50 Facts About David Dreier

David Timothy Dreier OAE is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1981 to 2013.

David Dreier was one of the youngest members ever elected to the United States Congress.

David Dreier was instrumental in passing the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993.

David Dreier served as the chairman of the Tribune Publishing Company from 2019 to 2020.

David Dreier is founder and chair of the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation.

In 1978, David Dreier ran for the United States House of Representatives at the age of 25.

David Dreier challenged incumbent Democrat James Fredrick Lloyd, who had first won in a Republican-leaning district in 1974.

David Dreier was sworn into office as one of the youngest members of the House of Representatives in US history.

David Dreier became the first person ever to defeat two incumbent members of Congress in back to back elections.

David Dreier's district was renumbered to the 28th after the 1990 United States Census and to the 26th district after the 2000 United States Census.

In 2004, David Dreier faced strong criticism for his position on illegal immigration from opponent Cynthia Matthews and several talk radio hosts who felt he was not tough enough on illegal immigrants.

David Dreier ceased all campaign fundraising for more than a year, leading many to believe that he was planning to leave Congress.

David Dreier chose not to run for reelection in 2012 and encouraged his Republican colleague Gary Miller to move into the 31st after Miller's old district was merged with the district of another Republican, Ed Royce.

David Dreier is the youngest chairman of the House Rules Committee in US history.

David Dreier was instrumental in the creation and passage of what became NAFTA in 1993.

David Dreier opposed President Donald Trump's threats to abandon NAFTA, instead advocating for an updated NAFTA, which would include digital trade, among other subjects.

David Dreier has been a longstanding supporter of closer ties between the United States and the countries of Latin America and has met frequently with executive and legislative branch leaders throughout the region.

David Dreier has received the nation's highest honors from the presidents of Colombia, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

David Dreier drew criticism from some opposition lawmakers when he sat on the edge of a podium during informal remarks to the legislators.

David Dreier founded the bipartisan House Trade Working Group, working closely with five American presidents of both parties on every free trade agreement into which the United States has entered.

David Dreier was a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership.

David Dreier attended and led congressional delegations to dozens of nations during his tenure.

David Dreier was the founder and first chairman of the House Democracy Partnership, which works to strengthen parliaments in new and re-emerging democracies on six continents.

David Dreier supported the expansion of public transportation in his district.

David Dreier secured federal funding for the Metro Gold Line, connecting Downtown Los Angeles and Pasadena via light rail.

David Dreier initially supported the bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act, signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996.

David Dreier initially supported the Don't ask, don't tell policy, which prevented LGBT members of the armed forces from serving openly.

However, in December 2010, David Dreier voted in favor of legislation that repealed the policy.

David Dreier served as the co-chair of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2003 California gubernatorial campaign.

David Dreier was the chairman of his transition team following the election.

David Dreier was a national co-chair of Mayor Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential bid.

David Dreier served as parliamentarian for four Republican National Conventions.

On February 29,2012, David Dreier announced that upon completion of his current term he would not seek re-election.

David Dreier is founder of the David Dreier Roundtable at Claremont McKenna College, where he serves as a trustee.

In 2013, David Dreier was elected to the board of trustees of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California.

David Dreier serves on the Space Innovation Council at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is a member of the Thirty Meter Telescope working group.

David Dreier became chairman of the Annenberg-David Dreier Commission at Sunnylands, which aims to promote the free flow of goods, services, capital, information, ideas, and people throughout the greater Pacific.

David Dreier is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a leading member of the board of directors of the International Republican Institute.

David Dreier serves on the boards of the Los Angeles Mission Foundation and James Madison's Montpelier.

David Dreier is an executive producer of the 2020 documentary Ending Disease.

In January 2019, David Dreier was named chairman of the board of Tribune Publishing Company, succeeding former Tribune Publishing CEO Justin Dearborn.

David Dreier had served on the Tribune Publishing board since 2016.

In February 2020, David Dreier stepped down as chairman of the company.

On June 26,2019, David Dreier founded the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation, the main objective of which is to build a permanent memorial near the National Mall in Washington, DC to commemorate journalists who have been killed.

David Dreier serves as the chairman of the FJM Foundation.

In 2013, David Dreier was inducted into the Order of Saint Agatha as a Knight Commander by the Republic of San Marino, the world's oldest republic.

David Dreier has been awarded the Order of San Carlos by the president of Colombia and the Order of Ruben Dario by the president of Nicaragua.

David Dreier has been awarded the Clean Air Award by the Sierra Club.

David Dreier lost his Malibu home in the Woolsey Fire in late 2018.

David Dreier is a descendant of Richard Bland Lee, a congressman from Virginia who served on the first Rules Committee impaneled by the House of Representatives.