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United States House Committee On Foreign Affairs
The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, also known as the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives with jurisdiction over bills and investigations concerning the foreign affairs of the United States. Since 2025, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee has been Brian Mast of Florida. The committee has a broad mandate to oversee legislation regarding the impact of national security developments on foreign policy; war powers, treaties, executive agreements, and military deployments abroad; foreign assistance; arms control; international economic policy; and other matters. Many of its responsibilities are delegated to one of six standing subcommittees, which have jurisdiction over issues related to their respective region in the world. The committee also oversees the U.S. Department of State, American embassies and diplomats, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. During two separate periods, 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Mast
Brian Jeffrey Mast (born July 10, 1980) is an American politician and U.S. military veteran who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district since 2017. The district, numbered as the Florida's 18th congressional district, 18th district before the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, 2020 redistricting cycle, includes the Treasure Coast and northern portions of Palm Beach County. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Mast is in his fifth House term. A veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, Mast lost both his legs while serving as a United States Army, U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technician in Afghanistan in 2010 and received the Bronze Star Medal, Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his actions. Early life and education Mast was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the son of James Mast and Tixomena Trujillo. His maternal grandparents were immigrants fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darrell Issa
Darrell Edward Issa ( ; born November 1, 1953) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 48th congressional district. He represented the 50th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2019, representing two districts primarily covering North County in the San Diego area, first the 48th district for one term and then the 49th district for eight terms. From January 2011 to January 2015, he chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Issa was CEO of Directed Electronics, which he co-founded in 1982. It is one of the largest makers of automobile aftermarket security and convenience products in the United States. With a net worth of approximately $460 million, Issa is the wealthiest serving member of Congress as of 2023. On January 10, 2018, Issa announced that he would not seek reelection to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Lawler
Michael Vincent Lawler (born September 9, 1986) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district since 2023. From 2021 to 2022, he was a Republican member of the New York State Assembly from the 97th district in Rockland County. Early life and education Mike Lawler was born to Marie (née Fortino) and Kevin Lawler, and raised in South Salem, New York, and Suffern, New York. Lawler is Catholic. He is of Irish and Italian descent. He graduated from Suffern High School. Lawler earned his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and finance from Manhattan College in 2009 and was named valedictorian of his graduating class. In October 2024, ''The New York Times'' discovered resurfaced photos of Lawler wearing a Michael Jackson costume that included blackface in 2006 at a Manhattan College Halloween party. In response, Lawler said that his costume was intended to be "truly the sincerest form of flattery, a genuine homage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kean Jr
Thomas Howard Kean Jr. ( ; born September 5, 1968) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from New Jersey's 7th congressional district since 2023. He represented New Jersey's 21st legislative district in the New Jersey Senate from 2003 to 2022, serving as minority leader from 2008 to 2022. From 2001 to 2003, Kean was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly. In 2003, he was elected a New Jersey state senator representing the same district, and in January 2008 he became minority leader of the New Jersey Senate, serving in the position until his term ended in January 2022. After Governor Chris Christie was reelected in 2013, Christie tried and failed to remove him as minority leader. He was frequently mentioned as a potential Republican candidate for governor in the 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial election, but did not seek the nomination. Kean was the Republican nominee for New Jersey's 7th congressional district in 2020, narrowly losing the genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Baird (politician)
James Richard Baird (born June 4, 1945) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 4th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Baird served from 2010 to 2018 as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and as a Putnam County commissioner from 2006 to 2010. Early life and education Baird was born in 1945 to William (1916-1989) and Martha Ewbank Baird (1924-1998). William was born in Scotland. Baird graduated from Turkey Run High School in 1963, participating in 4-H and Future Farmers of America. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in animal science from Purdue University in 1967 and a Master's of Science in animal science from Purdue in 1969. After the Vietnam War, Baird earned a PhD in animal science monogastric nutrition from the University of Kentucky in 1975. Military service Baird served in the ROTC at Purdue University from 1963 to 1965. He attended the Officer Candidate School Class 2� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Davidson
