Tom Price (American politician)
Tom Price | |
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Official portrait, 2017 | |
| 23rd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | |
| In office February 10, 2017 – September 29, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sylvia Mathews Burwell |
| Succeeded by | Alex Azar |
| Chair of the House Budget Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Ryan |
| Succeeded by | Diane Black |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th district | |
| In office January 3, 2005 – February 10, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Johnny Isakson |
| Succeeded by | Karen Handel |
| Majority Leader of the Georgia Senate | |
| In office November 14, 2002 – June 17, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Charles W. Walker |
| Succeeded by | Bill Stephens |
| Minority Whip of the Georgia Senate | |
| In office November 6, 1998 – November 14, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Eric Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Robert Brown |
| Member of the Georgia Senate from the 56th district | |
| In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Sallie Newbill |
| Succeeded by | Dan Moody |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Edmunds Price October 8, 1954 Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Betty Clark |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of Michigan (BA, MD) |
Thomas Edmunds Price (born October 8, 1954) is an American physician and Republican Party politician who served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district, encompassing the northern suburbs of Atlanta, from 2005 to 2017. While in Congress, Price chaired the House Committee on the Budget, Republican Study Committee and Republican Policy Committee. He was appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services by President Donald Trump and served in that role from February to September 2017.
On September 29, 2017, he resigned as head of HHS following criticism of using government money to pay for private jet travel. In July 2018, the HHS inspector general urged the HHS to recoup at least $341,000 from Price for wasteful expenditures.