Representative

Candidate, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Lieutenant Governor, 2014

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 12, 2012

Won Special Election, Experience, United States House of Representatives, District 12, 2010

Member, Bi-Partisan Congressional Alzheimer's Taskforce

Member, Bi-Partisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus

Member, Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE)

Co-Chair, Congressional Army Aviation Caucus

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Brain Injury Task Force

Member, Congressional C-130 Modernization Caucus

Member, Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus

Member, Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth

Member, Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues

Member, Congressional Cement Caucus

Member, Congressional Coal Caucus

Member, Congressional Croatian Caucus

Member, Congressional Crohn's and Colitis Caucus

Member, Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional Directed Energy Caucus

Member, Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus

Member, Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition

Member, Congressional Historic Preservation Caucus

Member, Congressional Hockey Caucus

Member, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus

Member, Congressional Military Families Caucus

Member, Congressional Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus

Member, Congressional Modeling and Simulation Caucus

Member, Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus 

Member, Congressional Natural Gas Caucus

Member, Congressional Research and Development Caucus

Member, Congressional Robotics Caucus

Member, Congressional Rural Education Caucus

Member, Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus

Member, Congressional Small Business Information Technology Caucus

Member, Congressional Steel Caucus

Member, Congressional TRIO Caucus 

Member, Congressional TechBelt Coalition

Member, Congressional Trails Caucus

Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus

Member, Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force

Member, Democrats’ Make It In America Task Force

Member, Education Caucus

Member, Friends of Norway Caucus

Member, General Aviation Caucus

Member, House Air Force Caucus

Member, House Manufacturing Caucus

Member, House Professional Sports Caucus

Member, House Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus

Member, House Trade Working Group

Member, Joint Strike Fighter Caucus

Co-Chair, Marcellus Shale Caucus

Member, National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus

Member, National Heritage Areas Congressional Caucus

Member, National Historic Preservation Caucus

Co-Chair, Ohio River Basin Congressional Caucus 

Member, Pediatric Cancer Caucus

Member, USO Congressional Caucus

Former District Director, Office of Congressman John Murtha, United States House of Representatives

Former Economic Development Director, Office of Congressman John Murtha, United States House of Representatives

Member, Coalition for Autism Research and Education

Member, Johnstown Old Timers Baseball Association

Awards:

Patrick Henry Award by the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) in 2008.

Spouse's Occupation:

Speech pathologist