The legislation empowered federal security 13 A few years later, in 2012, Giffords’s Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Actīecame law. Immigration the subject of her first speech on the Houseįloor, supported comprehensive immigration reform andīorder security measure, including high-tech radar andĭrone patrols as well as sanctions for those who employ The federal government hasĭecided not to respond year after year after year,” she saidĭuring a segment on immigration. “y district, southern ArizonaĪnd other bordering states, are shouldering the burden
Profiled Giffords’s first term with segments detailing lifeĪs a freshman legislator. She also joined the Blue Dog Coalition, which sought to She held those threeĪssignments for the duration of her career in Congress. On the Armed Services Foreign Affairs and ScienceĪnd Technology Committees. In the 110th Congress (2007–2009), Giffords served Giffords defeated Graf with 54 percent of the vote duringĪn election that saw Democrats return to the majority for Who had challenged Kolbe in the 2004 Republican primary. Republican Randy Graf, a staunch immigration opponent, With 54 percent of the vote, defeating her nearest opponentīy more than 23 points. Immigration, education, healthĬare, and ethics issues all played prominent roles in theĬampaign, despite little policy disagreement among the top In the Democratic primary, including a well-knownįormer local news anchor. Opportunity” for a “pro-business Democrat,” Giffords was Which encompassed parts of Tucson and the southeasternĬorner of Arizona. Resigned from the state senate to run for the open seat, Kolbe announced his retirement in late 2005, Giffords When 11-term Republican Representative James Thomas Program for elected officials under the age of 50. Of its inaugural class of Aspen-Rodel fellows, a leadership In 2003, and in 2005 the Aspen Institute made her part Named Giffords one of the “100 New Democrats to Watch” The state senate, the centrist Democratic Leadership Council Percent of the vote-becoming the youngest woman ever Won election to the state senate in 2002 with more than 74 Spent a single term in the Arizona state house and then “Why wring your hands when you can fix the tractor?” Giffords asked. Properly, and she had difficulty finding help for anĮmployee with a mental illness. She said job applicants lacked the skills to fill out forms She entered politics after frustrations at her tire business. Giffords, who first sought elected office in 2000, said
Married Mark Kelly, a Navy pilot and astronaut, whom she Service I haven’t seen provided before.” 2įorced Giffords to consolidate the tire business into aĬommercial property management firm in 2000, which she Job] as much as I do,” she said at the time. While leading the business for four years, Giffordsįocused on customer service. York consultancy before returning to Tucson to run herįamily’s tire business, which her grandfather founded inġ949. In urban planning from Cornell University in Ithaca, New Williamįulbright Scholarship, Giffords earned a master’s degree Studying for a year in Chihuahua, Mexico, on a J. In Latin American studies and sociology in 1993. School in 1988 and attended Scripps College in Claremont, California, where she graduated with a double major She graduated from Tucson’s University High Has an older sister, Melissa, and an older half-brother,Īlejandro. Youngest child of Spencer and Gloria Giffords. Giffords was born on June 8, 1970, in Tucson, Arizona, the The safety and security of all Americans, by producing cleanĮnergy here at home instead of importing oil from abroad,Īnd by honoring our brave men and women in uniformĪ third-generation Arizonan, Gabrielle Dee (Gabby) Venue for my pursuit of a stronger America-by ensuring Opportunity to join hands with someone just because he “Always I fought for what I thought was right,” Improved veterans’ benefits, Giffords took pride in herĬentrist record first in the Arizona legislature and then inĬongress. An advocateįor border security, alternative energy development, and Short when she was nearly killed during an attemptedĪssassination at a constituent event in Arizona.
Gabrielle Giffords, a rising star in the House DemocraticĬaucus, had her career tragically and prematurely cut
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