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Geoff Davis was elected to the U.S. House in 2004 and served until 2012. During his tenure in Congress, he held a leadership role within the Republican Conference as a Deputy Whip. Davis served on the House Financial Services and Armed Services Committees until 2008, and then was appointed to the Committee on Ways & Means. He has a broad background in Financial Services, Tax and Trade policy.

In the 112th Congress, Davis was named Chairman of the Ways and Means’ Subcommittee on Human Resources, which has jurisdiction over a wide range of Federal Programs including Unemployment Insurance, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Child Welfare, Adoption and Foster Care, as well as select nutrition and Social Security related programs. Davis was also the second ranking Member of the Trade Subcommittee for four years, and was involved in the completion and passage of three critical agreements, the Columbia, Panama, and South Korea Free Trade Agreements. In addition, he was the original sponsor of the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Act (NARAB) which became law in 2015 and the Transparency in Financial Reporting Act to utilize advanced date analytics ecosystems to simplify and streamline Federal Financial Reporting.

Davis has been recognized for his efforts in defense and regulatory reform and was the author and originator of the REINS Act requiring all Federal regulations with an impact of $100 Million or greater to come before Congress for an up or down vote. It has passed the House in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017. Davis has a broad national security background and chaired the House National Security Interagency Reform Working Group. He published articles on reforming the defense process, as well as passing numerous pieces of legislation to assist service men and women, like the Citizen Soldier Equality Act to equalize military retirement disability pay between the National Guard & Reserves, and the Active Component. Finally, as one of the few military aviators in the Congress, he was actively engaged on defense aviation acquisition policy and the Army’s Future Vertical Lift efforts.

Since leaving the Congress, he has participated in conferences and meetings in the Middle East and South Asia related to advancing economic security, religious freedom and reconciliation. In addition, in 2015, 2016, and 2017, he served as a panelist on political-military affairs at an annual Track 1.5 SINO-US Counter Terrorism Dialogue in Beijing China with former senior U.S. Military and Diplomatic leaders.