Who did David Price (American politician) work for from 1967 to 1973?
David Price ( American politician ) David Eugene Price ( born August 17 , 1940 ) is an American politician serving as the U.S . Representative for since 1997 , previously holding the position from 1987 to 1995 . A member of the Democratic Party , he represents a district covering much of the heart of the Triangle , including all of Orange County and parts of Wake and Durham counties . It includes most of Raleigh , parts of Durham , and all of Cary and Chapel Hill . Price is the dean of North Carolinas delegation to the House of Representatives . Early life and education . Born in Erwin , Tennessee , Price attended Mars Hill College when it was a junior college . He later transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after winning a scholarship and became a member of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies . He earned his degree in 1961 . Originally intent on becoming an engineer , Price continued his education at Yale University , where he received a theology degree ( 1964 ) and a Ph.D . in political science ( 1969 ) . Career . Price served as an aide to Alaska Senator Bob Bartlett from 1963 to 1967 and then entered academia , working as a political science and public policy professor at Duke University from 1973 until his first campaign for Congress in 1986 . He also served as a Duke professor during 1995 and 1996 , when he was not in Congress . Price worked for the North Carolina Democratic Party from 1979 to 1984 . He has written a political science textbook , The Congressional Experience , from the perspective of a candidate for office and then a member of Congress . Price also served as executive director and then state chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party before his election to Congress . U.S . House of Representatives . Elections . - 1986–1992 Price first entered Congress in 1987 after defeating one-term Representative Bill Cobey , 56% to 44% . He was reelected in 1988 and 1990 with 58% of the vote . In 1992 , he was reelected with 65% . - 1994 In 1994 , Price lost to the Republican nominee , former Raleigh police chief Fred Heineman , by a margin of less than 1% during the Republican Revolution , in part due to lower-than-expected turnout in the Democratic stronghold of Orange County ( home to Chapel Hill ) , but despite the fact that heavily Republican Randolph County had been eliminated from the fourth district during redistricting . - 1996 In 1996 , Price defeated Heineman in a rematch , 54% to 44% . He was helped in part by voters who were not happy with the lack of progress made by the freshman class on the goals of the Contract with America . - 1998–2006 The district reverted to form , and Price was reelected by wide margins in 1998 ( 57% ) , 2000 ( 62% ) , 2002 ( 61% ) , 2004 ( 64% ) , and 2006 ( 65% ) . - 2008–2020 Prices opponent in the 2008 election was Republican B.J . Lawson . Lawson was called the most formidable opposition Price had faced since he lost to Heineman in 1994 . For example , he ran television ads , which Prices opponents hadnt done in at least a decade . Despite Lawsons increased efforts and expenditures , Price defeated him , 63% to 37% . Tenure . Price was an early opponent of the Iraq War of 2003 and sponsored a bill to bring the conduct of private military companies working in Iraq under legal jurisdiction of the United States . He has also introduced legislation to prohibit contractors from performing interrogations of prisoners in the custody of intelligence agencies . As chairman of the 2008 House subcommittee responsible for determining the budget for the Department of Homeland Security , Price sought to focus immigration enforcement efforts on criminal convicts . Price authored a provision of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 that made the interest on student loans tax-deductible , and legislation creating the Advanced Technological Education program at the National Science Foundation , which provides grants for high-tech education in community colleges and was enacted in 1993 . He voted for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 , reasoning that the harmful effects of the credit crisis on all North Carolinians were too great for the federal government to sit on the sidelines . and for [ defending ] critical emergency management and homeland security priorities received an award from the association of state emergency managers . In December 2009 , he voted for the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act , which enacted more stringent regulations on the financial industry to protect consumers and taxpayers from another financial crisis . Price is the author of legislation to reform the public financing system for presidential campaigns . Price has opposed concentration of media ownership . He worked on legislative initiatives to roll back the FCCs 2003 rules and co-sponsored an unsuccessful bill to overturn another 2008 FCC approval of media consolidation . Price voted for the 2006 Markey amendment to establish network neutrality in the Communication Act of 1934 . In 2013 , Price voted against the amendment to the Patriot Act that would have eliminated Section 215 and curtailed the National Security Agencys controversial data collection program . Committee assignments . - Committee on Appropriations - Subcommittee on Homeland Security - Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch - Subcommittee on Transportation , Housing and Urban Development , and Related Agencies ( Chair ) Caucus memberships . - Congressional Humanities Caucus ( Co-Chair ) - House Democracy Partnership - United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus - National Service Caucus ( Co-Chair ) - Congressional Arts Caucus - Veterinary Medicine Caucus - House Baltic Caucus - Afterschool Caucuses - Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus - Americas Language Caucus Price also chairs the House Democracy Assistance Commission , which works through peer-to-peer partnerships with emerging democratic legislatures to assist in developing the fundamental building blocks of legislative government . Personal life . Price married his wife , Lisa Kanwit , in 1968 . They were longtime Democratic Party activists together , and have two children : Karen , a filmmaker ; and Michael , a professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Brunel University in London . They have two grandchildren . Price resides in Chapel Hill and is a member of the Binkley Memorial Baptist Church . Price received the 2011 John Tyler Caldwell Award for the Humanities from the North Carolina Humanities Council . External links . - Congressman David Price official U.S . House website - Price for Congress