (District 7): Mark E. Green
Tennessee (District 8): David Kustoff
Texas (District 1): Nathaniel Moran
Texas (District 2): Dan Crenshaw
Texas (District 3): Ken Self
Texas (District 4): Pat Fallon
Texas (District 5): Lance Gooden
Texas (District 6): Jake Ellzey
Texas (District 8): Morgan Luttrell
Texas (District 10): Michael McCaul
Texas (District 11): August Pfluger
Texas (District 12): Kay Granger
Texas (District 13): Ronny Jackson
Texas (District 14): Randy Weber
Texas (District 17): Pete Sessions
Texas (District 19): Jodey Arrington
Texas (District 21): Chip Roy
Texas (District 22): Troy Nehls
Texas (District 23): Tony Gonzales
Texas (District 24): Beth Van Duyne
Texas (District 25): Roger Williams
Texas (District 26): Michael Burgess
Texas (District 27): Michael Cloud
Texas (District 31): John Carter
Texas (District 36): Brian Babin
Texas (District 38): Wesley Hunt
Utah (District 1): Blake Moore
Utah (District 2): Chris Stewart
Utah (District 3): John Curtis
Utah (District 4): Burgess Owens
Virginia (District 1): Rob Wittman
Virginia (District 2): Jen Kiggans
Virginia (District 5): Bob Good
Virginia (District 6): Ben Cline
Virginia (District 9): Morgan Griffith
Washington (District 4): Dan Newhouse
Washington (District 5): Cathy McMorris Rodgers
West Virginia (District 1): Carol Miller
West Virginia (District 2): Alex Mooney
Wisconsin (District 1): Bryan Steil
Wisconsin (District 3): Derrick Van Orden
Wisconsin (District 5): Scott Fitzgerald
Wisconsin (District 6): Glenn Grothman
Wisconsin (District 7): Tom Tiffany
Wisconsin (District 8): Mike Gallagher
Wyoming (At Large): Harriet Hageman
DELEGATES (They have a voice on the floor but no voting power.)
American Samoa: (Republican) Amata Coleman Radewagen
District of Columbia: (Democrat) Eleanor Holmes Norton
Guam: (Republican) James Moylan
Northern Mariana Islands: (Democrat) Gregorio Sablan
Puerto Rico: (Republican) Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon
U.S. Virgin Islands: (Democrat) Stacey Plaskett
* Cherokee Nation Delegate pending: Since the 116th Congress, the legislature has refused to act on seating the Cherokee Nation delegate-elect Kimberly Teehee (Democrat), nominated in August 2019. A formal hearing is scheduled for November 16, 2022, by the United States Committee on Rules to discuss the legality and procedure for seating Teehee.