Senator Saxby Chambliss has spent more than a decade in Washington, D.C., representing the interests and concerns of Georgians. With a well-earned reputation as an expert on defense, intelligence, and agricultural issues, he has become a leading voice on Capitol Hill.

During his four terms in the House of Representatives (1995-2003), he was instrumental in drafting two farm bills and reforming the federal crop insurance program through his chairmanship of the Agriculture’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. In January 2005, Senator Chambliss was unanimously elected to serve as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, the first senator since 1947 to chair a full-standing Senate Committee after serving in the Senate for only two years.

As a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, he advocates that the U.S. intelligence community must dramatically improve its information sharing and gathering abilities. He has authored legislation calling for the creation of a Four Star military command for intelligence within the Department of Defense to ensure U.S. troops have the most timely and accurate information. His previous role as the chairman of the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security made him one of the leading congressional experts on terrorism, homeland security and intelligence matters.