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Terri Sewell

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Running, 2024 Alabama U.S. House District 7, General Election

Running, 2024 Alabama U.S. House District 7, Primary Election

Alabama U.S. House, District 7 (2010 - Present)

Quick Facts
  • Full Name:
    Terrycina 'Terri' A. Sewell
  • Gender:
    Female
  • Birth Date:
    01/01/1965
  • Birth Place:
    Selma, AL
  • Home City:
    Birmingham, AL
  • Religion:
    Methodist
  • Family:
    Divorced: Theodore
  • Father's Occupation:
    Retired Coach
  • Mother's Occupation:
    Retired Librarian and Member, Selma City Council
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Member, Congressional Army Caucus

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Automotive Caucus

Member, Congressional Black Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth

Member, Congressional Caucus on Korea

Member, Congressional Cement Caucus

Member, Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional House Manufacturing Caucus

Member, Congressional Kurdish-American Caucus

Member, Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus

Member, Congressional Peanut Caucus

Member, Congressional Rural Healthcare Coalition

Member, Congressional Rural Veterans Caucus

Member, Congressional STEAM Caucus

Member, Congressional TRIO Caucus

Chief Deputy Whip, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives

Senior Whip, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives

Regional Whip, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Emerging Threats Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Emerging Threats Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus

Former Member, Financial Services Committee, United States House of Representatives

Member, House Rural Education Caucus

Former Member, Human Resources Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States House of Representatives

Member, Special Operations Forces (SOF) Caucus

Member, State Medicaid Expansion Caucus (SMEC)

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

Former Member, Subcommittee on Trade, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Worker & Family Support, United States House of Representatives

President, Freshman Class, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives, 2010-2012

Education

  • JD, Harvard University, 1989-1992
  • MA, Literature, Oxford University, 1986-1988
  • BA, Politics, Princeton University, 1982-1986

Professional Experience

  • JD, Harvard University, 1989-1992
  • MA, Literature, Oxford University, 1986-1988
  • BA, Politics, Princeton University, 1982-1986
  • Former Partner, Maynard, Cooper, and Gale, Professional Company
  • Former Employee, Representative Richard Shelby, United States House of Representatives
  • Former Staff, Senator Howell Heflin, Alabama State Senate
  • Associate, Davis Polk & Warwell, Limited Liability Partnership, 1994-2005
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Chief Judge U.W. Clemon, Alabama Northern District, United States District Court, 1993-1994

Political Experience

  • JD, Harvard University, 1989-1992
  • MA, Literature, Oxford University, 1986-1988
  • BA, Politics, Princeton University, 1982-1986
  • Former Partner, Maynard, Cooper, and Gale, Professional Company
  • Former Employee, Representative Richard Shelby, United States House of Representatives
  • Former Staff, Senator Howell Heflin, Alabama State Senate
  • Associate, Davis Polk & Warwell, Limited Liability Partnership, 1994-2005
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Chief Judge U.W. Clemon, Alabama Northern District, United States District Court, 1993-1994
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Alabama, District 7, 2010-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Alabama, District 7, 2020

Former Committees/Caucuses

Member, Congressional Army Caucus

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Automotive Caucus

Member, Congressional Black Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth

Member, Congressional Caucus on Korea

Member, Congressional Cement Caucus

Member, Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional House Manufacturing Caucus

Member, Congressional Kurdish-American Caucus

Member, Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus

Member, Congressional Peanut Caucus

Member, Congressional Rural Healthcare Coalition

Member, Congressional Rural Veterans Caucus

Member, Congressional STEAM Caucus

Member, Congressional TRIO Caucus

Senior Whip, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives

Regional Whip, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives

Chief Deputy Whip, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Emerging Threats Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Emerging Threats Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus

Former Member, Financial Services Committee, United States House of Representatives

Member, House Rural Education Caucus

Former Member, Human Resources Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, Special Operations Forces (SOF) Caucus

