Chris Shays
U.S. Congressperson
1945 –
Who is Chris Shays?
Christopher Hunter "Chris" Shays is an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives and represented the 4th District of Connecticut. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Shays was the only Republican congressman from New England elected to the 110th United States Congress in the 2006 midterm elections. His loss to Jim Himes in the 2008 election made New England's House delegation entirely Democratic in the 111th Congress. He was the most senior member of the House of Representatives to be defeated in the 2008 election.
In 2009, Shays was appointed to co-chair the Commission on Wartime Contracting. The commission is an independent, bipartisan legislative commission established to study wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Created in Section 841 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, this eight-member commission is mandated by Congress to study federal agency contracting for the reconstruction, logistical support of coalition forces, and the performance of security functions, in Iraq and Afghanistan. He co-chaired the government watchdog commission that identified and raised alarm over $60 billion of waste, fraud, and abuse in wartime contingency contracting and presented to Congress reforms to address this wasteful spending.
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- Born
- Oct 18, 1945
Stamford - Spouses
- Religion
- Christian Science
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- The Principia
- New York University
- Principia College
- Lived in
- Darien
- Bridgeport
- Stamford
- Connecticut
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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