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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Capital Markets, Securities, & Investment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Co-Founder, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus

Former Member, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Information Technology Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Financial Services), United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, United States House of Representatives

Co-Chair, Task Force on Anti-Terrorism and Proliferation Financing

Former Ranking Member, Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Education

  • MPA, Public Administration, John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1998
  • JD, Boston College Law School, 1991
  • BS, Construction Management, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 1988

Professional Experience

  • MPA, Public Administration, John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1998
  • JD, Boston College Law School, 1991
  • BS, Construction Management, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 1988
  • Former Ironworker, General Dynamics Shipyard
  • Former Ironworker, General Motors
  • Former Attorney, Law Office of Gabriel O. Dumont, Junior
  • Former Ironworker, United States Steel Plant

Political Experience

  • MPA, Public Administration, John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1998
  • JD, Boston College Law School, 1991
  • BS, Construction Management, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 1988
  • Former Ironworker, General Dynamics Shipyard
  • Former Ironworker, General Motors
  • Former Attorney, Law Office of Gabriel O. Dumont, Junior
  • Former Ironworker, United States Steel Plant
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts, District 8, 2013-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts, District 8, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts, District 9, 2001-2013
  • Candidate, United States Senate, Massachusettes, 2013
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts, District 9, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
  • Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate, 1997-2001
  • Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1995-1996

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Capital Markets, Securities, & Investment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Co-Founder, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus

Former Member, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Information Technology Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Chair, Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor, Massachusetts State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, United States House of Representatives

Co-Chair, Task Force on Anti-Terrorism and Proliferation Financing

Former Member, Terrorism and Illicit Finance Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Committee on Financial Services

Member, Committee on Oversight and Reform

Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Member, Subcommittee on Aviation

Member, Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion

Member, Subcommittee on Government Operations

Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit

Chair, Subcommittee on National Security

Member, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy

Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • MPA, Public Administration, John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1998
  • JD, Boston College Law School, 1991
  • BS, Construction Management, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 1988
  • Former Ironworker, General Dynamics Shipyard
  • Former Ironworker, General Motors
  • Former Attorney, Law Office of Gabriel O. Dumont, Junior
  • Former Ironworker, United States Steel Plant
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts, District 8, 2013-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts, District 8, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts, District 9, 2001-2013
  • Candidate, United States Senate, Massachusettes, 2013
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts, District 9, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
  • Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate, 1997-2001
  • Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1995-1996
  • Member, Massachusetts State Bar Association
  • Member, New Hampshire State Bar Association
  • President, Iron Workers Local 7, 1988-1991
  • Member, Executive Board, South Boston Residents Group, 1982-1987

Other Info

Astrological Sign:

Aries

  • Francis Lynch

  • Ironworker

  • Anne Lynch

  • Postal Clerk

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Crime

Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- No

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Yes

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- No

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- No

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Tested positive for coronavirus on January 29, 2021

Jan. 1, 1900

Coronavirus pandemic Select a topic from the dropdown below to learn more.Political responses overviewState reopening plansDocumenting America's Path to RecoveryDaily updatesElection changesChanges to vote-by-mail and absentee voting proceduresFederal responsesState responsesState executive ordersStay-at-home ordersMultistate agreementsNon-governmental reopening plansEvictions and foreclosures policiesTravel restrictionsEnacted state legislationState legislative session changesSchool closuresState court closuresInmate releasesLocal government responsesDiagnosed or quarantined politiciansBallot measure changesArguments about government responsesThe 1918 influenza pandemicPandemic Response Accountability CommitteeUnemployment filingsLawsuitsSubmit On January 29, 2021, Lynch announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.