Jackie Speier Biography
California native Jackie Speier is an American politician who serves as a U.S. Representative for California’s 14th congressional district and serving in Congress since 2008. Jackie Speier is a member of the Democratic Party. The district numbered as the 12th District from 2008 to 2013, includes the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and the southwest quarter of San Francisco.
Jackie Speier represents most of the territory that she had been represented by her political mentor, Leo Ryan. Jackie Speier while working as his aide, that is in 1978, survived five gunshot wounds during the assassination of Ryan, part of the Jonestown massacre.
Speier is also a former member of the California State Senate who represented parts of San Francisco and San Mateo counties. Jackie Speier won the special election for the vacated United States House of Representatives seat of late Congressman Tom Lantos On April 8, 2008, The Caltrain Express locomotive is named in her honor.
Jackie Speier Age
Jackie Speier was born on 14th May 1950 in San Francisco, California, United States. She is 69 years old as of 2019.
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Jackie Speier Net Worth
Jackie Speier earns her income from her businesses and from other related organizations. She also earns her income from her work as a politician. She has an estimated net worth of $7 million dollars.
Jackie Speier Family
Jackie Speier was born in San Francisco, California, the U.S. to Nancy Speier and Fred Speier. Jackie Speier mother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, while her father was an immigrant from Germany. She grew up in an apolitical family.
Jackie Speier Husband
Jackie Speier’s first marriage was with Steve Sierra whom she married in 1987 until the death of her husband departed their marriage. She then entered into another relationship with Barry Dennis an investment consultant. in 2001 and eventually, they got married. Jackie Speier’s first marriage was blessed with two children.
Jackie Speier Education
Jackie Speier is a graduate of Mercy High School in Burlingame. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of California, Davis, and a J.D. degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1976.
Jackie Speier San Mateo County
Jackie Speier’s career began with an unsuccessful run to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Ryan (the seat that she holds now). She then lost the seat to the former staffer Ryan G.W. She won her first election in 1980 when she ran for the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and defeated a 20-year incumbent. At the time, she was the youngest person ever elected to the board. She was reelected in 1984 and was later selected as chairwoman.
Jackie Speier California State Assembly
Jackie Speier ran for the California State Assembly for the district in northern San Mateo County. She won by a few hundred votes. She was again re-elected five times, the last time as the nominee of both the Democratic and Republican parties.
Jackie Speier California State Senate
Jackie Speier was presented by the State Law from running in the re-election of the 1996 Assembly. But in 1998 she was elected to the California State Senate. In 2002 she was elected to a second term, with a total vote of 78.2 %.
As a state senator, she was instrumental in securing $127 million funding to start the “Baby Bullet” express service for Caltrain, for which the commuter rail agency named a new locomotive (no. 925) after her. Speier also focused on representing consumer rights. She stepped over as the California State Senate in 2006 during her last term. She went on and served as assistant president to pro tempore of the California State Senate.
Jackie Speier Lieutenant Governor of California
Jackie Speier ran for the seat of Lieutenant Governor of California in 2006. She was competing for the seat against insurance commissioner John Garamendi and state senator Liz Figueroa. She was defeated in the June 2006 elections by Garamendi. Garamendi received a total vote of 42.5%, while Speier received a total vote of 39.7%, and Figueroa received the remaining 17.8% of the votes.
Jackie Speier U.S. House of Representatives
Speier announced she was running in the Democratic primary for the 12th District, Ryan’s old district on January 13, 2008, The seat was then vacated by the 14-term incumbent and fellow Democrat Tom Lantos, who announced on January 2, 2008, that he was not seeking the re-election. In 2007, Speier spent most of her building support to challenge Lantos in the Democratic primary.
On January 17, 2008, Lantos endorsed Speier as his successor. Speier picked up the endorsements from Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Congressman Mike Thompson, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Lantos died on February 11, 2008. Jackie Speier won the special primary election on April 8, 2008, to fill the remainder of his term, which ended in January 2009.
Jackie Speier won the outright majority and avoiding the runoff that was held on June 3, coinciding with the regular primary election. Jackie Speier was then elected to a full term in November with 75 percent of the vote and re-elected three times with no substantive opposition.
