What is Richard Burr?
{{Infobox Senator | name = Richard Burr | image = Richard Burr official portrait (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = [[North Carolina]] | term_start = January 3, 2005 | term_end = January 3, 2023 | predecessor = [[John Edwards]] | successor = [[Ted Budd]] | office1 = Chairman of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence | term_start1 = January 3, 2015 | term_end1 = January 3, 2023 | predecessor1 = [[Dianne Feinstein]] (D) | successor1 = [[Mark Warner]] (D) | state5 = [[North Carolina]] | district5 = 5th | term_start5 = January 3, 1995 | term_end5 = January 3, 2005 | predecessor5 = [[Stephen L. Neal|Stephen Neal]] | successor5 = [[Virginia Foxx]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1955|11|30}} | birth_place = [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = | residence = | spouse = Brooke Fauth | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[Wake Forest University]] | religion = | signature = Richard Burr Signature.svg | website = {{URL|http://www.burr.senate.gov/}} }} '''Richard Burr''' (born November 30, 1955) is an American politician. He was the [[United States Senator]] from [[North Carolina]] from 2005 to 2023. He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|U.S. Republican Party]]. He was in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1995 to 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Burr, Richard M.|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001135|publisher=Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress|access-date=July 9, 2015}}</ref> Burr was the [[chairman]] of the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Senate Intelligence Committee]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/burr-preps-nsa-backup-plan-as-house-threatens-to-leave-town-20150518 |title=Burr Preps NSA Backup Plan as House Threatens to Leave Town |first=Dustin |last=Volz|first2=Daniel |last2=Newhauser |date=18 May 2015 |publishe