a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Okla., January 6, 1960; graduated from Cheyenne High School, Cheyenne, Okla., 1978; B.S., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., 1982; chairman, Roger Mills County, Okla., Republican Party; member of the Oklahoma state house of representatives, 1988-1994; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Glenn English, and reelected to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (May 10, 1994-present); chair, Committee on Agriculture (One Hundred Twelfth and One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses); chair, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (One Hundred Eighteenth Congress).