Clarence Saxby Chambliss is an American lawyer and retired politician who was a United States Senator from Georgia from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1995 to 2003.
David Timothy Dreier OAE is an American businessman,philanthropist,and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1981 to 2013. He was one of the youngest members ever elected to the United States Congress. Dreier was the youngest chairman of the House Rules Committee in U.S. history,serving from 1999 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2013. He was instrumental in passing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993. After leaving Congress,Dreier served on the Foreign Affairs Policy Board under President Barack Obama. He served as the chairman of the Tribune Publishing Company from 2019 to 2020. Dreier is also founder and chair of the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation.
Philip Miller Crane was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005,representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. At the time of his defeat in the 2004 election,Crane was the longest-serving Republican member of the House.
Richard Norman Hastings is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 4th congressional district from 1995 until his retirement in 2015. The district includes much of central Washington including the Tri-Cities,Yakima,and Moses Lake. The most conservative Republican in Washington's Congressional delegation,he chaired the House Committee on Ethics from 2005 to 2007 and chaired the House Committee on Natural Resources from 2011 to his leaving office.
Wayne Edward Whitfield is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative of Kentucky's 1st congressional district from January 1995,until his resignation in September 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party,and the first to represent the district. His district covered much of the western part of the state,including Hopkinsville,Paducah,Henderson and Kentucky's share of Fort Campbell.
Charles Albert "Dutch" Ruppersberger III is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 2nd congressional district since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as an assistant state attorney of Maryland from 1972 to 1980,a Baltimore County councilman from 1985 to 1994,and Baltimore County Executive from 1994 until 2002. He was the ranking member of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 2011 to 2015.
The Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The committee has jurisdiction over all taxation,tariffs,and other revenue-raising measures,as well as a number of other programs including Social Security,unemployment benefits,Medicare,the enforcement of child support laws,Temporary Assistance for Needy Families,foster care,and adoption programs. Members of the Ways and Means Committee are not allowed to serve on any other House Committee unless they are granted a waiver from their party's congressional leadership. It has long been regarded as the most prestigious committee of the House of Representatives.
Samuel Robert Johnson was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district in Congress from 1991 to 2019. He was a member of the Republican Party. In October and November 2015,he was the acting Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means,where he also served as chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee.
Thomas Cass Ballenger was an American politician. A Republican,he represented North Carolina's 10th Congressional district,centered in North Carolina's foothills,in the United States House of Representatives from 1986 to 2005.
James Charles Greenwood is an American politician in the Republican Party. He represented Pennsylvania's Eighth Congressional District for six terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Thomas Fisher Railsback was an American politician and lawyer who served eight terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983 for Illinois's 19th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he sat on the House Judiciary Committee,which in 1974,voted to refer articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon to the full House.
Bruce Andrew Morrison is an American attorney and former Congressman from Connecticut who was candidate for Governor of Connecticut. He is a lobbyist and immigration lawyer. He is a member of the Democratic Party,and an officer of the National Democratic Ethnic Coordinating Committee.
David Evans Skaggs is an American lawyer,politician and educator from Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1999.
John Wayne Cox Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served a single term as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Illinois's 16th congressional district.
James Robert Jones is an American lawyer,diplomat,Democratic politician,a retired U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma,and a former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico under President Bill Clinton.
Robert Bruce Chiperfield,son of United States Congressman Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield,was an Illinois lawyer and 12-term U.S. Representative from Illinois. He served as chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs during the early years of the Eisenhower administration.
Rodney Lee Davis is an American Republican politician who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 13th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. Davis's tenure ended when redistricting led to a primary race in the Illinois's 15th against fellow incumbent Mary Miller.
Doug Owens is an American politician from Utah that represents District 33 in the Utah House of Representatives. He ran for Congress twice for Utah's 4th District. He was the Democratic nominee for Congress in this district in 2014 and 2016,and he was defeated by Mia Love both times.
Heath Price Tarbert is an American lawyer and former government official who most recently served as the 14th Chairman and a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Prior to leading the CFTC,he served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development and as acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. As of July 1,2023,he is Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs for Circle.
Eric Sorensen is an American meteorologist and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 17th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Sorensen is the first openly gay member of Congress from Illinois.
