Current office and Southwest Florida roots
W. Greg Steube represents Florida’s 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. A Republican, he began congressional service on January 3, 2019, after serving in both chambers of the Florida Legislature. His earlier background includes legal education and Army service, including deployment during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The current House directory lists him on Ways and Means and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. S1S2
Steube was born in Bradenton, Florida, on May 19, 1978, and graduated from Southeast High School in 1996. The birthplace and school record establish a Southwest Florida connection before his later state and federal offices. They do not mean that his current congressional district has always had the same boundaries as the communities represented in his earlier state terms. S1
University and legal education
Steube earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Florida in 2000 and a law degree there in 2003. The House historian records both credentials and their completion years. They preceded the period of Army service listed in the same public record. S1
A legal degree is part of his professional preparation, but his congressional office does not operate as a private law firm for constituents. Its assistance with federal agencies and its legislative work are public functions. That distinction is especially useful when a constituent’s concern involves a tax question, a benefits dispute or a matter already before a court.
Army service
The congressional historical record dates Steube’s Army service from 2004 through 2008 and identifies service during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006–2007. This profile preserves those dates rather than adding an unsupported rank, decoration or unit assignment. The record supplies a clear military-service period between legal education and elected state office. S1
Military service and subsequent committee membership are not the same kind of authority. A former service member in Congress participates in legislation and oversight; an intelligence-committee assignment does not authorize public disclosure of classified information or give an individual member executive control over intelligence agencies. Those institutional limits remain relevant regardless of prior professional experience. S2
Florida legislative career
Steube served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2016 and the Florida Senate from 2016 to 2018. He entered the U.S. House the following January. The sequence is therefore state House, state Senate, then Congress—not simultaneous current membership in all three. S1
These positions also operated under different constitutional systems. The Florida Legislature handles state law and the state budget. Congress considers federal law and appropriations. A resident seeking action on a state licensing rule should not assume a U.S. representative can change it directly merely because that representative once served in Tallahassee.
Current federal portfolio
The House directory’s current assignments are Ways and Means and Intelligence. Ways and Means is particularly relevant to federal revenue and benefits-policy questions. Intelligence work involves congressional oversight within its own rules and jurisdiction. Older pages may show other assignments from previous Congresses, so the dated current directory is used here. S2
Steube’s official website provides sections for disaster-related resources, tax relief, federal-agency assistance, academy nominations and other constituent services. Those service categories help a resident locate an appropriate request. Their presence does not guarantee a financial award, nomination or favorable agency decision. S3
The difference between legislation and casework is important. A member can seek to change a law for a broad class of people while the office separately assists an individual with an agency process. An announced bill is not itself a claim form, and a casework inquiry does not suspend a legal deadline.
Animal-welfare proposals and public records
On May 29, 2026, Steube announced introduction of the Law Enforcement Animal Safety and Harm Reporting Act, or LEASH Act. The office described a proposal involving reporting of animal-cruelty convictions and access to offender information. This biography identifies the introduction as a dated public action without presenting all proposed requirements as existing national law. S4
The distinction matters because Florida’s own animal-cruelty database and proposed federal reporting requirements are different legal mechanisms. A reader should not assume that a state resource proves passage of a federal bill or that an allegation automatically qualifies a person for inclusion. The biography does not collect or republish individual criminal-history records. S4
A second documented example is H.R. 10117, the GATOR Act. The House Natural Resources Committee repository listed that measure, attributed to Steube, for a Water, Wildlife and Fisheries subcommittee hearing on September 16, 2026. The hearing entry establishes consideration of the bill; its acronym alone is not a sufficient basis to describe its substantive provisions or final outcome. S5
These examples add a wildlife-policy dimension to a career more commonly summarized by military, legal and tax-policy roles. They are selected records, not an exhaustive list of votes or an endorsement of the proposals. Their current legislative status should be checked before an article gives procedural instructions based on them.
Public contact and current-holder record
Steube’s Washington office is listed at 2457 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, and telephone 202-225-5792. The official congressional website is the appropriate starting point for current district contacts and federal casework instructions. Use the published process and any required privacy release rather than sending sensitive records to a campaign address or an unverified contact. S2S3
This profile records the officeholder checked on October 28, 2026. It preserves distinct dates for education, military service, Florida legislative service and Congress. If the seat changes later, the current-holder record should be updated when the successor assumes office, while this biographical page remains as a dated account of Steube’s public career.