A Representative from Arkansas. Born in Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark. , November 18, 1967. Graduated from Fountain Lake High School, Hot Springs, Ark. , 1986. B. S. , University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. , 1990. M. F. , Yale Forestry School, New Haven, Conn. , 2001. Engineer. Member of the Fountain Lake, Ark. , school board, 2006-2010. Member of the Arkansas state house of representatives, 2010-2014, majority leader, 2013-2014. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present). Chair, Committee on Natural Resources (One Hundred Eighteenth and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses).