Stephen F. Lynch (born March 31, 1955) is a Democratic U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 8th Congressional District, serving since October 2001 after winning a special election following the death of Rep. John Joseph Moakley.( Born and raised in South Boston public housing to an ironworker father and postal clerk mother, Lynch worked as a structural ironworker for 18 years, becoming the youngest president of Ironworkers Local 7, earned a bachelor's in construction management from Wentworth Institute of Technology, a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1991, and a master's in public administration from Harvard in 1999.( His career began in state politics with election to the Massachusetts House in 1994 and the State Senate in 1995, where he chaired the Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor, before advancing to Congress.(

In the 119th Congress, Lynch serves on the Financial Services Committee as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence, and on subcommittees for Capital Markets and Financial Institutions; the Oversight and Government Reform Committee with roles on subcommittees for Delivering on Government Efficiency and Military and Foreign Affairs; and previously on Transportation and Infrastructure.( A co-founder of the Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus, he has focused on workers' rights, trade policy from personal experience with plant closures, national security (with extensive Iraq and Afghanistan visits), and constituent services.( He ran unsuccessfully for the 2013 Senate nomination.( Recent stock trades including NVDA and VMW have been reported, but no specific public attention or STOCK Act violations are noted in available sources.[user query reference]

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