Biography
Representative from Texas; born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., January 14, 1962; graduated from Jesuit College Preparatory School, Dallas, Tex., 1980; B.S., Trinity University, San Antonio, Tex., 1984; J.D., St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Tex., 1987; lawyer, private practice; deputy attorney general, office of the Texas state attorney general; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present); chair, Committee on Homeland Security (One Hundred Thirteenth through One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses); chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs (One Hundred Eighteenth Congress); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2024 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, United States Secretary of Homeland Security.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress