While he left Congress last year, former U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., has a new gig, being named a senior fellow at the LeMieux Center for Public Policy at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
Palm Beach Atlantic University President William M. B. Fleming, Jr. announced Rooney was joining the LeMieux Center on Wednesday.
An Army veteran who served in the JAG Corps and taught at West Point, Rooney was first elected to Congress in 2008. Named to the powerful U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Rooney served on the House Agriculture, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittees. Rooney also served on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and chaired the Intelligence Subcommittee on Emerging Threats. He also was part of the GOP leadership team as deputy majority whip.
A critic of President Donald Trump, Rooney announced he was retiring from Congress in 2018.