the current r.s.c. chairman is representative bill flores who , represents the 17th district of texas. he's on my far left here. if not ideologically, at least geographically. >> let's leave it geographically. >> congressman flores was elected to congress in 2010 in the epic year of 2010 which is really the beginning of some major changes in party politics around the country. and was elected as r.s.c. chairman in 2014. before that he spent 30 years in , the oil and gas business in texas. the incoming r.s.c. chairman for the next congress is representative mark walker from the sixth district of north carolina. mark and i have gotten to know each other through a series of communication seminars we've been doing on the hill, which is really a lovely thing for me. i enjoy it a lot. he was first elected recently in 2014 and has had a rocket-like assent, -- ascent heading up the r.s.c. in just the beginning of the second term. before he was in politics he , worked as a pastor. before ministry he worked in , bu