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U.S. REP. BRIAN JACK, R-Ga., a sixth-generation
Georgian, Peachtree City resident and a graduate
of Woodward Academy and Pepperdine University, was President Donald Trump’s White House
political director from 2017 to 2021. After that, he
worked as the principal liaison between congressional Republicans and later served as a senior advisor for Trump’s 2024 campaign. During the 2024
GOP presidential convention, he was the co-chairman of the Convention Rules Committee and there
as a representative to the Policy Committee.
In 2024 he ran for Congress in Georgia’s 3rd
Congressional District, winning the general election
When I caught up in late January
with Brian Jack, Georgia’s newest
member of Congress, he was looking
forward to his 38th birthday on February 17thth. I’ve met with this young
GOP rising star at the White House
on various occasions during the first
Trump term and since then have
been continually impressed with
his political savvy and connections.
After our latest hour-long conversation concluded, there were several
takeaways. Aside from his great
relationship with the president, it
became evident that he is respected,
connected and knowledgeable about
a wide range of policy issues. Additionally, he is a public servant deeply
committed to conservative principles
as well as to his constituents.
He also represents a new generation of leadership in Georgia and in
Washington, D.C.
It’s significant that Brian Jack
really wasn’t “a new face” when arriving in Washington as a freshman
representative for orientation in
with 66.3 percent of the vote. The district includes
Carroll County, Coweta County, parts of Douglas
County, parts of Fayette County, Haralson County,
Harris County, Heard County, parts of Henry County, Lamar County, Meriwether County, parts of Muscogee County, Pike County, Spalding County, Troup
County and Upson County.
He serves on the powerful U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee, as well as on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He
also serves on the Committee on Small Business,
where he chairs the Subcommittee on Innovation,
Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development.
January 2025. He was already wellknown in political circles. I asked
him how that factored in upon his
arrival-- especially with regard to
House of Representatives committee assignments.
“When you are elected to Congress, always on a Tuesday, on the
following Friday your freshman
class hosts its own leadership elections,” he responded. “There are four
slots the class selects: a freshman
representative to the Steering Committee, a representative to the Leadership Committee, one to the Policy
Committee and then the class
president. The president position
is responsible for organizing class
meetings, undertakes administrative actions and is a representative
to the Policy Committee that shapes
the direction of overall House policy.
The Steering Committee to which I
was elected is generally considered
the most coveted.”
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