Brian P. Bilbray is a Republican representing California’s 50th Congressional District.http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/111/states/ca/ He first served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2000. Bilbray returned to Congress in June 2006 after winning a special election to fill the seat vacated by Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Cunningham had resigned after pleading guilty to tax evasion and bribery charges.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=21916 http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/government/article_e9b6bd45-78f8-5402-b72d-e929c85d7b62.html Bilbray has been serving in Congress continuously since 2006.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=21916 Brian Bilbray was reelected to Congress in the 2010 general election with 57 percent of the vote.http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2010-general/58-united-states-representative.pdf

Bilbray serves on the House of Representatives committees for Science and Technology, Veterans Affairs and Oversight and Government Reform. He is also a member of the House Republican Policy Committee and chairs the Immigration Reform Caucus.http://bilbray.house.gov/about/biography.shtml He is ranking member of the Government Management, Organization, and Procurement Subcommittee.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=21916

Brian P. Bilbray was born on January 28, 1951 in Coronado, California. While working as a lifeguard for Imperial Beach, Bilbray received public notoriety for saving a teenager from drowning.http://election.townhall.com/election-2010/state/CA/candidate/brian-phillip-bilbray Bilbray has also rescued individuals trying to cross the border from Mexico by swimming across the Tijuana River when it was at flood stage.http://bilbray.house.gov/about/biography.shtml Brian P. Bilbray began his political career in 1976 as a member of the Imperial Beach City Council. He was mayor of Imperial Beach from 1978 to 1985. Bilbray also served on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors from 1985 to 1995.http://congress.org/congressorg/bio/id/673 Congressman Bilbray lives with his wife, Karen, in Carlsbad, California.http://election.townhall.com/election-2010/state/CA/candidate/brian-phillip-bilbray

During Bilbray’s first congressional tenure, he helped pass legislation to add more agents to the U.S. Border Patrol and to provide money to states to offset the costs they were incurring due to illegal aliens in their prison populations. He wrote the Border Smog Reduction Act, signed into law in 1998, and the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act, which became law in 2000. After returning to Congress in 2006, Bilbray introduced legislation to develop a tamper resistant Social Security Card. He also co-sponsored a bill, signed into law in 2009, preserving the Mt. Soledad National War Memorial.http://bilbray.house.gov/about/biography.shtml

Bilbray supports Arizona’s 2010 immigration law, the development of alternative energy and mandatory sentencing legislation.http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Brian_Bilbray.htm http://bilbray.house.gov/about/biography.shtml He opposes the 2010 Health Care Reform bill, compensating states for the cost of social services provided to illegal aliens and enforcing limits on CO2 emissions.http://www.ontheissues.org/CA/Brian_Bilbray.htm Congressman Bilbray voted along party lines 93 percent of the time during the 111th Congress.http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/111/states/ca/