A Representative from Indiana. Born in Gary, Lake County, Ind. , August 13, 1949. Graduated from Andrean High School, Merrillville, Ind. , 1967. B. S. , Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Ind. , 1970. J. D. , University of Notre Dame School of Law, Notre Dame, Ind. , 1973. LL. M. , Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D. C. , 1982. Lawyer, private practice. Staff, United States House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, 1977-1980. Staff, United States House of Representatives Committee on the Budget, 1980-1982. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 2021). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.