Honorable Pete Stark
United States Representative, California, Democrat
Representative Stark, of the Thirteenth District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972. He was the founder of Beacon Savings & Loan Association in 1961 and the founder and President of Security National Bank in Walnut Creek (California) from 1963 to 1972. He serves on the Ways and Means Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member of the Health Subcommittee. He is also the senior House Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee. The following is from the February 6, 2002, House floor debate on H.Con. Res. 312, expressing the sense of the House…
