Richard Pombo

Pombo's case resulted in Congress passing the Rails to Trails Act. Pombo was co-founder of the Portuguese Caucus a coalition of Members of Congress who promote positive Portuguese-American relations. " The article concluded "in the Hurwitz case Doolittle and Pombo were in a position to pressure the FDIC and did so.

Pombo lost a reelection bid to Democratic challenger Jerry McNerney on November 7 2006. 8 percent of the votes. Richard William Pombo (born January 8 1961) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives having represented California's 11th congressional district from 1993 to 2007.