Michael E. Capuano
Doctor of Laws
U.S. Representative Michael E. Capuano is in his sixth term in Congress from the Massachusetts Eighth District, which includes Cambridge, Somerville, Chelsea, and nearly two-thirds of Boston.
Congressman Capuano is a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the House Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on House Administration. He also serves on the House Democratic Leadership team as a member of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. He is chair of the Subcommittee on Capitol Security.
He has played key roles in analyzing the rules of the House Democratic Caucus, in organizing the Congressional transition to a Democratic majority, and in passing legislation that established the Office of Congressional Ethics.
On the local and national levels, Congressman Capuano has championed legislation that supports transportation infrastructure repair, federal assistance for multi-family housing, efforts to develop juvenile witness assistance programs, and Medicare coverage for vision rehabilitation services. He has secured funding for a number of important local projects, including planning efforts for the Urban Ring project and expansion of the Fenway Community Health Center’s HIV prevention, mental health care, and substance abuse programs.
Internationally, he has emerged as a major voice in Congress concerning the ongoing atrocities and genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. He has traveled to the region and met with the United Nations Secretary General and the U.S. Ambassador to the UN to urge that additional peacekeepers be sent to the region.
Before his election to the House, Congressman Capuano served as mayor of Somerville, and he also served on the Board of Aldermen, holding the same seat once held by his father. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Boston College School of Law, he studied tax law at Boston University.
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