Frank Wolf, the most senior of the 11 members of the House of Representatives from Virginia, is serving in his 14th term in Congress. He represents the 10th District of Virginia, which stretches from McLean to Winchester. Wolf sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, where he is the senior Republican on the State and Foreign Operations subcommittee. He also serves on the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development subcommittee.

Wolf is one of the House's leading crusaders for human rights. He is the co-chairman of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, a bipartisan organization of over 200 House members that identifies and works to alleviate human rights abuses worldwide.

Following his September 2005 trip to Iraq, Wolf called for the creation of an independent, bipartisan panel to bring what he called “fresh eyes” to U.S. efforts in Iraq. The result was the establishment of the Iraq Study Group headed by James Baker and Lee Hamilton. The 10-member panel spent eight months developing a series of recommendations that were released in December 2006.

On immigration, Wolf has voted in favor of more visas for skilled workers and on extending Immigrant Residency rules, which allowed some immigrants to remain in the country while pursuing legal residency. In 2004, he voted against a measure that would have required hospitals to gather and report information on possible illegal aliens before hospitals can be reimbursed for treating them. The bill would also make employers liable for the reimbursements if an undocumented employee seeks medical attention.

Background Information
Party: Republican
Term: 14th
First Elected: 1980
Committees: Appropriations
Prev. Occupation: Attorney
Prev. Political Exp.: no prior elected office
Education: BA Penn State University, 1961; LLB Georgetown University, 1965

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