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Biographical

Family:

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Education

• University of California, Los Angeles School of Law - JD

• UCLA Anderson School of Management - MBA

• California State University, Fullerton - BA, economics

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  46th Congressional District of California
  Jose Luis Correa (Lou), 68.75%

  Democrat
  James Waters, 31.25%

  Republican

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  46th Congressional District of California
  Jose Luis Correa (Lou), 69.15%

  Democrat
  Russell Rene Lambert, 30.85%

  Republican

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  46th Congressional District of California
  Jose Luis Correa (Lou), 70.02%

  Democrat
  Bao Quoc Nguyen, 29.98%

  Democrat

Associated Organizations

• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc.

  Member, Advisory Council

• Orange County Family Justice Center

• Orange County Board of the Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership

• Lou Correa for Congress (California)

• Christ Cathedral Catholic Church (Garden Grove, Calif.)

Awards

• Father of the Year (American Diabetes Association of Orange County)

• Health Care Champion Award (California Hospital Association)

• Civil Justice Leader Award (Civil Justice Association of California)

• Superintendent's Bravo! Award (Santa Ana (Calif.) Unified School District)

• Hunger Fighter Award (California Hunger Coalition)

• Golden Hat Award (Vietnamese Professional Society)

• Cultural Diversity Award (St. Anselm's Cross-Cultural Community Center)

• California Building Bridges to Fill America's Promise Award (Orange County (Calif.) Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance)

• Charles Dick Medal of Merit (National Guard Association of the United States)

• Champion of Healthcare Innovation (Healthcare Leadership Council) (July 2023)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (Sept. 2018)

• Poverty Fighting Award (Community Action Partnership of Orange County (Calif.)) (2015)

• Person of the Year (Santa Ana (Calif.) Chamber of Commerce) (2015)

• Disability Rights California Award (Disability Rights California) (2014)

• Legislative Leadership Award (California Product Stewardship Council) (2014)

• Rose Award (Orange County (Calif.) Taxpayers Association) (2014)

• Outstanding Legislator Award (California Rifle and Pistol Association) (2011)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2301 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-0546
Phone:	202-225-2965

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Privately Financed Travel

14 trips taken between 2017 - 2024 costing $194,013

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• Combat Mexican Drug Cartels Task Force
• House Homeland Security Committee
House Homeland Security Committee Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee, Ranking Member
House Homeland Security Committee Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence Subcommittee
• House Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust Subcommittee, Ranking Member
House Judiciary Committee Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement Subcommittee
• Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Caucuses

• 5G Caucus
• Ahmadiyya Muslim Caucus
• Auto Care Caucus
• Bipartisan Women Veterans Task Force
• Blue Dog Coalition
• California Aerospace Caucus
• California Democratic Congressional Delegation
• California Public Higher Education Caucus
• Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus
• Congressional Access to Legal Aid Caucus
• Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Army Caucus
• Congressional Artificial Intelligence Caucus
• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
• Congressional Baseball Caucus
• Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
• Congressional Blue Collar Caucus
• Congressional Brazil Caucus
• Congressional Buy American Caucus
• Congressional Candy Caucus
• Congressional Cannabis Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
• Congressional Caucus on California High Speed Rail, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth
• Congressional Caucus on Homelessness
• Congressional Caucus on Peru
• Congressional Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers
• Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, Co-Chair
• Congressional Chemistry Caucus
• Congressional Children's Health Care Caucus
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Coast Guard Caucus
• Congressional Colombia Caucus
• Congressional Coronavirus Task Force
• Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus
• Congressional Dads Caucus
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus
• Congressional Disaster Equity and Building Resilience Caucus
• Congressional Energy Export Caucus, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional Family Business Caucus
• Congressional Food Recovery Caucus
• Congressional Fragrance Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Ecuador Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus
• Congressional Gaming Caucus
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Executive Orders and Budget Reconciliation Task Force
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Individual Bill Endorsement Task Force
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Reform Task Force
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Racial Justice Task Force
• Congressional Hispanic-Serving Institutions Caucus
• Congressional House Manufacturing Caucus
• Congressional Humanities Caucus
• Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus
• Congressional Library of Congress Caucus
• Congressional Men's Health Caucus
• Congressional Mental Health Caucus
• Congressional Middle Class Jobs Caucus
• Congressional Native American Caucus
• Congressional New Americans Caucus
• Congressional Optics and Photonics Caucus
• Congressional Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade and Security Caucus
• Congressional Primary Care Caucus
• Congressional Psychedelics Advancing Therapies Caucus, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Congressional Recycling Caucus
• Congressional Small Business Caucus
• Congressional Soils Caucus
• Congressional STARBASE Caucus
• Congressional Study Group on Korea
• Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
• Congressional Tri-Caucus
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional Unexploded Ordnance/Demining Caucus
• Congressional U.S.-Mexico Friendship Caucus
• Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
• Congressional Voting Rights Caucus
• Congressional Warrior's Caucus
• Congressional Wine Caucus
• Congressional Youth ChalleNGe Caucus
• Creative Rights Caucus
• Democratic Faith Working Group
• Friends of a Free, Stable and Democratic Syria Caucus
• Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
• House Baltic Caucus
• House Democratic Caucus, Senior Whip
• House Democratic Manufacturing Working Group
• House Hunger Caucus
• House Paper and Packaging Caucus, Co-Chair
• House Real Estate Caucus, Co-Chair
• House Small Brewers Caucus
• Immigrant Servicemembers and Veterans Caucus
• Israel Allies Caucus
• New Democrat Coalition
• New Democrat Coalition Action Fund
• New Democrat Coalition Immigration and Border Security Task Force, Vice Chair
• Recording Arts and Sciences Congressional Caucus
• Servicewomen and Women Veterans Caucus
• Spent Nuclear Fuel Solutions Caucus
• United Service Organizations Congressional Caucus
• U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Group

Caught Our Eye

• Seasoned lobbyist and Dem. chief comes back for more

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 10, 2022
  Rep. Lou Correa's (D-Calif.) new chief of staff is no stranger to the revolving door. read more

• Private groups are spending big on congressional travel

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 5, 2022
  Several representatives and their spouses spent the week of Memorial Day on an expensive trip to Japan, thanks to the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, which dropped an average of almost $28,000 per member. read more

• Privately sponsored congressional travel trickles back

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 28, 2021
  Private organizations are slowly resuming sponsored travel for congressional staffers and members. But even as travel returns and some members venture overseas, interest groups may continue to see their influence wane until the pandemic's end. read more

• A tale of the freshman tortoise and hare

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 12, 2017
  In the race for freshmen members of Congress to get their offices fully operational, new spending data shows that Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) was the tortoise, Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.) the hare. read more

• Staffers to House freshmen take first trip abroad

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 20, 2017
  Staff for at least half a dozen freshman members of Congress have already made their first overseas voyages courtesy of interest groups, and it may come as little surprise to Congress watchers that those trips were all to Israel. read more

• House VA Committee loses veteran members

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 13, 2017
  By some accounts, including those of President Trump and many members of Congress who campaigned hard on the issue, the Veterans Administration is in need of deep reform. But that reform will mostly be overseen by quite a few members of Congress who have never sat in a hearing on veterans issues before and haven't learned how the levers of power work. read more