Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio (3 January 2007 - present), representing part of central Ohio largely northwest of Columbus.
Member, U.S. House Judiciary Committee (ranking member, 2020-2023), U.S. House Freedom Caucus (co-founder), U.S. House Oversight Committee (ranking member, 2019-2020, 2020), U.S. House Intelligence Committee.
[4 January 2021] Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, along with Representative Devin Nunes, by President Donald Trump in a ceremony in the Oval Office.
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives, 1995-2000.