LOS ANGELES—This evening Representative Xavier Becerra (CA-31) announced his intentions to continue his service as the representative of California’s 31st Congressional District and to devote his energies to the challenges ahead of him as the incoming Vice Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and as a senior member of the House Committee on Ways and Means. Rep. Becerra had been in discussions with the transition team of President-Elect Barack Obama concerning a possible nomination to serve as the next United States Trade Representative in the new Administration.
“I have invested sixteen rewarding years serving the people of Los Angeles and my country. I am grateful for that privilege and now see a rare opportunity to push across the goal line much of the unfinished business of America: investing in our infrastructure and our workers, universal healthcare, comprehensive immigration reform, and scrubbing a tax code that’s out of shape and behind the times.
“Working for and with incoming President Barack Obama would be an opportunity of a lifetime. I will get to experience that thrill… by working by his side in the People’s House just down the street from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The clock is ticking; I’m ready to go!”
Rep. Becerra will be sworn in to serve his ninth term in the House on January 6, 2009. On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama will take the oath of office to become the 44th President of the United States.
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