A Representative from Pennsylvania; born in York, York County, Pa., March 5, 1962; attended York Suburban High School, York, Pa., 1980; B.S., Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pa., 1984; J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law,Pepperdine University, Malibu, Calif., 1991; member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1992-2000; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-present).