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About Wally Biography of Congressman Wally Herger On November 7th, 2006, Wally was elected to his 11th term in Congress by the citizens of California's Second Congressional District. He has served the Second Congressional District in the House of Representatives for twenty years, since his election in 1986. For most of his tenure in the House, Wally has served on the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax and trade policy, Social Security and most aspects of the federal Medicare program. He has utilized his position on Ways and Means to advocate for reducing the tax burden on America's families, free and fair trade for agriculture and other small businesses, especially in Northern California, and reforming the Social Security and Medicare programs to ensure their future sustainability. At the beginning of the 110th Congress, Wally was named the Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee. He has been actively involved in U.S. trade policy as a longtime member of that panel, but as the lead Republican he will be able to play even more of a leadership role on the trade issues that are so important to the economic success of agriculture in Northern California. Previously, Wally served for six years as the chairman of the Ways and Means Human Resources Subcommittee, which is responsible for overseeing the public assistance provisions of the Social Security Act (the federal welfare, child care, child protection, child support enforcement, disability, and unemployment insurance programs). As chairman of that subcommittee, Wally was among those leading the effort to reauthorize and expand upon the landmark 1996 welfare reform law. Working with the other members of the Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Herger successfully helped shepherd through a new law in 2006 to strengthen the 1996 reforms, helping even more parents on welfare go to work and further strengthening families. As chairman, he was also very active in efforts to improve the nation's child protection system, including conducting oversight and introducing reform legislation to help move more at-risk kids into safe, stable, and loving homes. In the 110th Congress, Congressman Herger will maintain his seat on the Human Resources Subcommittee. Wally has always been very active on the water and other natural resources issues that are so important to Northern California, advocating for a better balance in federal environmental laws and policies to ensure that private property rights and local community and economic needs are considered in environmental decision making. He continues to be a strong proponent of multiple use of and access to our public lands, including for recreation, ranching and other local economic activities. He has also been a vocal supporter of efforts to enhance and improve flood control and water storage infrastructure to meet the public health and safety needs of growing communities in Northern California. Wally has also long had concerns about the threat of catastrophic wildfire in Northern California, and advocated for improved federal land management policies. He believes that active management is necessary to protect communities from catastrophic wildfire and meet the economic needs of local communities. As such, he has championed several pieces of forest-related legislation, including the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act of 1998 and the Secure Rural Schools and Communities Self-Determination Act of 2000. Wally was born in Sutter County in 1945, and raised on a cattle ranch in a small community called Rio Oso, located south of Yuba City/Marysville. He was elected to the East Nicolaus School Board in 1976 and served there until 1980. That year, he ran and was elected to the California State Assembly, and served there until his election to the United States House of Representatives in 1986. Wally and his wife, Pam, are the proud parents of nine children, and have five grandchildren. Pam and Wally currently reside in Chico.
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