List of Arab and Middle Eastern Americans in the United States Congress
This is a list of Arab Americans and Middle Eastern Americans in the U.S. Congress. This list would include North Africans in the United States who identify as Arab as well as non-Arab Middle Eastern Americans. The first Arab American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was George A. Kasem in 1959, and the first Arab-American U.S. Senator was James Abourezk in 1973. In the 115th Congress, there were six U.S. Representatives and no U.S. Senators of Arab-American descent serving in Congress. On  November 6, 2018, four additional Arab Americans, all of whom are female, were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives: Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Ilhan Omar, Donna Shalala and Rashida Tlaib. Tlaib and Omar were also the first Muslim women in Congress. The U.S. House of Representatives currently has six Arab-American members. The first Assyrian American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was Adam Benjamin in 1977, and the first Iranian-American U.S. Representative was Stephanie Bice in 2021. There currently is one Assyrian-American and one Iranian-American U.S. Representative serving in Congress. List of Arab and