Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 2, 1988-2019

Member, Congressional Caucus on Unfunded Mandates, present

Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Friends of Scotland Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Grace Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, present

Member, Law Enforcement Caucus, present

Member, Minor League Baseball Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Scenic Byways Caucus, present

Former Member, Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Oversight and Government Reform Committee, United States House of Representatitves

Former Member, Subcommittee on Aviation, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on National Security, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, United States House of Representatives

Judge, Knox County Criminal Court, 1981-1988

Captain, United States Army National Guard, 1970-1987

Captain, United States Army Reserve, 1970-1987

Member, American Legion, present

Member, Beck Black Heritage Center, present

Member, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, present

Elder, Eastminister Presbyterian Church, present

Member, Girls' Club, present

Member, Knoxville Union Rescue Mission, present

Member, Red Cross, present

Member, Scottish Rite and Shrine, present

Member, Senior Citizens Home Aid Service, present

Member, Sertoma Club, present

Member, Sunshine Center for the Mentally Retarded, present

Member, Young Men's Christian Association, present

Astrological Sign:

Cancer

Awards:

Super Hero Award, Citizens Against Government Waste
The most fiscally conservative Member of the United States House, National Taxpayers Union, 2011

Favorite Quote:

President John F. Kennedy: "We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent or omniscient--that we are only 6 percent of the world's population--that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind--that we cannot right every wrong or reverse each adversity--and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem."

Georgie Ann Geyer, conservative foreign affairs columnist, writing about the war in Iraq: "Critics of the war have said since the beginning of the conflict that Americans, still strangely complacent about overseas wars being waged by minorities in their name, will inevitably come to a point where they will see they have to have a government that provides services at home or one that seeks empire across the globe.''

Number of Grandchildren:

9