On July 11, 2008, Speier introduced her first bill, known as the Gasoline Savings and Speed Limit Reduction Act, which would set a national speed limit of 60 mph in urban areas and 65 mph on less-populated stretches. In January 2016 there was a speech on the House floor, that Speier announced that she would introduce the legislation for the schools that required to disclose disciplinary proceedings of faculty.
On August 16, 2017, Speier advocated for the use of the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to remove President Trump from office because of erratic behavior and mental instability “that place the country in great danger” following his response to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and dealings with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
In September 2016, Speier proposed a bill to stop sexual abuse and harassment of women in STEM fields known as the Federal Funding Accountability for Sexual Harassers Act. On October 27, 2017, Speier, as part of the #MeToo movement, posted a video sharing her experience with sexual harassment on Capitol Hill.
During her 20s when she was chief of staff for Representative Leo Ryan, a person “kissed me and stuck his tongue in my mouth.” Speier called the United States Congress a breeding ground for a hostile work environment and she called for more sexual harassment training. Speier and Mississippi Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson have been seeking to prohibit sleeping in the United States Congress offices.
Jackie Speier Political views
Defense
Jackie Speier is a critic of the F35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. Jackie Speier has been quoted on CNN: “To continue pouring money into the building planes that have ejector seat issues, cyber vulnerabilities, flawed aerodynamics, maintenance problems, an inability to fly at full speed while using weapons, and overheating issues is borderline malfeasance.”
Abortion
Jackie Speier supports legal abortion and the National Political Awareness Test of 2002, where she answered, that “Abortions should always be legally available.” The organization NARAL Pro-Choice America rated Speier as 100% on interest group ratings because she supported the choice of abortion in her voting for the legislation.
In 2008 the Planned Parenthood Organization gave Speier 100% on her actions regarding abortion. In a speech on the House floor on February 17, 2011, Speier said that she had undergone an emergency D&E procedure when complications developed in a wanted pregnancy.
Gun laws
Speier believes in stricter gun control. According to Jackie Speier’s answers on the NPAT (National Political Awareness Test), she would like to require safety locks on all guns and background checks on prospective buyers as well as the ban of certain guns (other than for hunting) and strengthen state restrictions on buying and owning guns.
The Gun Owners of America gave Jackie Speier an “F” grade and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence on Jack Berman Advocacy Center that gave her a 100% rating. The National Rifle Association (NRA) and Gun Owners of California gave Speier a low grade on gun rights.
Environment and energy
Speier is concerned about the protection of the environment and wants to preserve the health of this planet. Jackie Speier lists for the evidence declined that salmon on the West Coast have proof of global warming. Jackie Speier believes that global warming poses a growing danger and negative effects on the environment.
When she spoke to the House on the subject of global warming and the environment, she expressed a desire “to craft a bipartisan and commonsense energy plan that makes polluters pay, provides for middle-class energy tax credits, and creates a new industry and lots of good, clean, green jobs”. Speier is working to improve energy legislation with the Clean Air Rebate Act of 2009, the Home Star Act and the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
Urban terrorism
Speier introduced legislation to enhance information sharing between the Transportation Security Administration and participating mass transit agencies in high-risk jurisdictions. The goal of this expanded relationship would be to thwart terrorist attacks against high-profile transit targets.
LGBT equality
Speier supports same-sex marriage. She is a member of the LGBT Equality Caucus. Speier was one of 32 members of Congress to co-sign a letter of October 8, 2015, to the TSA requesting a reform in screening policies and procedures for transgender travelers.
Forced identification of prepaid mobile phone users
In March 2016, Speier introduced the Closing the Pre-Paid Mobile Device Security Gap Act (H.R. 4886) to force purchasers of prepaid mobile devices or SIM cards to provide identification.
Jackie Speier Jonestown shooting
Jackie Speier entered into politics by serving as a member of the congressional staffer for Congressman Leo Ryan. She is also on of the November 1978 fact-finding mission that was organized to investigate allegations of human rights and abuses by Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple followers, and almost all of them were American citizens who moved to Jonestown, Guyana, with Jones in 1977 and 1978.
