Meetings focused on issues of agriculture, aviation, and environmental protection the situation surrounding North Korea was also a frequent topic of discussion. The delegation was led by the two current co-chairs of the USCWG, Congressmen Rick Larsen (D-WA-2) and Darin LaHood (R-IL-18), joined by Congressmen Gregorio Sablan (D-NMI), Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18), David Young (R-IA-3), and Roger Marshall (R-KS-1). China Relations escorted a seventh group to Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, and Qufu. In September 2017, the National Committee on U.S. Sean Patrick Maloney.ΔΆ017 Congressional Members Delegation Septemto Septem.Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, and Qufu, China. Giselle Martinez was a Former Intern at Rep. The caucus is co-chaired by the United States House of Representatives' nine openly LGBT members: Representatives David Cicilline, Angie Craig, Sharice Davids, Mondaire Jones, Sean Patrick Maloney, Chris Pappas, Mark Pocan, Mark Takano, and Ritchie Torres. The caucus had 165 members (164 Democrats and 1 Republican) in the 116th United States Congress. The formation of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus was announced on June 4, 2008, by openly gay representatives Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank. 7 New Democrat Coalition, 113th Congress.He is the first openly gay person to be elected to Congress from New York. He campaigned for the election as a moderate and is a member of the New Democrat Coalition. House of Representatives in 2012 after defeating Republican incumbent Nan Hayworth. In 2006 he ran in the Democratic primary for New York Attorney General, but came in third to Mark Green and winner Andrew Cuomo. Prior to being elected to Congress, he worked as an executive in a private equity firm and as an attorney. After the Clinton Administration he served as the First Deputy Secretary to New York Governors Elliott Spitzer and David Paterson.
He entered politics as a volunteer for Bill Clinton's presidential campaigns, and later served as his senior West Wing adviser and White House Staff Secretary. Born in Quebec, Canada and raised in Hanover, New Hampshire, he earned his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia. Representative for New York's 18th congressional district since 2013. Maloney, (born July 30, 1966) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who has served as the U.S. Template:TOCnestleft Sean Patrick Maloney, entered Congress with the 2012 elections, as an ( New York Democrat, District 18).