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Chair, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific — 119th Congress
Young Kim is a Republican representative from California who has served in the U.S. House since 2021 and currently represents California’s 40th District. Congress.gov records her service in the 117th through 119th Congresses.
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Young Kim is a Republican representative from California who has served in the U.S. House since 2021 and currently represents California’s 40th District. Congress.gov records her service in the 117th through 119th Congresses.
Open biography & office record ↓Young Kim is a Republican representative from California who has served in the U.S. House since 2021 and currently represents California’s 40th District. Congress.gov records her service in the 117th through 119th Congresses.
Kim’s official House biography describes her as an immigrant from South Korea, a former small-business owner and community leader, and one of the first Korean American women to serve in Congress.
In the 119th Congress, Kim serves on the House Foreign Affairs and Financial Services Committees and on the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party. Her office identifies her as chair of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific. This review keeps those institutional roles separate from claim-specific fact checks.