Member, State Medicaid Expansion Caucus (SMEC)

President, Freshman Class, Democratic Caucus, United States House of Representatives, 2010-2012

Current Legislative Committees

Chair, Subcommittee on Defense Intelligence and Warfighter Support (DIWS)

Member, Subcommittee on Health (Ways and Means)

Member, Subcommittee on Intelligence Modernization and Readiness (INMAR)

Member, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures

Member, Subcommittee on Social Security

Member, Ways and Means Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, Harvard University, 1989-1992
  • MA, Literature, Oxford University, 1986-1988
  • BA, Politics, Princeton University, 1982-1986
  • Former Partner, Maynard, Cooper, and Gale, Professional Company
  • Former Employee, Representative Richard Shelby, United States House of Representatives
  • Former Staff, Senator Howell Heflin, Alabama State Senate
  • Associate, Davis Polk & Warwell, Limited Liability Partnership, 1994-2005
  • Law Clerk, Honorable Chief Judge U.W. Clemon, Alabama Northern District, United States District Court, 1993-1994
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, Alabama, District 7, 2010-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Alabama, District 7, 2020
  • Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, present
  • Member, Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, present
  • Member, Alabama Bar Association
  • Board Member, Alabama Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • Former Member, Alumni Advisory Board, Sponsors of Educational Opportunity
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Birmingham Bar Association
  • Board Member, Cahaba Council, Girl Scouts of America
  • Former Editor, Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review, Harvard Law School
  • Member, Community Advisory Board, University of Alabama, Birmingham Minority Health and Research Center
  • Former Co-Chair, Community Assistance Fund, Sponsors of Educational Opportunity
  • Member, Corporate Partners Council, Birmingham Art Museum
  • Former Mentor, Dreams Into Action
  • Chair, Finance Committee, Saint Vincent's Foundation
  • Member, Governing Board, Alabama Council on Economic Education
  • Member, Magic City Bar Association
  • Member, National Bar Association
  • Board Treasurer, Saint Vincent's Foundation
  • Member, Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
  • Member, The Links, Incorporated
  • Chair, Voices Against Violence
  • Member, Women Leadership Momentum, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), 2007-2008

Other Info

  • Andrew Sewell

  • Retired Coach

Favorite Quote:

"Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth." Shirley Chisholm

  • Nancy Sewell

  • Retired Librarian and Member, Selma City Council

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

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

3 Quotes

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

3 Quotes

Campaign Finance

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

1 Quotes

Crime

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

1 Quotes

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?
- Yes

3 Quotes

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

3 Quotes

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)?
- No

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

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

3 Quotes

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?
- Unknown Position

3 Quotes

Campaign Finance

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

1 Quotes

Economy

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

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?
- Yes

3 Quotes

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?
- Unknown Position

4 Quotes

Guns

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

Health Care

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

3 Quotes

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

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?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

Congress Bills
Speeches

Letter to the Hon. Matt Cartwright, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, and Robert Aderholt, Ranking Member - Rutherford, Pascrell Lead 159 Members of Congress in Support of Police Funding
Apr. 29, 2021Letter
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Letter to Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Majority Leader - Congresswoman Cori Bush Leads Broad Coalition of Nearly 100 House Democrats in Calling for an Immediate End to the Filibuster
Apr. 22, 2021Letter
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Rep. Sewell Applauds Passage of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act
Apr. 22, 2021Press Release
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Events

2020

Aug. 5
Suppressed 2020: The Fight To Vote Virtual Premiere

Wed 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PDT

Brave New Films Culver City, CA

Feb. 20
Jefferson County Town Hall and Resource Fair

Thur 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM EST

Birmingham Recreation Center, 3501 28 St. North | Birmingham, Alabama 35207

Feb. 19
Social Security Town Hall and Resource Fair with Rep. Larson

Wed 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST

Loveless Community Center Montgomery, AL

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