Janice Schakowsky/Definition

U.S. Representative (D-Illinois), Chief Deputy Whip, Democratic Steering and Policy Committee; House Energy and Commerce Committee: Vice-Chair Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection,  member of the Subcommittees on Health and Oversight and Investigations; House Select Committee on Intelligence; opposed the 2002 Iraq War, and was a founding member of Out-of-Iraq Caucus; executive committee, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission