George MIller is a United States Congressman from the Seventh District of California.http://georgemiller.house.gov/biography/committees-and-caucuses.shtml Congressman Miller is a Democrat who was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974.http://georgemiller.house.gov/biography/ He currently serves on the House Natural Resources Committee and is the chairman of both the House Education and Labor Committee and the House Democratic Policy Committee.http://georgemiller.house.gov/biography/ Congressman Miller is also a member of a number of caucuses, including the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus and the Congressional Soccer Caucus.http://georgemiller.house.gov/biography/committees-and-caucuses.shtml

In the 2010 election, George Miller was challenged by Rick Tubbs of the Republican Party.http://www.npr.org/2010/11/02/130681968/election-2010-california-results California’s Seventh District is located in California, northeast of the city of San Francisco, and incorporates the cities of Richmond, Pittsburgh, Valejo and Vacaville.http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/california/7 A stronghold for Democratic candidates for years, George Miller has been reelected to his congressional seat eighteen times, including 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008, when he received more than 70% of the vote.http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/california/7http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000725

Born in Richmond, California on May 17, 1945, George Miller has lived his whole life in Contra Costa County.http://georgemillerforcongress.com/about He now resides in Martinez, California.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/bios/21.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Congressman Miller earned a bachelor's degree from San Francisco State University and then earned a law degree from University of California, Davis Law School in 1972.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/bios/21.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Before taking office in the United States Congress, Miller was a private practice attorney and an aide for California State Senator George Moscone.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/bios/21.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Congressman George Miller worked alongside fellow Democrats, such as Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi, to pass the health care reform bill of 2010, a bill he co-authored.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/pre-election/bios/21.html?SITE=NPRELN&SECTION=PREELECTION&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Although he helped to write the No Child Left Behind Act, Congressman George Miller has been active in attemtps to make the bill more effective in improving public education.http://georgemiller.house.gov/biography/official-biography.shtml After Democrats took control of the House in 2007, George Miller helped to push through legislation that increased the national minimum wage.http://georgemiller.house.gov/biography/official-biography.shtml He has also been a vocal critic of the Iraq War.http://georgemiller.house.gov/biography/official-biography.shtml

In the 2010 election, George Miller received endorsements from Senator Barbra Boxer, Congressman Mike Thompson, the Napa-Solano Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO and the Police Officers Research Association of California (PORAC).http://georgemillerforcongress.com/endorsements Representative Miller lists among his priorities goals such as aiding middle class families in his district, improving educational opportunities, fighting climate change and insuring veterans and seniors receive access to health care.http://georgemiller.house.gov/biography/official-biography.shtml