Marc Wheat
Chief of Staff for Congressman Mark Souder, Indiana
US House of Representatives
J. Marc Wheat is the Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, & Human Resources, chaired by Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN). Before joining the Subcommittee in August 2003, Mr. Wheat was a Bush appointee as the Senior Advisor for Senate Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. His responsibilities were focused on enacting the Department's priorities for reconstructing Afghanistan and Iraq through the $16 billion Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. Prior to joining the State Department in October of 2001, he was Counsel to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, former Director of Tax and Budget Policy for Citizens for a Sound Economy, Founder of Porkbusters Coalition - a coalition dedicated to the elimination of pork-barrel spending.