A Representative from Virginia. Born in Trieste, Italy, June 20, 1950. Graduated from Gonzaga College High School, Washington, D. C. , 1968. B. A. , Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. , 1972. Automobile dealer. Lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1990-1998. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Virginia in 1997. United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, 2009-2013. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present). Chair, Joint Economic Committee (One Hundred Seventeenth Congress).