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'''Jim Moran''', born May 16, 1945 (age {{age|1945|5|16}}), is a [[Democratic party|Democratic]] Representative to the U.S. [[House of Representatives]], representing the Eighth Congressional District of [[Virginia]].
'''James Patrick "Jim" Moran, Jr.''', born May 16, 1945 (age {{age|1945|5|16}}), is a [[Democratic party|Democratic]] Representative to the U.S. [[House of Representatives]], representing the Eighth Congressional District of [[Virginia]] from 1991 to 2015. Moran has announced his retirement and is not seeking re-election to Congress.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6MeXbJrbc|archivedate=January 15, 2014|url=http://moran.house.gov/press-release/moran-announces-plans-retire-congress|title=Moran Announces Plans to Retire from Congress|work=Press Release|publisher=[http://moran.house.gov/ Office of Congressman Jim Moran]|date=January 15, 2014|accessdate=January 15, 2014}}</ref>
Moran is of Irish descent and was born in Buffalo, New York and raised in Boston. He is the son of professional football player James Patrick Moran, Sr. and the brother of former Democratic Party of Virginia Chairman Brian Moran. Moran is Catholic, although his votes on abortion issues have resulted in tensions with the church.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=6016|title=On Denying Communion as a Sanction: Letter to a Cardinal|work=catholicculture.org|date=October 16, 2014}}</ref>
==Views on Israel==
Moran, who serves as a whip on the House Democrats' leadership team, is very controversial for his history of making [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitic]] remarks. In early March of 2003, he singled out Jews as the reason behind attempting to topple [[Saddam Hussein]]'s regime in Iraq: "''If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this [[war with Iraq]] we would not be doing this''," he [Moran] said at the event, organized by the Greater Reston Interfaith Peace Coalition, according the Reston Connection newspaper. "''The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going, and I think they should.''" <ref>"White House, Democrats Rip Moran for Offending Jews," Stephen Dinan, ''The Washington Times'', Mar. 12, 2003.</ref>
Moran, who serves as a whip on the House Democrats' leadership team, is very controversial for his history of making [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitic]] remarks. In early March of 2003, he singled out Jews as the reason behind attempting to topple [[Saddam Hussein]]'s regime in Iraq: "''If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this [[war with Iraq]] we would not be doing this''," he [Moran] said at the event, organized by the Greater Reston Interfaith Peace Coalition, according the Reston Connection newspaper. "''The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going, and I think they should.''" <ref>"White House, Democrats Rip Moran for Offending Jews," Stephen Dinan, ''The Washington Times'', Mar. 12, 2003.</ref>