Paul Teller

In late January 2017, President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence hired Paul Teller as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, with a focus on Senate and House conservatives. His primary focus is the Senate Steering Committee's Executive Committee, the House Freedom Caucus, and the leadership of the House Republican Study Committee. He'll also work with coalitions and key leaders of the Conservative Movement to sustain and build on his extensive conservative network that he developed over the previous quarter-century in national politics. Teller is the former Chief of Staff for Senator Ted Cruz and former Executive Director of the United States House of Representatives Republican Study Committee. Teller was described in a Washington Post profile as “one of the most influential conservative aides in Congress.” As a result of actions he and his subordinates took during the 2011 U.S. debt ceiling crisis, Republican members of the House of Representatives chanted "fire him, fire him" during a Republican Conference meeting the morning of July 27, 2011. In a profile published shortly following Teller's appointment to be Sen. Cruz's Chief of Staff, The Hill described Teller as "Cruz's agitator in chief."

Raised on Long Island, he graduated from Duke University in 1993 with a B.A. in Political Science and earned his Ph.D. in the same from American University in 1999.

After receiving his doctorate, Teller became a professional staff member for the Committee on House Administration under Rep. Bill Thomas. In 2001, he became legislative director for the Republican Study Committee, later rising to deputy director and executive director.

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