Sunday, October 18, A Report from Washington with Representative Niki Tsongas, Temple Shir Tikva, 9-11am

Niki Tsongas is serving her second term as a Member of the US House of Representatives representing the Fifth Congressional District of Massachusetts. She is the first woman to be elected to Congress from the state of Massachusetts in 25 years. The Fifth Congressional District of Massachusetts includes the old industrial cities of Haverhill, Methuen, Lawrence and Lowell in the Merrimack Valley as well as the Boston suburbs of Concord, Acton, Wayland and Sudbury. 

Rep. Tsongas was elected in a special election on October 16, 2007, to succeed Marty Meehan. She was re-elected last November, 2008. She currently serves on the House Armed Services Committee and the Budget Committee. Before her election to Congress, Rep. Tsongas served as the Dean of External Affairs at Middlesex Community College, the largest community college in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
 

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