Jackie Speier is also was one of the two members of the mission who made wills before traveling to Jonestown. Several Peoples Temple members ambushed the investigative team and the others who were boarding the plane to leave Jonestown on November 18. Five people died, including Congressman Ryan.
While trying to shield herself from rifle and shotgun fire behind small airplane wheels with other team members, Speier was also shot five times and waited for 22 hours before help arrived. That same day, over 900 remaining members of the Peoples Temple died in Jonestown and Georgetown in a mass murder-suicide.
Jackie Speier Office | Contacts
Washington D.C office
2465 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Office Hours: 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Phone: (202) 225-3531
Fax: (202) 226-4183
Staff at our Washington, DC office can handle most questions and service requests you may have. You are welcome to phone or send a message to us through the U.S. Postal Service. Please note that postal mail is the slowest method for contacting us. All postal mail sent to our offices must be scanned for security purposes, which means it will take an additional two weeks for us to receive it. If you prefer, you may contact us by e-mail.
San Mateo
Jackie Speier Meeting Requests
“If you would like to schedule a meeting with Congresswoman Jackie Speier, please email Speier. Scheduler@mail.house.gov for all DC requests and Speier.DOscheduler@mail.house.gov for all requests in the district with the information below. A member of her staff will contact you as soon as possible.”
Full Name
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- Date(s) of Requested Meeting
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- Detailed List of Meeting Attendees
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Note: Congresswoman Speier’s office will contact you regarding the status of your request one to two weeks before your requested meeting date.
Jackie Speier committee assignments
Committee on Armed Services
Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Chair
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation
Subcommittee on Intelligence Modernization and Readiness
Caucuses
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (Associate Member)
Congressional Arts Caucus
U.S.-Japan Caucus
Jackie Speier Internship
Jackie Speier internship says that if you are a student living in the 14th District and would like to intern in Congresswoman Speier’s Washington, DC or San Mateo office, please download and complete the internship application form and send it with a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to speier.internships@mail.house.gov.
Please send all documents in .pdf format and title the email: “Your Name Office (example: Washington DC) – Term (example: Fall 2018)”. Positions in the Washington, DC and San Mateo offices are available starting in August and provide valuable hands-on experience in a Congressional office and a greater understanding of the legislative process. Internships are unpaid positions, however current students may be eligible to receive academic credit.
Speier’s first experience in public service was as an intern and she heartily recommends it for anyone with an interest in government or politics. There are opportunities for college students and recent graduates in the Capitol Hill office and for high school and college students and others in the district office. Duties include:
Researching legislation and district issues
Writing letters
Interacting with constituents
Helping plan and staff events
Answering phones/opening and sorting mail
Assisting staff with administrative tasks
Entering data into community tracking documents (district office)
Conducting constituent tours of the U.S. Capitol (Capitol Hill offices
You are an excellent candidate for an internship if you possess these qualities:
Professional phone manner
Interest in national and/or local issues
Able to work well with others
Excellent communication skills
Understanding of basic computer programs
Strong writing skills
Attention to detail
Ability to complete tasks under tight deadlines
Jackie Speier FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Who is Jackie Speier?
Jackie Speier is an American politician for California’s 14th congressional district
How old is Jackie Speier?
Jackie Speier is 69 years old as of 2019.
How tall is Jackie Speier?
Jackie Speier height is not available
Is Jackie Speier married?
Yes, Jackie Speier is married and she is married to two husbands Steve Sierra who died in 1994, and Barry Dennis married in 2001.
How much is Jackie Speier worth?
Jackie Speier has an estimated net worth of $ 7 million dollars as of 2019.
How much does Jackie Speier make?
Jackie Speier has not disclosed the information regarding her income but we will get to update you very soon.
Where does Jackie Speier live?
Jackie Speier lives in San Francisco, California, U.S.
Is Jackie Speier dead or alive?
Jackie Speier is still alive and in good health.
Where is Jackie Speier now?
Jackie Speier the U.S. Representative for California’s 14th congressional district
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