Rouzer, David

David Rouzer is a Republican representative from North Carolina's 7th Congressional District who has served in the House since 2015. As chair of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee within the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, he leads the panel responsible for developing national surface transportation policy and funding. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has broad jurisdiction over all modes of transportation—aviation, maritime, highways, bridges, mass transit, and railroads—as well as infrastructure like water systems, pipelines, and disaster preparedness. The committee chair controls the legislative agenda, schedules hearings and markups, and determines which bills advance.

Rouzer brings substantial expertise to this role. He earned a degree in agricultural business management, agricultural economics, and chemistry from North Carolina State University and worked as a legislative aide and senior policy adviser for U.S. Senators Jesse Helms and Elizabeth Dole. He also served as an associate rural administrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and worked at NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Before his congressional career, he served two terms in the North Carolina State Senate and operated his own business ventures.

As subcommittee chair, Rouzer has been active in advancing the committee's legislative priorities. He has led multiple hearings on transportation infrastructure topics, including truckers' challenges and the Highway Trust Fund, as part of the committee's "America Builds" series preparing for surface transportation reauthorization. He has sponsored several transportation-related bills, including the Maritime Supply Chain Security Act and the Non-Domiciled CDL Integrity Act, both of which passed the House. Rouzer has emphasized bipartisanship in his approach to transportation policy and has expressed particular interest in regulatory reform to reduce costs and accelerate infrastructure projects.

Rouzer represents a coastal district stretching from Wilmington to Fayetteville and is a founding member of the Congressional Coastal Communities Caucus, a bipartisan group addressing issues unique to coastal regions. He has been reelected multiple times and is beginning his sixth term in Congress.