Tulsi Gabbard has served as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's second congressional district since 2013. She was born in American Samoa but moved to Hawaii at age 2. At 21, Gabbard was the youngest state legislator ever elected in the history of Hawaii. Gabbard enlisted in the Hawaii Army National Guard in 2003, and in 2004 she was shipped out to Iraq with the 29th Support Battalion medical company. As a native Hawaiian and military veteran, the congresswoman’s voice holds a lot of weight in her home state.. Gabbard resigned as DNC vice-chair on February 28, 2016, in order to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. She was the first female U.S. Representative to endorse Sanders. At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Gabbard gave the nominating speech putting his name forward.
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard: "Now is the time for to us come together and to take meaningful action towards responsible, common sense gun safety reform."
Hawaii U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard took to the house floor today in Washington, D.C. in support of those affected by the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in florida three weeks ago. She says "enough is enough!" Gabbard co-sponsored a bill to ban bump stocks. She also supports strengthening the national instant criminal background check system.