A Representative from Texas. Born in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo. , February 25, 1954. B. B. A. , Texas A&. M University, College Station, Tex. , 1976. M. B. A. , Houston Baptist University, Houston, Tex. , 1985. Certified public accountant. Energy company executive. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2021). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.