Biography & Current Office
Background & current office
Raul Ruiz is the Democratic U.S. representative for California’s 25th District and has served in Congress since 2013. A physician from a farmworker family in the Coachella Valley, he earned medical and public-policy degrees at Harvard and worked as an emergency physician before entering Congress.
Ruiz serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, including the Communications and Technology, Environment, and Health subcommittees. His medical background and health-policy responsibilities are maintained as institutional context; routine votes and policy positions are not thermometer-rated without a discrete factual claim and evidentiary record.
Editorial research reviewed: August 22, 2026. Public-record fields continue to refresh independently from official chamber sources.
Public record
Current seat & contact information
- Chamber
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Representation
- California · District 25
- Party
- Democratic
- Birth date
- August 25, 1972
- Washington phone
- (202) 225-5330
- Office
- 2342 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0525
Committees & Leadership
Current leadership and reviewed committee roles
Reviewed committee assignments
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Recent Recorded Votes
Official recorded-vote record
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Sponsored/Cosponsored & Curated Notable Legislation
Legislation & official congressional activity
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Claims & Evidence
Evidence tracker
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