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 In his thirteenth year in the U.S. House of Representatives, 3rd District Congressman Zach Wamp expanded his influence and increased his effectiveness as a leader at home in Tennessee and in our nation’s capital.
As Tennessee's only member of the House Appropriations Committee, the 50 year-old representative has been helping to make America's energy policy safer, cleaner, stronger and helping to secure our energy independence in the world today.
Zach is assigned to various important committees and subcommittees which include the Energy and Water Subcommittee, the Renewable Energy Efficiency Caucus, the Congressional Fitness Caucus (which he founded), and was recently appointed to the Subcommittee on Millitary Construction and Veterans Affairs, which works with the important benefits of our many veterans.
During the 109th Congress, he authored the Trail of Tears Act, which was passed to more accurately depict the additional sites and trails associated with the Cherokee removal. This resulted in the formation of the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District and was added to the National Park Service.
Early in his service, Zach served on the Transportation Committee, the Science Committee, the Small Business Committee, the Appropriations subcommittee that funds the State Department and the Departments of Commerce and Justice. Former Speaker Hastert appoionted Congressman Wamp to leadership roles as diverse as the Bipartisan Chaplain Selection Committee and as Vice Chairman of the Bipartisan Working Group on Youth Violence.
Zach is also involved and responsible for helping to secure the needed funds for replacement of the Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River, which is vital to commerce in our area.
He has also championed the fight for the Sober Truth on Preventing (STOP) Underage Drinking Act, which passed after legislation was introduced in 2005. He helped author legislation to protect the children in homes where methamphetamine is being produced in order to help the youngest victims of this growing epidemic and helped start the Tennessee Statewide Meth Task Force.
Zach is well known as one of the most effective communicators in Congress. For several years he was a regular panelist on "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer" and has appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press", ABC's "Nightline", FOX News and virtually every other major news outlet. He has been featured in Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
He served as president of the Bipartisan House Prayer Group and the chairman of the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 1, 2001. Zach hosted the event and introduced President George W. Bush to the 4,000 in attendance and to the millions of television viewers around the world.
A Chattanooga native, Zach spent 12 years as a small businessman and commercial real estate broker before coming to Congress. He and his wife, Kim, have a son Weston, and a daughter Coty, both of whom are attending the University of Tennessee. Zach and his family are active in their church, Red Bank Baptist Church.
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