Representative, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee, District 5, 2003-2023

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 5, 2020

Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 4, 1983-1995

Candidate, United States Senate, 1994

Member, 21st Century Health Care Caucus, present

Member, 9/11 Commission Caucus, present

Member, Afterschool Caucus, present

Member, Association of Tennessee Valley Government Congressional Caucus, present

Member, Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, present

Member, Caucus on India and Indian Americans, present

Member, Community College Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Baby Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Boating Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Caucus on the Judicial Branch, present

Member, Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine, present

Member, Congressional E9-1-1 Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Hockey Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Humanities Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Library of Congress Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Public Service Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Research and Development Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Scouting Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, present

Member, Congressional TRIO Caucus, present

Member, Congressional Vision Caucus, present

Member, Friends of New Zealand Caucus, present

Member, Historic Preservation Caucus, present

Member, House Cancer Caucus, present

Member, House Nursing Caucus, present

Member, House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus, present

Member, National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus, present

Co-Chair, Savings and Ownership Caucus, present

Member, Sudan Caucus, present

Member, Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus, present

Former Member, Healthcare, Benefits, and Administrative Rules Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee (Armed Services), United States House of Representatives

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

Former Member, Subcommittee on National Security, United States House of Representatives

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

Adjunct Professor, Health Care Policy, Vanderbilt University, 1995-present

Partner, Brentwood Capitol Advisors Limited Liability Corporation, 1999-2002

Founder, Brentwood Capitol Advisors Limited Liability Corporation, 1999-2002

Managing Director, Equitable Securities, 1995-1999

Attorney, Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis, Limited Liability Partnership, 1980-1982

Member, Advisory Board, Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, present

Regional Whip, Blue Dog Coalition, present

Chair, Congressional Courthouse Coalition, present

Member, Congressional Quality Care Coalition, present

Member, Congressional Songwriters Coalition, present

Member, New Democrat Coalition, present

Member, United States-China Working Group, present

Member, Alpha Sigma Chapter, Chi Psi Fraternity

Astrological Sign:

Gemini

Father's Name:

Prentice Cooper

Father's Occupation:

Tennessee Governor

Favorite Book:

Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Napkin by: Lawrence Weinstein
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by: Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer by: Shannon Brownlee
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times by: George Crile
The Mystery Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by: Hernando De Soto
Symmetry: A Journey into the Patterns of Nature by: Marcus du Sautoy
The Wisdom of Crowds by: James Surowiecki

Favorite Quote:

"Dum vivimus, vivamus." - Latin for, "Let us live while we live."

"Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; man's capacity for injustice makes democracy neccessary." - Reinhold Neibuhr

"History doesn't repeat itself--but it often rhymes." - Mark Twain

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Spending Time with His Family, Reading, Playing/Practicing the Banjo

Mother's Name:

Hortense Cooper