Biography:
— Representative from Oklahoma.
— Born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., on April 28, 1949.
— An enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation.
— Graduated from Moore High School, Moore, Okla., 1967.
— B.A., Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1971.
— M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1974.
— Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., 1984.
— Consultant.
— Graduate assistant, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
— Faculty, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Okla.
— Staff, United States Representative Marvin (Mickey) Edwards of Oklahoma, 1982-1984.
— Chairman, Oklahoma Republican Party, 1985-1989.
— Private advocate.
— Member of the Oklahoma state senate, 1988-1991.
— Executive director, National Republican Congressional Committee, 1991-1993.
— Oklahoma secretary of state, 1995-1999.
— Chief of staff, Republican National Committee, 1999-2001.
— Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-present).
— Chair, Committee on Rules (One Hundred Eighteenth Congress).
— Chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Eighteenth and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses).