Current Position: US Representative of FL District 19 since 2017
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2021 US Senator

He is a successful businessman who brings decades of private sector experience to Washington. In 1984 Ambassador Rooney and his family started Rooney Holdings, Inc., a diversified group of companies including construction, real estate development, finance and electronics manufacturing.

In the 115th Congress, Rooney served as Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee and a member of the Joint Economic Committee.  In the 116th Congress, Rooney serves as ranking member of the Western Hemisphere subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs Committee.  He is the Republican co-chair of the Climate Solutions Caucus and a member of the bi-partisan Everglades and Estuary caucuses, which focus on restoring Florida’s ecosystems.  Rooney’s top congressional priorities include extending the moratorium on offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and fully funding the projects contained in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) to protect and restore the Lake Okeechobee watershed.

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