 In his tenth term in the 109th Congress, Shays served as Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform.He is Chairperson of the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, and a member of the Financial Services and Homeland Security Committees.Born August 10, 1955, in New Rochelle, New York, Farrell is a former elementary school teacher who later worked in the advertising industry and first became engaged in school politics when her children entered the Westport public schools.