Rep. Derek Tran is sworn into Congress

New Rep. Derek Tran, D-Orange, was sworn into the House on Friday, Jan. 3, as the 119th Congress got underway.

Tran, an attorney, unseated Republican Rep. Michelle Steel in the race to represent California’s 45th congressional district, an area that spans Los Angeles and Orange counties and includes Little Saigon. He is the first Vietnamese American to represent the country’s largest concentrated Vietnamese population in Congress.

Tran was joined by his wife, Michelle Nguyen, and...