think about your job? >> i have a 14-year-old daughter and she told me i -- they can tell you what that is. this is something that students. i'm proud of her. and 20-year-old son, third year at william and mary. and married to my wife of 26 years and college sweethearts and after of decades we have made northern virginia our home. our kids have gone. what do you like to do in your spare time? >> spend time with the family. maybe skiing, but hiking and

binge. >> he is a doctor who holds a law degree and legislator and licensed pilot and talks about why he ran for a seat in congress. there are a lot of different issues, rising crime, the economic catastrophes of the last four years, rampant wokeness and poor energy policy and i needed to step forward. >> what's it like being here so far? >> it's exciting and an honor to represent my people. yesterday was certifying the election of donald trump as the

47th president we are excited to get to work. we passed the laken riley bill to push back and protect americans against illegal aliens. >> where did you grow up and what kind of experiences do you remember? >> south st. louis county. my family goes back several generations in missouri. my father was an accountant. my on mom ran our tax and bookkeeping service and one prots and one sister. i grew up in south st. louis county and close knit. my parents worked hard and valued education, stayed together and married over 60 years. and we -- it was a close community in south st. louis county back then.

you could leave your doors opened and the kids played in the church parking lot after school and we benefited from that american dream of solid. and parents who worked hair hard and something that is missing from society now adays. >> when did you become politicalally aware? >> during watergate, i watched the wear gate hearings and i'm not sure i understood what was going on and i started to volunteer in political campaigns and became more politically active in college, my first election was. >> you have a law degree and medical degree? >> i'm an internist.

>> do you still practice. >> i'm in forced retirement. but i still keep in touch with the folks back home. >> being in public policy and the law and not 100% what i was going to do and stay with meed sin but now i practice law by writing laws. >> eight years in the missouri senate. some of the issues we tackled back there are very much alive

today. and tackled illegal immigration and passed the strongest state law. we worked on issues like life, the second amendment. because we were a state we balanced our budget and lived within our means and reformed entitlements. the skills of being a legislator but the background in those issues will serve me well. >> you represent the 3rd district. >> the third downer district goes from suburbs of st. louis county all the way into central missouri, a lot of farmland and ranchers and farmers and columbia, go tigers, all the way down to the seat of government and jefferson city and into the

ozarks, 16 counties and i'm honored to represent such a great district. >> tell us about your family. >> my wife and family have raised our kids for 25 years and live on a farm there and we have six children. and they are excited as well. >> did you own a small business. >> the medical practice and clinical research and a little bit of commercial real estate. i have signed the front of the paycheck as well as the back. >> you have a pilots license. what do you fly? >> i learned in a small cessna 150, two-seater. and my instructor was a small guy. got my license five guys and instrument rating, 700.