Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1979-2014

Senator, Wisconsin State Senate, 1973-1979

Candidate, United States Senate, 1974

Member, Army Caucus

Member, Congressional Bike Caucus

Member, Congressional Coalition on Adoption

Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus

Member, Congressional Grace Caucus

Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Member, Congressional Older Americans Caucus

Member, Congressional Rural Caucus

Member, Congressional Savings and Ownership Caucus

Member, Congressional Sportsman's Caucus

Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus

Member, House British-American Parliamentary Group, present

Member, Law Enforcement Caucus

Member, Porkbusters Coalition

Member, Public Pension Reform Caucus

Member, Rural Health Care Coalition

Member, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, United States House of Representatives, 1987-1990

Experience, Author

Founder, Ripon Society

Attorney, 1970-1979

Director of Crime Studies, White House Advisory Council on Executive Reorganization, 1969-1970

Executive Director, Ripon Society, 1968

Law Clerk, United States Judge James Doyle, Western District of Wisconsin, 1965-1966

Member, Fond du Lac Bar Association

Former Chair, House British-American Parliamentary Group

Former Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Member, National Guard and Reserve Component Organization

Member, Wisconsin State Bar Association

Volunteer, United States Agency for International Development, Somalia, 1966-1967

Volunteer, United States Peace Corps, Somalia, 1966-1967

Volunteer, Operation Crossroads, 1961

Astrological Sign:

Gemini

Awards:

Guardian of Small Business, National Federation of Independent Business

National Security Leadership Award, American Security Council

Father's Occupation:

Navy Flier, Lt. Commander

Favorite Book:

New Testament, Washington: The Indispensable Man (James Flexner), The Decline of the West (Oswald Spengler), Lives (Plutarch's Volumes), The Theory of the Leisure Class (Thorstein Veblin), Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, The Birth of the Modern World Society: 1815-1830 (Paul Johnson)

Favorite Movie:

Casablanca, Lord of the Rings, The Thin Man, Star Wars

Favorite Musician:

Beatles, Haydn, Beethoven

Favorite TV Shows:

News Hour, Dr. Who, Sherlock Holmes

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Swimming, Reading, Walking, Biking, Skiing, Playing Bridge

Mother's Name:

Marian

Mother's Occupation:

Public School Teacher