Current office and Central Florida roots
Cory Mills represents Florida’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. A Republican first elected in 2022, he began congressional service on January 3, 2023. His current House committee assignments are Armed Services and Foreign Affairs. Those responsibilities follow earlier experience in the Army, security work and defense-related business. The current officeholder listing was checked on October 28, 2026. S1S2
Mills was born in Winter Haven, Florida, on July 13, 1980. His official biography describes growing up in Auburndale with his grandparents. These communities are part of his personal Florida background, but a birthplace is not the boundary of a congressional district. Residents should use the House’s current address-based lookup when determining who represents their home. S1S3
Education and military service
The House historian records an associate degree from Florida State College at Jacksonville in 2005 and a bachelor’s degree from American Military University in 2010. Those are the supported credentials; this profile does not infer a field of study or additional graduate qualification that is not established in the reviewed source. S1
Mills’s official biography identifies service with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and later work connected with special operations. It describes deployments and a Bronze Star. Those military details are attributed to the official biography rather than presented as a separate examination of personnel records. No additional decorations, command responsibilities or service dates are supplied beyond the reviewed record. S3
Military experience and congressional membership are separate public roles. The former provides part of Mills’s professional history. The latter gives him a vote in a legislative body and responsibilities on committees; it does not put military units under his personal operational command.
Security and defense-related business
After military service, Mills worked in security and defense-related enterprises. His official biography identifies him as a cofounder of PACEM Solutions International and PACEM Defense. It also describes a 2018 acquisition involving Amtec Less Lethal Systems in Perry, Florida. This places a part of his business activity within the state as well as in the wider security industry. S3
The House historian separately lists work as a defense contractor, business owner and security adviser. These descriptions support a broad professional sequence without requiring adoption of promotional claims about business scale or international accomplishments. A company’s activity, a government contract and an elected official’s legislative responsibility should remain distinct in a civic biography. S1
The private-sector stage is relevant to understanding his later interest in military and foreign-affairs subjects. It is not by itself evidence about the merits of an individual policy, procurement decision or proposed contract. Those questions require the relevant public documents and, where applicable, conflict-of-interest disclosures rather than assumptions based on a résumé.
Entry into Congress
Mills entered the House in the 118th Congress and continued into the 119th. The congressional historical record places the beginning of his federal service in January 2023. That record governs the chronology here. It is preferable to a loose use of election years or an outdated description elsewhere that could make the first term appear earlier than it was. S1
His current district number is 7. Older campaign materials or maps should not be substituted for the House’s current district information. The biography concerns the office he holds on the checked date, not a prediction about a future election or a profile of a challenger. S2
Armed Services and Foreign Affairs
The Armed Services assignment involves legislative and oversight work connected with national defense. The Foreign Affairs assignment concerns U.S. foreign policy and related federal institutions. Their presence in the House directory verifies the assignments; it does not imply that every proposal discussed by those committees has passed Congress. S2
For a constituent, these committees help explain the range of federal issues addressed by the office. They do not replace the separate role of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the State Department or the armed services in administering individual programs. Congressional casework can seek information and assistance through the appropriate process, but it does not guarantee a particular agency determination.
A documented public-action example
In 2026, Mills introduced a proposal to establish a reserve fund for U.S. Capitol Police pay and essential resources during a lapse in appropriations. The office’s announcement frames the measure as a response to the effects of a federal funding interruption on Capitol Police operations. It is an example of a specific legislative proposal, with an identifiable subject and mechanism. S4
That proposal should not be described as an already operating reserve fund merely because it was announced. A bill’s introduction, committee action, passage and enactment are separate events. This profile records the introduction without promising payments, eligibility or an outcome for any employee. The underlying legislation and its official status would control a current procedural guide. S4
The example also shows a part of congressional work not captured by the broad labels of defense and foreign affairs: legislation can concern the functioning of Congress itself and the people responsible for its security. It is one selected action, not a comprehensive judgment about the member’s effectiveness.
Public contact
The current House directory lists Mills’s Washington office at 346 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, and telephone 202-225-4035. His official congressional website provides district-office and casework information. Public correspondence should use those channels rather than personal or campaign contact information. S2S3
For an agency problem, follow the office’s authorized casework procedure and privacy-release requirements. For a legislative concern, identify the issue and the relevant measure where possible. This biography preserves the checked date of October 28, 2026, and should remain as a person record if a later election or resignation changes the holder of the seat.