Warren Earl Davidson (born March 1, 1970) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Ohio's 8th congressional district since 2016. The district includes a swath of suburban and exurban territory between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, Dayton. Davidson is a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Personal life Davidson was born and raised in Sidney, Ohio, graduating from Sidney High School (Ohio), Sidney High School in 1988. Davidson met his wife, Lisa, in 1991 while he was entering West Point and she was serving as a missionary setting up Backyard Bible Clubs for Ohio churches. They married in 1995 and have two children. They reside in Troy, Ohio, Troy, a suburb of Dayton. Military career Assignments Davidson enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school in 1988. After training, he was stationed in Germany with the 3rd Infantry Division (United States) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amata Coleman Radewagen
Amata Catherine Coleman Radewagen ( ; born December 29, 1947), commonly called Aumua Amata ( ), is an American Samoan politician who is the current delegate for the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa. Radewagen, a Republican, was elected on November 4, 2014, after defeating Democratic incumbent Eni Faleomavaega; she was the first-ever Republican delegate since the office had been created in 1970 and began her tenure on January 3, 2015. She also serves as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of American Samoa. Amata is the first woman to represent American Samoa in the U.S. Congress. By winning 75.4% of the vote in her 2016 re-election, Aumua Amata attained the highest number of votes in American Samoa history. She won reelection with 83.3 percent of the votes in a three-way race in 2018. She has been the scheduling director for the United States House of Representatives majority leadership for eight years. Radewagen has been the most se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Huizenga
William Patrick Huizenga ( ; born January 31, 1969) is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2011, representing the state's 4th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Huizenga served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009. His district, numbered as the 2nd from 2011 to 2023, covers much of Southwestern Michigan, including Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, and Holland. Early life Born to a family of Dutch Americans, Huizenga is the co-owner and operator of Huizenga Gravel Company, a family business in Jenison, Michigan. In the early 1990s, he worked in real estate. He left real estate in 1996, becoming an aide to U.S. Representative Pete Hoekstra. Michigan House of Representatives Starting with his first election in 2002, Huizenga represented the 90th district for three terms, winning reelection in 2004 and 2006. After the 2006 election he was term limited. The district is in Ottawa County and includes Holl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Elvira Salazar
Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, dark basaltic plains on Earth's Moon Terrestrial *Maria, Maevatanana, Madagascar * Maria, Quebec, Canada * Maria, Siquijor, the Philippines * María, Spain, in Andalusia * Îles Maria, French Polynesia *María de Huerva, Aragon, Spain * Villa Maria (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Maria'' (1947 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (1975 film), Swedish film * ''Maria'' (2003 film), Romanian film * ''Maria'' (2019 film), Filipino film * ''Maria'' (2021 film), Canadian film directed by Alec Pronovost *'' Being Maria'', 2024 French film released as ''Maria'' in France * ''Maria'' (2024 film), American film * ''Maria'' (Sinhala film), Sri Lankan upcoming film Literature * ''María'' (novel), an 1867 novel by Jorge Isaacs * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Kim
Young Oak Kim (, born October 18, 1962) is a South Korean-born American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for California's 40th congressional district, previously representing the 39th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. Her district includes northern parts of Orange County. In the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, Kim, Michelle Park Steel, and Marilyn Strickland became the first Korean-American women elected to the United States Congress. In 2018, Kim was the Republican nominee in California's 39th congressional district, narrowly losing to Democrat Gil Cisneros in the general election. In 2020, Kim defeated Cisneros in a rematch. Along with Steel and David Valadao, Kim was among the first three Republican candidates to unseat an incumbent House Democrat in California since 1994. A member of the Republican Party, Young Kim served as the California State Assemblywoman for the 65th district from 2014 to 2016, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronny Jackson
Ronny Lynn Jackson (born May 4, 1967) is an American physician, politician, and former United States Navy officer who has served as the U.S. representative for since 2021. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, his district is based in Amarillo, Texas, Amarillo and includes the Texas panhandle and much of northeast Texas, as far as Denton, Texas, Denton. Jackson joined the White House Medical Unit in the mid-2000s under George W. Bush, and served as physician to the president from 2013 to 2018 under Barack Obama and Donald Trump. In March 2018, Trump nominated Jackson to be U.S. secretary of veterans affairs to succeed David Shulkin, but Jackson withdrew the following month amid allegations of misconduct and mismanagement during his service in the White House. In February 2019, Trump appointed Jackson assistant to the president and Chief Medical Advisor to the President, chief medical advisor, a new position in the Executive Office of the President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Barr
Garland Hale "Andy" Barr IV (born July 24, 1973) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the administration of Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher. Barr launched a bid for US Senate on April 22, 2025. Early life and education Barr was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Garland Hale Barr III and Rev. Donna R. (Faulconer) Barr.Brammer, "GOP's Barr mulls run for Congress" The Barr family has been in Lexington for generations, and Barr Street in that city is reportedly named for one of Barr's ancestors.Cheves, "Barr says he offers respite from 'career politicians'" His father founded two companies in Lexington, the accounting firm Barr, Anderson and Roberts PLLC, and Merrick Management, Inc, a physician practice firm. His mother is a deacon in the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington. Barr graduated from Henry Clay High School in Lexingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
