Frank Riggs
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Hamburg |
| Succeeded by | Mike Thompson |
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In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Douglas Bosco |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Hamburg |
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September 5, 1950 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Golden Gate University |
Frank Duncan Riggs (born September 5, 1950) is an Army veteran, former law enforcement officer, charter school executive, and politician from the states of California and Arizona.
Frank Riggs was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the United States Army from 1972 to 1975.
An Army veteran, having served as a Military Police officer, Riggs worked as a police officer and deputy sheriff in Santa Barbara, California, and Sonoma County, respectively. Was a real estate executive and owner of his own development company for over 20 years. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican in 1990 from California's 1st District, narrowly defeating four-term Democrat Doug Bosco. He represented the area stretching from Napa County to the northern Pacific coast.
Frank Riggs served in the 102nd, 104th, and 105th Congresses. During his service, he was on the House Appropriations Committee (including the Agriculture and the Energy and Water Development Subcommittees), the House Transportation and Public Works Committee, and the House Banking and Financial Affairs Committee.
Riggs also served on the House Education and Workforce Committee and chaired the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families in the 105th Congress. In that capacity, he authored the Charter School Expansion Act (signed into law by President Bill Clinton in October, 1998) which provides federal start-up grants to newly formed charter schools to help defray their initial operating expenses. Most Arizona charter schools have received federal start-up grants as a result of Riggs' legislation.
He voted against the Gulf War resolution and, as a member of the Gang of Seven, a group of freshman Republican congressmen, favored identifying publicly the congressmen who made overdrafts at the House Bank. He was defeated in 1992 by Democrat Dan Hamburg but won a rematch in 1994.
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