2 Quotes & Sayings By Jc Watts Jr

J.C. Watts Jr., has served as Mayor of Oklahoma City, the Representative for Oklahoma's Second Congressional District, and Chairman of the House Republican Conference since 2003. J.C.'s service in Congress has been marked by a steadfast allegiance to principle and a commitment to improving the lives of the people he represents. In 2006, he was re-elected to his fourth term in Congress by a wide margin, receiving 64 percent of the vote Read more

In the 109th Congress he chaired the House Republican Conference. He is also a former member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee and a former member of the U.S.

House Committee on Ways and Means. J.C.'s private sector experience includes serving as President and CEO of The Leadership Group, Inc., a public affairs firm that focuses on domestic and international leadership development, corporate reputation management and strategic consulting to Fortune 500 companies in both North America and Europe. J.C.'s prior political experience includes serving as Oklahoma County Commissioner from 1983-1995 and from 1997-2001, when he was elected to Congress from Oklahoma's Second District.

J.C.'s military experience includes serving in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 with the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division and later with Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1995 - 1996 with the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, where he served as an advisor to General Wesley Clark's "Joint Task Force."