A Representative from Minnesota. Born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa. , September 6, 1947. Graduated from W. B. Ray High School, Corpus Christi, Tex. , 1965. B. A. , Rice University, Houston, Tex. , 1969. M. P. A. , Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg, Pa. , 1988. United States Marine Corps, 1969-1994. Leadership consultant. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998 and to the One Hundred Seventh Congress in 2000. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-January 3, 2017). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress in 2016. Chair, Committee on Education and the Workforce (One Hundred Twelfth through One Hundred Fourteenth Congresses).