Houlahan, Chrissy, 1967-

Christina Marie "Chrissy" Houlahan (née Jampoler; born June 5, 1967) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been the U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district since 2019.

Born at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, she spent her childhood on various U.S. naval bases across the country, including on Oahu. Houlahan earned a B.S. from Stanford University and an M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After graduating from Stanford University, Houlahan spent three years on United States Air Force active duty at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts. There, she served as a project manager working on air and space defense technologies. She left active duty in 1991 for the Air Force Reserve, retiring in 2004 as a captain. After leaving active duty, Houlahan went to work for the start-up sportswear company AND1 as Chief Operating Officer. She went on to serve in Teach for America as a chemistry teacher at Simon Gratz High School in North Philadelphia, and then led and scaled a non-profit helping thousands of underserved students all across America build their literacy skills.

In 2018, Houlahan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. As a member of Congress, Houlahan has supported the government negotiating drug prices with the pharmaceutical companies and a public option, but opposes a single payer healthcare system. She supports same-sex marriage, the Equality Act, and opposed President Trump's memorandum banning transgender individuals from the military. In January 2019, she said she opposed withdrawing US troops from Syria. She belongs to the centrist New Democrat Coalition, the Problem Solvers Caucus, and the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus. Houlahan is committed to fighting for access to quality, affordable healthcare, common sense gun safety, government accountability and transparency, and working to build a strong, stable economy with good jobs and good benefits for everyone.