LAKE TRAVIS REPUBLICAN CLUB JANUARY 2022 LUNCHEON

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Allen B. West is a Christian constitutional conservative, combat veteran, and former Member of the US Congress.  His life has been defined as one of service, sacrifice, and commitment to this Republic, the United States of America.  He believes it will be conservative, free market policies, not politics that secures a sound economic future for Americans – with growth, opportunity and returning the promise of the American dream for this generation and those to come.

Allen Bernard West was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia in the same neighborhood where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once preached.  He is the third of four generations of military servicemen, all combat veterans, in his family.  West was commissioned through ROTC at the University of Tennessee as a Second Lieutenant in 1982.  He attended airborne and jumpmaster training at Fort Benning.  During Operations Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, he was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division.  Among West's awards are the Bronze Star and  Meritorious Service Medal.

In 2010, Allen was honored to continue his oath of service to his country when he was elected to the United States Congress, representing Florida's 22nd District.  As a member of the 112th Congress, West introduced seven major pieces of legislation, and was the original sponsor of H. R. 1246 which reduces costs at the Department of Defense, was passed unanimously (393-0).  Congressman West voted for the Balanced Budget Amendment and voted for over 30 different bills designed to empower small businesses, reduce government barriers to job creation, boost American competitiveness, encourage entrepreneurship and growth, and maximize American energy production.

Lt. Col. West holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and two Masters, one from Kansas State University and another from the US Army Command and General Staff Officers College.  He is married to Dr. Angela Graham-West, a financial adviser, and they have two daughters, Aubrey, a recent Masters graduate from Southern Methodist University, and younger daughter, Austen.