Congressman Franks is serving his fourth term in the United States Congress, representing the Second District of Arizona.  He serves on the Armed Services Committee and the Judiciary Committee, where he is the ranking member of the Constitution Subcommittee.  He is an active member of the Republican Study Committee and is an Executive Committee Member of the Tom Lantos Congressional Human Rights Commission, and co-founder and co-chairman of the International Religious Freedom Caucus.

Congressman Franks also serves on a host of task force and caucus groups, including the House Working Group on Judicial Accountability, the Education Freedom Caucus, the House Working Group on Waste, Fraud and Abuse, the Liberty Caucus, the Human Rights Caucus, the India Caucus, the Anti-Terrorism Caucus, and is co-founder of the Israel Allies Caucus (IAC).