Biography:
— Representative from Illinois.
— Born in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Ill., December 30, 1960.
— Graduated from Murphysboro High School, Murphysboro, Ill., 1979.
— Certified Firefighter II Academy, University of Illinois, 1993.
— United States Marine Corps, 1979-1982.
— Truck manager.
— Firefighter.
— Business owner.
— Member of the Jackson County, Ill., board, 1984-1988.
— Murphysboro Township, Ill., treasurer, 1989-1992.
— Murphysboro Township, Ill., trustee, 1993-1995.
— Member of the Illinois state house of representatives, 1995-2014.
— Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present).
— Chair, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (One Hundred Eighteenth and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses).