Brad Robert Wenstrup ( born June 17 , 1958 ) is an American politician , U.S. Army Reserve officer , and Doctor of Podiatric Medicine , who has been the U.S. Representative for since 2013 . A Republican , he defeated U.S. Representative Jean Schmidt in the 2012 Republican primary election and Democrat William R. Smith in the 2012 general election . Wenstrup is a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and an Iraq War veteran . After the shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise on the morning of June 14 , 2017 , Wenstrup attended to the wounded congressman until he was transported to MedStar Washington Hospital Center . For his actions during the 2017 shooting , he was awarded the Soldier 's Medal
shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise
2017 Congressional baseball shooting
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