Biography
A Representative from Texas. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill. , October 20, 1965. Graduated from Carbondale Community High School, Carbondale, Ill. , 1983. B. A. , University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind. , 1987. J. D. , Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex. , 1989. Lawyer, private practice. Professor. United States attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 2007-2008. Mayor of Heath, Tex. , 2004-2012. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses until his resignation on May 22, 2020 (January 3, 2015-May 22, 2020). Director of National Intelligence in the Cabinet of President Donald J. Trump, 2020-2021. Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 2025-present.