Newt Gingrich is well known as the architect of the “Contract with America ” that led the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House for the first time in 40 years. After he was elected Speaker, he disrupted the status quo by moving power out of Washington and back to the American people. Under his leadership, Congress passed welfare reform, the first balanced budget in a generation, and the first tax cut in sixteen years. In addition, the Congress restored funding to strengthen our defense and intelligence capabilities, an action later lauded by the bipartisan 9/11 Commission.
But there is a lot more to Newt Gingrich than these remarkable achievements. As an author, Gingrich has published 11 books, including several fiction and non-fiction best-sellers. Non-fiction books include: Winning the Future: A 21 st Century Contract with America, Contract with America, To Renew America, Lessons Learned the Hard Way, Saving Lives & Saving Money, Window of Opportunity, The Art of Transformation, Rediscovering God in America (2006), and his latest, A Contract with the Earth (November 2007). He is also the author of these fiction books: Gettysburg , Grant Comes East, Never Call Retreat: Lee & Grant, the Final Victory (2005), 1945, and Pearl Harbor : A Novel of December 8 (2007). All of these novels are active history studies in the lessons of warfare based on fictional accounts of historical wartime battles and their aftermath.
In his book, Saving Lives & Saving Money , Newt describes his vision of a 21st Century system of health and healthcare that is centered on the individual, prevention focused, knowledge intense, and innovation-rich. Moreover, he makes the case for a market-mediated system that will improve choice and quality while driving down costs. To foster such a modern health system that provides better outcomes at lower cost, Newt founded the Center for Health Transformation.
Newt's experience as the son of a career soldier convinced him at an early age to dedicate his life to his country and to the protection of freedom. Realizing the importance of understanding the past in order to protect the future, he immersed himself in the study of history, receiving his Bachelor's degree from Emory University and Master's and Doctorate in Modern European History from Tulane University . Before his election to Congress, he taught History and Environmental Studies at West Georgia College for eight years.
Gingrich resides in Virginia with his wife, Callista. The Gingrich family includes two daughters, two sons-in-laws, and two grandchildren.
