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| Affiliation | Republican |
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2009-01-01 |
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| Name | Zach Wamp |
| Address | 719 Hawks Nest Drive
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37419, United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
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October 28, 1957
(66 years)
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| Contributor | Barack O-blame-a |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Nov 03, 2017 02:34am |
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Married - Southern Baptist -
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| Info | As he begins his fifth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, 3rd District Congressman Zach Wamp serves with seniority as Tennessee�s only Member of the powerful Appropriations Committee.
The 45-year-old Chattanoogan was recently named to the important Homeland Security Subcommittee which will fund the 22 agencies combined into the new department of Homeland Security under the leadership of Secretary Tom Ridge.
He also serves as Vice-Chairman of the Energy and Water Subcommittee which funds essential regional priorities such as the Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source in Oak Ridge, the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant, science and research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and environmental cleanup throughout the East Tennessee Technology Corridor. Zach has been a Member of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee for seven years. The Interior Subcommittee funds all federal lands, including the National Parks, the U.S. Forest Service as well as energy efficiency programs at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Congressman Wamp wrote and passed legislation to create the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District in the National Park System, to change the federal campaign finance laws increasing individual contribution limits for the first time in a generation, and to replace the Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River, a bill that was signed into law by President Bush in February of 2003.
He serves as the co-chairman of the 228 Member Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Caucus promoting energy independence, security and new technology growth. Congressman Wamp also founded and serves as the Co-Chairman of the Congressional Fitness Caucus that promotes the benefits of physical activity and nutrition while working to reduce obesity, particularly among our youth.
Speaker Dennis Hastert has appointed Wamp to leadership roles as diverse as the Bipartisan Chaplain Selection Committee and as Vice Chairman of the Bipartisan Working Group on Youth Violence. Zach serves on the Helsinki Commission and has served on the Budget Committee, the Transportation Committee, the Science Committee, the Small Business Committee and as the Chairman of the TVA Caucus.
Zach is well known as one of the most effective communicators in Congress. For three years, he was a regular panelist on �The News Hour with Jim Lehrer� and has appeared on NBC�s �Meet the Press� and ABC�s �Nightline.� He has been featured in Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times and The New York Times.
In 2000, he served as president of the Bipartisan House Prayer Group and as the chairman of the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 1, 2001. Zach hosted the event and introduced President George W. Bush to the 4000 in attendance and to millions of television viewers around the world.
A Chattanooga native, Zach spent 12 years as a small businessman and commercial real estate broker before coming to Congress. He and his wife, Kim, have a son, Weston, and a daughter, Coty. They are active in the YMCA, Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS), Bethel Bible Village and the Red Bank Baptist Church, where Zach teaches a Young Adult Sunday School Class.
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