Beth Van Duyne
U.S. Representative for Texas
Elizabeth Ann Van Duyne was born in November 1970 in Albany, New York. Her family moved to Texas while she was in high school. She graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University. She began her political career as a city councillor in her town of Irving, Texas.
Van Duyne was elected mayor of Irving in 2011 and won reelection four years later. During his first term, President Donald Trump appointed her regional administrator of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in May 2017.
Van Duyne resigned from her federal position to run for Texas’ 24th congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020. She won the primary and then the general election. She has been reelected twice.
Van Duyne is divorced from Casey Wallach, with whom she has two children. She is Episcopalian.
In the News…
Earlier this month, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) released a framework on how they plan to work toward balancing the national budget while implementing President Donald Trump’s agenda. The budget outline included proposals to codify the president’s order on birthright citizenship and defund sanctuary cities, while eliminating excessive government spending and regulatory overreach.
Chair of the committee’s Budget and Spending Task Force, Representative Beth Van Duyne said, “It is our fiscal responsibility to not only deliver a balanced budget, but get the federal government out of the way to strengthen the economy so families, small businesses, seniors, and farmers can thrive.”
“The RSC budget reins in Washington’s out-of-control spending and eliminates waste, fraud, and abuse across all levels of the federal government,” said Congresswoman Van Duyne. “We are returning to pre-pandemic levels of spending, advancing pro-growth tax policies, slashing regulatory burdens, and unleashing American energy.”
Contact this Leader…
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The Honorable Beth Van Duyne
Representative for Texas
1725 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
