Richard (Richard) Burr (R)
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Capitol: 202.224.3154
FAX: 202.228.2981
District: 336.631.5125
Senator
Room 217 RSOB- Russell Senate Office Building 2 Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510-3308

Residence: Winston-Salem, NC
Elected: 2004    Next Election: 2016
Spouse: Brooke Fauth   DOB: 11/30/1955
Committee Assignments
RM MemberSenate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Co-ChairCongressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus
Co-ChairCongressional Boating Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
Co-ChairCongressional Nanotechnology Caucus
Co-ChairSenate Community College Caucus
RM MemberSenate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
Co-ChairNextGen 9-1-1 Caucus
Co-ChairCongressional Philanthropy Caucus
ChairmanSenate Military Family Caucus
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth
FC MemberSenate Manufactured Housing Caucus
FC MemberSenate Aerospace Caucus
FC MemberSenate Friends of Scotland Caucus
FC MemberBorder Security and Enforcement First Caucus
FC MemberSenate Taiwan Caucus
FC MemberSenate Army Caucus
FC MemberTennessee Valley Authority Congressional Caucus
MemberSenate Select Committee on Intelligence
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Children and Families
FC MemberSenate Republican High Tech Task Force
MemberSenate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
FC MemberCongressional Taiwan Caucus
FC MemberSenate General Aviation Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Coalition on Adoption
FC MemberSenate National Guard Caucus
FC MemberSenate Caucus on WMD Terrorism
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
MemberSenate Subcommittee on Health Care
FC MemberSenate Law Enforcement Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Sportsmen's Caucus
MemberSenate Committee on Finance
FC MemberCongressional Manufactured Housing Caucus
FC MemberAir Force Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Recycling Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Biomedical Research Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Internet Caucus
FC MemberInternational Conservation Caucus (ICC)
FC MemberUSO Congressional Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Wine Caucus
FC MemberMultiple Sclerosis Caucus
FC MemberCongressional Fire Services Caucus

Bio

On January 4, 2005, Richard Burr was sworn-in to serve North Carolina in the United States Senate. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, Richard is committed to promoting job growth by working to restore a vibrant economic environment in North Carolina. He is a vocal advocate for our men and women in the military and their families, and for the growing population of veterans across North Carolina. In the Senate, Richard serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee where he works to improve the quality of health care and service our nation's veterans receive. He also sits on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee; and the Intelligence Committee. The son of a minister, Richard and his family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina when he was a young child. After graduating from Wake Forest University, he began his career far from the halls of Congress by spending seventeen years in business with Carswell Distributing, a wholesale commercial products company. He currently serves as a Board Member of Brenner Children’s Hospital. Richard and his wife, Brooke, have two sons.