A forceful advocate for common sense and conservative solutions to our
nation's problems, Senator Craig has emerged as a leader in the battle for
the Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution, limited taxation, private
property rights, and greater accountability in government. He has been
recognized by national groups including Citizens for a Sound Economy,
Citizens Against Government Waste, Watchdogs of the Treasury, and the
National Taxpayers Union Foundation for his votes to cut spending and
protect the taxpayer.

With his appointment to the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Craig
oversees funding on the following subcommittees: Homeland Security; Energy
and Water Development; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education;
Military Construction; VA, HUD and Independent Agencies; and Agriculture,
Rural Development, and Related Agencies.

Senator Craig is the Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and a
member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, where he is the
Chairman of the Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, and a
member of the Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and
Regulation, and the Subcommittee on Water and Power. He is also a member of
the Veterans' Affairs Committee and the Judiciary Committee where he is a
member of the Subcommittees on Immigration; Courts; and Constitution.

In addition to his committee memberships, Senator Craig sits on the
following caucuses: Air Force, Diabetes, Education Advisory Committee to the
National Youth Leadership Conference, Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation in
the National Capitol, WTO for Farmers and Ranchers, Congressional Potato,
National Congressional Award Board of Directors, Idaho Safe Kids Coalition
(Honorary Co-Chair), National Committee for Adoption, the Western States
Senate Coalition, and he serves as Co-Chairman of the Congressional
Coalition on Adoption.

The Idaho lawmaker is on the Board of Directors of the National Rifle
Association and is Senate co-chairman of the Congressional Coalition on
Adoption. He also co-founded and co-chairs the Congressional Property Rights
Coalition.

As a Westerner and a former rancher, Senator Craig plays a leading role in
the formation of natural resource and energy policies, and he has gained a
national reputation as a stalwart against environmental extremism. He is
also one of America's foremost defenders of Second Amendment rights.

Senator Craig was born on the family ranch, which was homesteaded in 1899 by
his grandfather. He later served as the Idaho State President and National
Vice President of the Future Farmers of America.

After graduating from the University of Idaho where he served as Student
Body President and was a member of Delta Chi fraternity, he pursued graduate
studies before returning to the family ranching business in 1971.

In 1974, the people of Payette and Washington counties sent Senator Craig to
the Idaho State Senate, where he served three terms before winning the 1980
race for the U.S. Congress from Idaho's First Congressional District. He was
re-elected four times before winning the U.S. Senate election in 1990 and
was re-elected to the Senate in 1996 and 2002.

He is married to the former Suzanne Thompson. They have three children: two
sons, Mike and Jay, a daughter, Shae, and five beautiful grandchildren.