Rep. Sanchez gives birth to baby boy

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Rep. Linda Sanchez has given birth to a healthy baby boy, Joaquin Sánchez Sullivan, her office announced Wednesday.

"Linda and I have been blessed with a beautiful baby boy," Jim Sullivan, the California Democrat's husband, said in a statement released by her office. "Mother and baby are both healthy and happy. Joaquin's arrival is a long awaited welcome in our lives and we are richer because of it."

Sanchez is the eighth member of Congress to deliver a baby while serving in office.