David Dreier
David Timothy Dreier OAE (/draɪər/; born July 5, 1952) 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. He was one of the youngest members ever elected to the United States Congress.[1][2] Dreier was the youngest chairman of the House Rules Committee in U.S. history, serving from 1999 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2013. He was instrumental in passing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993.[3][4] After leaving Congress, Dreier served on the Foreign Affairs Policy Board under President Barack Obama. He served as the chairman of the Tribune Publishing Company from 2019 to 2020. Dreier is also founder and chair of the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation.[5]
Not to be confused with David Dreyer.
David Dreier
Philip Franklin
Gary Miller (redistricting)
35th district (1981–1983)
33rd district (1983–1993)
28th district (1993–2003)
26th district (2003–2013)
Order of the Aztec Eagle
Order of Saint Agatha (Knight Commander)
Order of San Carlos
Awards[edit]
At the 5th Annual Directors Guild of America Honors Gala in 2004, Dreier and Representative Howard Berman received a DGA Honor for their efforts in fighting runaway film and television production.[58] The award was presented by Rob Reiner, Sidney Pollack, and Warren Beatty. Also in 2004, the American Political Science Association (APSA) gave Dreier the Hubert Humphrey Award.[59]
In 2013, Dreier was inducted into the Order of Saint Agatha as a Knight Commander by the Republic of San Marino, the world's oldest republic.[60]
In 2017, President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico inducted Dreier into the Order of the Aztec Eagle.[61] Dreier has also been awarded the Order of San Carlos by the president of Colombia and the Order of Rubén Darío by the president of Nicaragua.[51]
Dreier is a member of the Alfalfa Club.[62]
He has been awarded the Clean Air Award by the Sierra Club.[63]
Personal life[edit]
Dreier lost his Malibu home in the Woolsey Fire in late 2018.[64][65][66]
He is a descendant of Richard Bland Lee, a congressman from Virginia who served on the first Rules Committee impaneled by the House of Representatives.[67]
According to Roll Call magazine, Dreier has a personal fortune in excess of $7.5 million and as much as $29 million, according to OpenSecrets.[68]