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Elton William Gallegly (born March 7, 1944) is the U.S. Representative for California's 24th congressional district, and previously the 23rd and 21st, serving in Congress since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Early life, education and career
Born in Huntington Park, California on March 7, 1944, Gallegly graduated from high school and attended California State University, Los Angeles but did not graduate. He worked as a real estate broker before entering politics. Gallegly is a former member of the Simi Valley, California City Council. He became Simi Valley's first elected mayor in 1982, a position that he held before the House.
U.S. House of Representatives
Representative Gallegly’s most recent activism has been focused on the issue of animal rights. ...
Rep. Elton Gallegy, R- Simi Valley talking with Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten; also Ventura C. GOP Chairman M. Osborn talking with Ventura County Sheriff Bob Brooks. , positive
Terrorism and U.S. immigration policies are closely linked. We have made some progress since terrorists killed more than 3,000 innocent people in New York and Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, but clearly not enough.
All 19 of the 9/11 hijackers entered the country with valid visas. All had backgrounds that should have excluded them from getting visas. Yet, 10 years later, the United States still does not conduct extensive screening in many countries with terrorist activities. The United States also still gives random visas through a lottery system rife with fraud.
Congress ...
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.) today criticized a California bill that would allow businesses in the state to opt-out of E-Verify. This bill, the Employment Acceleration Act of 2011 (A.B. 1236), was passed earlier this week by the California State Senate. The bill now heads to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk for signature.
Chairman Gallegly: “Illegal immigration cost Californians a net of more than $20 billion in 2010 in services and incarceration costs. Yet California continues to provide ...
U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) released the following statement today on his vote to cut government spending and raise the debt limit:
“This was a hard-fought battle to cut government spending in the face of unsustainable debt between those who wanted a free rein to continue spending and to raise taxes to do so, and those who want to streamline government, stop wasteful spending, and give the private sector opportunities to create jobs.
“While this is not a perfect bill, it gives us a strong down payment on cutting the nation’s deficit, cutting federal spending and getting ...