David Wu (Oregon's 1st Congressional District) David Wu is a member of the 110th Congress representing Oregon's 1st Congressional District. Wu was sworn in for his fifth term earlier this year, on January 3, 2007. Stretching from Portland to the Oregon Coast, Oregon's 1st Congressional District has a population of 743,195. Congressman Wu's priorities include: improving our nation's public education system and making college more accessible; grow Oregon's economy by encouraging new business investment and supporting high-tech research; improve our nation's health care system and Medicare prescription drug benefit; and meet our obligations to future generations by preserving social security and protecting our natural environment. David Wu was born on April 8, 1955 in Taiwan. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and has an impressive academic background that includes earning a bachelor's degree from Stanford University, a PhD from Yale, and attending Harvard Medical School. Wu is married to his wife Michelle and has two children. Wu started out as a lawyer in the Portland area. His career includes an internship with a federal judge in Portland, and in 1988 he co-founded the law firm Cohen & Wu. The company served both the high-tech sector and small businesses throughout Northwest Oregon. Wu is the only Chinese-American to serve in the US House of Representatives. He currently serves on the executive committee of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and served as its chair from January 2001 to January 2004. Congressman Wu is also a member of the New Democrat Coalition (NDC), a group of moderate Democrats in the House. As stated above, the Oregon's first congressional district has a total population of... half of the paper... largely due to the rise of Silicon Forest. The district has an extremely high level of educated people, a low unemployment rate and a low level of poverty. It is very Democratic and has found a popular representative in David Wu, who is now in his fifth term in the district. Wu is active in the House, serving on many committees and subcommittees, and has the distinction of being the only Chinese-American to have ever served in the U.S. House of Representatives. Under his service, Oregon's 1st Congressional District has prospered economically, which he considers one of his proudest accomplishments. Additionally, another of his key goals was education, the district's high schools and even the graduation rate is amazing. All in all David Wu has done a great job both pleasing his constituents and making Oregon's first convention a great place to work and live.