About Sen. Toomey
Senator Pat Toomey was elected to the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania on a platform of limited government, economic and job growth, and restoring fiscal responsibility.
Since joining the Senate in 2011, he has distinguished himself as a leader on economic, financial services, and budget issues. He is known as a champion of fiscal responsibility and in his first year in the Senate was appointed to the bipartisan Super Committee tasked with forming a deficit reduction plan.
He authored a series of bills that became the foundation for the Jumpstart Our Business Startups or JOBS Act. The JOBS Act cuts regulatory burdens on small and medium-sized businesses making it easier for them to raise much-needed capital and create thousands of new jobs. It passed the House and Senate in a bipartisan fashion, was signed by President Obama, and is now the law of the land.
The senator serves on the Finance; Banking; Budget; and Joint Economic committees. Sen. Toomey is the chairman of the Senate Steering Committee -- the coalition of Republican senators that advocates for innovative, conservative policies.
Sen. Toomey previously served in Congress as a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's Fifteenth Congressional District, where he championed economic growth and fiscal discipline. In fulfillment of his three-term pledge, he retired from the House in 2004.
In addition to his public service, the senator has also served as president of the Club for Growth, owned and operated a small restaurant chain in the Lehigh Valley, and worked in the financial services industry.
A graduate of Harvard University, he lives in Zionsville with his wife, Kris, and their three children.
