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MARYLAND & THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVES

[photo, Albert R. Wynn, U.S. Representative (Maryland)] ALBERT R. WYNN (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, 4th Congressional District (parts of Prince George's & Montgomery counties), Maryland, 1993-2008

Member, U.S. House of Representatives, January 1993 through May 31, 2008. Resigned May 31, 2008. Deputy Democratic Whip, 1997-2008. Member, Energy and Commerce Committee, 1997-2008 (telecommunications & the internet, 2003-06; energy & air quality subcommittee, 2003-08; chair, environment & hazardous materials subcommittee, 2007-08, member, 2003-08; former member, energy & power subcommittee; former member, telecommunications, trade & consumer protection subcommittee). Member, Banking and Financial Services Committee, 1993-97; International Relations Committee, 1993-97. Member, Democratic Message Group; Congressional Black Caucus.

Member, House of Delegates, representing District 25 (Prince George's County), 1983-87. Member, Ways and Means Committee, 1983-87. Member, Governor's Task Force on Violence and Extremism, 1985-87. Member, State Senate, 1987-93. Deputy Majority Whip. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee; Joint Budget and Audit Committee; Joint Committee on Federal Relations. 1st Vice-Chair, Maryland Legislative Black Caucus, 1988.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1951. University of Pittsburgh, B.S. (political science), 1973. Intern, U.S. State Department, African Regional Affairs, summer 1972, 1973. Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1977 (chair, Black American Law Student Association); Howard University, graduate studies (public administration). Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association since 1979. Past executive director, Prince George's County Consumer Protection Commission. President, Metropolitan Washington Council of Consumer Agencies; Legal Assistance Program, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Board member, Consumer Credit Counseling Service. Member, Coalition on Black Affairs (COBA); Ford Motor Company Consumer Appeals Board; Voter Registration and Education Coalition. Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004. Member, Franklin Bourne Law Club; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Member, Maple Springs Baptist Church. Married; two children; one grandchild.

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