Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell
Legislative Policy Conference
Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell
Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell is in her sixth term representing Alabama’s 7th Congressional District. She is one of the first women elected to Congress from Alabama in her own right and is the first Black woman to ever serve in the Alabama Congressional delegation.
Congresswoman Sewell sits on the exclusive House Ways and Means Committee, bringing her more than 15 years of experience as a securities and public finance attorney. She sits on three subcommittees: Health, Select Revenue Measures, and Social Security.
In her short time in Congress, Sewell has held several leadership positions, including Freshman Class President in the 112th Congress. This current term, she was selected by Democratic leadership to serve as a Chief Deputy Whip, and sits on the prestigious Steering and Policy Committee which sets the policy direction of the Democratic Caucus. Congresswoman Sewell is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus where she is Co-Chair of the Voting Rights Task Force. She is a member of the New Democrat Coalition; Co-Chair of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus; Vice-Chair of the Congressional HBCU Caucus; and Co-Chair of the Rural Caucus.
As the author and lead sponsor of H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, Congresswoman Sewell is proud to be leading the fight for voting rights in Congress. She has introduced a version of this bill four times which would restore the full protections of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 after it was gutted by the Supreme Court in 2013.
A proud product of Alabama’s rural Black Belt, Congresswoman Sewell was the first Black valedictorian of Selma High School. She is an honors graduate of Princeton University and Oxford University in England and received her law degree from Harvard Law School.