Degree in Business, Siena Heights University, Michigan. Former Captain in the U.S. Army. Founder and former Chief Executive Officer, Directed Electronics, a manufacturer of automobile security and convenience products. Former Chairman, Consumer Electronics Association. 2000, elected to U.S. Congress, representing California's 49th Congressional District; former Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Energy and Commerce Committee, and Small Business Committee; Former Chairman House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Re-elected to Congress 2022, representing California's 48th congressional district; currently, Member of the House Judiciary Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Holder of 37 patents. Named Entrepreneur of the Year, Inc. Magazine, Ernst & Young and San Diego Union Tribune (1994).