A surprising number of people already know who freshman Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) is, even if they couldn’t tell you what district he represents.

They’ve watched the Texas Republican ask a longtime abortion advocate during a House hearing to name her “favorite method of abortion,” a question so unexpected that it ricocheted across social media, cable television, and the front pages of conservative news sites. They’ve seen him press a witness defending expanded food stamp benefits over whether taxpayers should really be buying Coca-Cola for SNAP recipients. They’ve watched him spar with Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) over immigration policy, challenge NPR executives over taxpayer funding, and methodically dismantle liberal witnesses without ever raising his voice. Even people who have never voluntarily watched a congressional hearing have probably encountered one of Gill’s exchanges as a two-minute clip on X, YouTube, Instagram, or Fox News.