Biography:
— Representative from North Carolina.
— Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 29, 1943.
— Graduated from Crossnore High School, Crossnore, N.C., 1961.
— A.B., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1968.
— M.A.C.T., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1972.
— Ed.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C., 1985.
— Instructor, Caldwell Community College, Hudson, N.C.
— Instructor, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.
— Assistant dean, Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C.
— President, Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, N.C., 1987-1994.
— Landscape nursery owner.
— Deputy secretary for management, North Carolina Department of Administration.
— Member of the Watauga County, N.C., board of education, 1976-1988.
— Member of the North Carolina state senate, 1994-2004.
— Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present).
— Chair, Committee on Education and the Workforce (One Hundred Fifteenth and One Hundred Eighteenth Congresses).
— Chair, Committee on Rules (One Hundred Nineteenth Congress).