Raul Ruiz
Raul Ruiz
Raul Ruizis an American medical doctor and politician. A Democrat, he has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since winning election in 2012. In what was considered a major upset, Ruiz defeated redistricted, incumbent Republican representative Mary Bono Mack in the November 2012 general election in California's 36th congressional district. Ruiz was reelected to Congress in the 2014 election, after what was considered one of the most competitive congressional races in the country...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 August 1972
CountryUnited States of America
I think the personal satisfaction of doing good in the community and increasing value and holding true to the Hippocratic oath and being able to provide services to those that are in need is very strong moral reason to provide services for the underserved.
It's wrong that members of Congress can purchase luxury airfare with taxpayer money when many families in my district and across the county are struggling to make ends meet.
When I graduated, I was told I was the first Latino to have three graduate degrees from Harvard. And Harvard does something amazing to you. It opens the doors to the world.
Republicans have come up to me to say, 'Hey listen. My knee hurts. What do you think I should do?' I'll give them my recommendations.
I'm an ER doctor, period. I look at a problem with a certain lens: very action-oriented, very results-oriented.
I'm a physician first and foremost. I will always be a physician.
If our men and women in uniform are restricted from buying first-class airfare, the same should apply to Congress.
I'm not against speaking publicly and having passion for something. One of the cardinal beauties of America is that we have the freedom to do so.
The measurement of good policy is the well-being of the community. I saw the human faces of failed policies, and they weren't smiling.
I'm a doctor; we work in teams. I'm very committed to problem solving.