Biography
A Representative from Texas. Born in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Tex. , March 23, 1948. Graduated from Forest Park High School, Beaumont, Tex. , 1966. B. S. , Lamar University, Beaumont, Tex. , 1973. D. D. S. , University of Texas, Houston, Tex. , 1976. United States Air Force, 1975-1979. Texas Army National Guard, 1969-1975. Dentist. Alderman, Woodville, Tex. , 1981-1982, 1984-1989. Mayor of Woodville, Tex. , 1982-1984. Member, Texas Historical Commission, 1989-1995. Member of the Woodville, Tex. , school board, 1992-1995. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998. Member, Lower Neches Valley Authority, 1999-2014. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present). Chair, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (One Hundred Nineteenth Congress).