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U.S. House Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. History The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure was formerly known as the Committee on Public Works and Transportation from 1975 to 1994, and the Committee on Public Works between 1947 and 1974. Under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 the Committees on Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1946), Rivers and Harbors (1883–1946), Roads (1913–1946), and the Flood Control (1916–1946) were combined to form the Committee on Public Works. Its jurisdiction from the beginning of the 80th Congress (1947–1948) through the 90th Congress (1967–1968) remained unchanged. |
Sam Graves
Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. (born November 7, 1963) is an American politician best known for serving in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives for , with him being the dean of Missouri's congressional districts, Missouri's congressional delegation upon the retirement of Senator Roy Blunt in 2023, and having held office since 2001. The aforementioned district stretches across most of the northern third of the state, with it including territory from the Kansas border to the Illinois border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City metropolitan area. Graves is a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. He has notably served as the Chair (officer), Chair in charge of the influential United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in the U.S. House for multiple years, with him being able to exceed the Term lim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rouzer
David Cheston Rouzer ( ; born February 16, 1972) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Previously he was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing Johnston County and Wayne County in the 12th district of the North Carolina Senate. Early life, education, and business career Rouzer was born at Landstuhl Army Medical Center in Landstuhl, West Germany (now Germany), where his father was based, in 1972."David Rouzer". ''The News & Observer'' (Raleigh, North Carolina). October 25, 2008. p. G22. He was raised in Durham, North Carolina, where he attended Northern High School. Rouzer attended North Carolina State University, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. In 1994, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in agricultural business management, agricultural economics, and chemistry. Rouzer is also a graduate of the Fund for American Studies' Institutes on Business a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Collins (politician)
Michael Allen Collins Jr. (born July 2, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Born and raised in Jackson, Georgia, Collins graduated from Georgia State University in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business administration, business administration. He is the son of the late Mac Collins, who served as a U.S. Representative for Georgia's 8th congressional district from 1993 to 2005. Before entering politics, Collins established himself as a successful entrepreneur. In the early 1990s, he and his wife, Leigh Ann, founded a Trucking industry in the United States, trucking company. He also served on the board and as chairman of one of Georgia's largest credit unions and as president of his local chamber of commerce. In 2022, Collins announced his candidacy for Georgia's 10th congressional district after incum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Burlison
Eric Wayne Burlison (born October 2, 1976) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district since 2023. He previously served as the representative for District 133 ( Greene County) in the Missouri House of Representatives. A Republican, Burlison was elected to the Missouri House in 2008 and left office at the end of 2016. In 2018, he was elected to the Missouri Senate, representing District 20. He was reelected for a second term in the U.S House of Representatives in 2024. Burlison is a member of the new House Department of Government Efficiency Committee. Early life and education A 1995 graduate of Parkview High School in Springfield, Missouri, Burlison received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in 2000 and a Master of Business Administration in 2002 from Southwest Missouri State University. Early career Burlison was employed at CoxHealth as a software engineer before being promoted to business analyst. He now w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgess Owens
Clarence Burgess Owens (born August 2, 1951) is an American politician and former professional football player serving as the U.S. representative for Utah's 4th congressional district since 2021. He played safety for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets and the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders, winning a championship with the Raiders in Super Bowl XV in 1980. Since leaving the NFL, Owens has founded several businesses and is the CEO of a nonprofit dedicated to helping troubled and incarcerated youth. A member of the Republican Party, Owens was first elected to Congress in 2020, when he narrowly defeated incumbent Democrat Ben McAdams in the 2020 election. Owens is one of four black Republicans in the House of Representatives. Early life and education Owens was born in Columbus, Ohio, where his Texas-born father had come to do graduate studies that he could not complete in Texas due to Jim Crow laws. The family later moved to Tallah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Mann
Tracey Robert Mann (born December 17, 1976) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Kansas's 1st congressional district since 2021. The district, popularly known as "the Big First," includes parts of 63 counties in central and western Kansas and is the seventh-largest district in the nation that does not cover an entire state. Mann served as the 50th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2018 to 2019. He was appointed by Governor Jeff Colyer in February 2018, after Colyer ascended from the lieutenant governorship upon Sam Brownback's resignation. Early life and education Mann is a fifth-generation Kansan who was born and raised on his family farm near Quinter, Kansas. He worked in the fields and feed yard with his grandfather, father, and brother. Mann attended Quinter High School, where he was a part of seven state championship teams, including football, track, quiz bowl, and parliamentary procedure. In his senior year, Mann was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Nehls
