Representative, United States House of Representatives, South Carolina, District 2, 2001-present

Assistant Republican Whip, United States House of Representatives, District 2, 2007

Senator, South Carolina State Senate, 1984-2001

Member, Armed Services Committee

Chair, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs

Member, Education & Labor Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Europe

Member, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

Chair, Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

Member, Subcommittee on Readiness

Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Co-Chair, Afghanistan Caucus

Member, Air Force Caucus

Co-Chair, Americans Abroad Caucus

Member, Army Caucus

Republican Vice Chair, Boy Scout Caucus

Co-Chair, Bulgaria Caucus

Former Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, United States House of Representatives

Co-Chair, Composites Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Former Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Member, Congressional Coastal Caucus

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus

Member, Congressional Rural Caucus

Member, Death Tax Elimination Caucus

Former Vice Chair, Education and the Workforce Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, House Cancer Caucus

Member, House Oceans Caucus

Former Member, Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, Kurdistan Caucus

Member, Mongolia Caucus

Member, Navy-Marine Caucus

Member, Republican Israel Caucus

Member, Reserve Components Caucus

Member, Special Operations Caucus

Former Member, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Member, Taiwan Caucus

Member, Tea Party Caucus

Former Member, Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Co-Chair, Victory in Iraq Caucus

Member, Committee on Education and Labor, United State House of Representatives, 2023-Present

Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, United States House of Representatives, 2023-Present

Founding Partner/Attorney, Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor and Thomas

Colonel, South Carolina Army National Guard, 1975-2003

Second District Chair, George W. Bush Presidential Campaign, 2000

Vice Chair, Strom Thurmond Senate Campaign, 1996

Second District Chair, George Bush Presidential Campaign, 1988, 1992

Second District Chair, Strom Thurmond Senate Campaign, 1990

District Chair, Governor Carroll Campbell, 1986

Campaign Manager, Congressman Floyd Spence, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982

Deputy General Counsel, United States Department of Energy, 1981-1982

Judge, Springdale Town, South Carolina, 1977-1980

Second District Chair, Ronald Reagan Presidential Campaign, 1976

Served, United States Army Reserves, 1972-1975

Member, South Carolina Republican Party, present

Member, Advisory Board, Nations Bank Lexington

Member, Advisory Council, Sheriff's Department Law Enforcement

Member, Air Force Association

Member, Airport High School Parent-Teacher Association

Member, Alston-Wilkes Society

Member, American Heart Association

Member, American Legion

Member, American Legislative Exchange Council

Member, American Veterans

Member, Association of the United States Army

Member, Boy Scouts

Member, Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce

Director, Cayce-West Columbia Jaycees

Chair/President/Member, Cayce-West Columbia Rotary Club

Member, Chapin Chamber of Commerce

Member, Columbia World Affairs Council

Member, County Community and Resource Development Committee

Member, Falmer Middle School, Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

Member, Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Member, First Tuesday Republican Club, Lexington

Member, First Tuesday Republican Club, Richland

Member, Fourteenth Air Force Association

Member, Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce

Member, Kidney Foundation

Member, Lexington Chamber of Commerce

Member, Lexington County Historical SocietyMember, South Carolina Republican Party, Lifetime Member

Associate, Lexington and Dutch Fork Republican Women's Club

Member, Masons

Member, Mid-Carolina Mental Health Association

Member, Military Order of the World Wars

Participant, Morton Blackwell's Leadership Institute

Member, National Guard Association

Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)

Member, Navy League

Member, Republican Policy Committee

Member, Republican Study Committee

Member, Reserve Officers Association

Member, Shriners

Member, Sinclair Lodge 154

Member, Sons of Confederate Veterans

Member, South Carolina Homebuilders' Association

Member, South Carolina Lung Association

Member, Springdale Elementary, Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

Member, Welfare Reform Task Force

Member, West Metro Chamber of Commerce

Member, Woodmen of the World

Member, Yorktown Association

Member, State Development Board, 1975-1980

Vice Chair, County Registration and Elections Commission, 1973-1974

Astrological Sign:

Leo

Awards:

Spirit of Enterprise Award, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Friend of the Taxpayers, Americans for Tax Reform

Jefferson Award, U.S. Food Retailers Association

Father's Name:

Hugh de Veaux

Mother's Name:

Wray (Graves) Wilson

Number of Grandchildren:

8