Education
Frank was reared in Wichita Falls and graduated from South. H. Rider High School, a public institution.
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He obtained a degree in finance from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University in College Station. After college he was employed in Fort Worth. Since 2000, Frank has owned the Sharp Iron Group, a 130-employee company in Wichita Falls involved in sheet metal and the manufacturing of electrical controls.
In 2007, he purchased the Transland Company of California and moved its operations to Texas.
Transland manufacturers equipment for crop dusting and aerial firefighting. He is the vice-chairman of the Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Frank is a deacon at First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls. He is president of Home Educators Around Texoma.
When Lanham Lyne, the one-term Republican state representative in District 69, who had been mayor of Wichita Falls from 2005 to 2010, declined to seek reelection to the House, Frank ran unopposed for the Republican nomination in 2012.
A pro-life legislator, Frank in his initial session voted with the legislative majority of both houses to increase safety standards in clinics performing abortions and to forbid the practice itself after the twentieth week of gestation. He voted to require narcotics testing of those receiving unemployment compensation. He voted against a free breakfast program for pupils in public schools.
Frank voted against House Bill 950, which would have required Texas to establish state standards of equal pay for equal work regardless of sexual
Such requirements were passed nationally through the Equal Pay Acting of 1963. The House vote for passage was 78 to 61, but the bill, after approval in the Texas Senate, was vetoed by Governor Rick Perry.
Frank voted to enact term limits for the statewide constitutional officers, including the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the attorney general, but the measure died, 61-80, in the House. Term limits are allowed in Texas at the municipal level under home-rule charters.
Frank voted to forbid the use of state funds to enforce national gun-control laws.
He voted to reduce the required hours for concealed handgun training courses. He supported the authorization of concealed handguns on college campuses. The National Rifle Association rated Frank 83 percent.
In other legislative votes, Frank opposed a bill, not yet enacted, to forbid texting while driving.
He supported the extension of the exemption of certain businesses from the franchise tax In the 2015 legislative session, Frank said that he will focus on issues of transportation and property tax relief.
Religion
Baptism is an act of full immersion following Christ’s example. lieutenant should be undertaken by spiritually matured individuals capable to understand its profound significance: resurrection to new life.
Politics
lieutenant is in God’s power to prompt the hearts and minds of political authorities to His purposes and furnish wisdom and guidance in their decisions.
Views
The strong feature of Baptism is that prayers are not only led by a minister, but often by a local preacher - a lay person who has been trained and authorized to lead worship and preach.
Membership
Frank is a board member of the Lalani Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise located at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls.
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Political Party
Republican party