Troy Edwin Nehls ( ; born April 7, 1968) is an American politician and former law-enforcement officer serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district since 2021. Before his election to Congress, he served as the sheriff for Fort Bend County, Texas from 2013 to 2021. Nehls is a member of the Republican Party. Nehls’s district, which was once represented by prominent representatives Ron Paul and Tom DeLay, includes most of the southwestern portion of the Houston Metropolitan Area, including a portion of the cities of Sugar Land, Needville and Rosenberg. It also includes part of the Greater Katy area. Nehls is a strong supporter and defender of President Donald Trump, and has, among other things, called for renaming Dulles International Airport after Trump and called on the Republican Party to obediently support whatever Trump says and does. Early life and education Nehls was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. His father, Edwin Nehls, served in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Van Drew
Jefferson Van Drew (born February 23, 1953) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since 2019. He was elected as a Democrat, but has since switched to the Republican Party since 2020. Before being elected to Congress, Van Drew held several public offices, including fire commissioner, town committee member, Mayor of Dennis Township, New Jersey, and Cape May County Freeholder. He represented New Jersey's 1st legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2008, and represented the same district in the New Jersey Senate from 2008 to 2018. Van Drew was the Democratic nominee in New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the 2018 election. He was elected with 52.9% of the vote to Republican Seth Grossman's 45.2%. After opposing the first impeachment of Donald Trump, Van Drew joined the Republican Party shortly afterward. He was reelected in 2020, defeating Democratic challenger Amy Kenned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusty Johnson
Dustin Michael Johnson (born September 30, 1976) is an American politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2018 United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2019. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner from 2005 to 2011, when he was appointed chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard, a position he held until 2014. Between his state political career and congressional service, Johnson was the vice president of Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell, South Dakota. As a member of the centrist Problem Solvers Caucus, Johnson is generally considered to be a Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Moderates, moderate Republican. During his tenure he has voted to revoke Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, keep Liz Cheney as the House Repub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Burchett
Timothy Floyd Burchett ( ; born August 25, 1964) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for , based in Knoxville, serving since 2019. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, Burchett was formerly County executive, mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. He served in the Tennessee General Assembly, first in the Tennessee House of Representatives, in which he represented Tennessee's 18th district. He later served in the Tennessee State Senate, representing the Tennessee's 7th Senate district, 7th district, part of Knox County. Burchett is a part of the new House subcommittee overseeing President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. He has expressed interest in running for Governor of Tennessee in 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2026. Early life and education Burchett is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was born in 1964. He attended West Hills Elementary School, Bearden Junior High School, and Bearden High School (Tennessee), Bearden High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Stauber
Peter Allen Stauber (born May 10, 1966) is an American politician, former minor-league hockey player, and retired law enforcement officer from Minnesota serving as the United States representative for Minnesota's 8th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Stauber has represented the district since 2019. Stauber was born and grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. He played college hockey for Lake Superior State University, where as a star player on the team, he led the Lakers to a national championship in the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Stauber met his political idol President Ronald Reagan when the team visited the White House after winning the national championship. He later said this event formed his political ambition. He then had a brief career in minor-league hockey. Stauber served as a lieutenant in the Duluth Police Department from 1995 to 2017. During his service as a police officer, he was shot while on duty. He also served as a count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Mast
Brian Jeffrey Mast (born July 10, 1980) is an American politician and U.S. military veteran who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district since 2017. The district, numbered as the Florida's 18th congressional district, 18th district before the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, 2020 redistricting cycle, includes the Treasure Coast and northern portions of Palm Beach County. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Mast is in his fifth House term. A veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, Mast lost both his legs while serving as a United States Army, U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technician in Afghanistan in 2010 and received the Bronze Star Medal, Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his actions. Early life and education Mast was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the son of James Mast and Tixomena Trujillo. His maternal grandparents were immigrants fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
