Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks.

Born in Jackson Michigan Chocola is the graduated from the Hillsdale College Thomas M. He defeated former Mishawaka Marian School Board President Joe Donnelly in 2004 and lost in a rematch in 2006. House defeating former Democratic congresswoman Jill Long Thompson.