Christopher Roper Schell serves as general counsel on the team of Congressman Michael T. McCaul, who represents Texas's 10th District in the House of Representatives and was the first Texan to chair the Foreign Affairs Committee. Christopher has been a book editor and policy advisor. He studied British literature at Southern Methodist University and law at George Washington University. With over a decade of Capitol Hill experience working for four Members of Congress, Christopher has handled policy issues varying from the financial crisis to healthcare. After a year spent at the Pentagon as a Congressional liaison, he ran for Congress in a 2020 special election. Christopher enjoys spending his spare time writing, watching movies, and entertaining benignly mad eccentrics at his carriage house.