    Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000), February 2000.
    [Page 112]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        JOHN BREAUX, Democrat, of Crowley, LA; born in Crowley, LA, on March
    1, 1944; graduated, St. Michael's High School, Crowley, LA, 1961; B.A.,
    political science, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette,
    1964; J.D., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1967; law partner,
    Brown, McKernan, Ingram, and Breaux, 1967-68; legislative assistant to
    Congressman Edwin W. Edwards, 1968-69; district assistant to Congressman
    Edwards, 1969-72; member: Louisiana Bar Association and Acadia Parish
    Bar Association; board of directors, International Rice Festival
    Association; member: Crowley Jaycees; Crowley Chamber of Commerce; Pi
    Lambda Beta, prelaw fraternity; Phi Alpha Delta, law fraternity; Lambda
    Chi Alpha, social fraternity; Student Bar Association, L.S.U.; U.S.L.
    tennis team; Moot Court finalist, L.S.U., 1966; winner, American Legion
    Award; married the former Lois Gail Daigle in 1964; four children: John
    I. Jr., William Lloyd, Elizabeth Andre, and Julia Agnes; one
    granddaughter: Anna Kate Sheperdson; elected to the 92nd Congress by
    special election, 7th District of Louisiana, September 30, 1972;
    reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses; chairman, Subcommittee on
    the Conservation of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Environment, 1979-86;
    elected to U.S. Senate on November 4, 1986; chairman, Democratic
    Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1989-90; member and chairman, Democratic
    Leadership Council (1991-93); elected Democratic chief deputy whip,
    104th Congress; reelected to a 2nd term on November 3, 1992; reelected
    to a 3rd term on November 3, 1998; committees: Commerce, Science, and
    Transportation; Finance; ranking Democrat, Special Committee on Aging;
    subcommittees: ranking Democrat, Social Security and Family Policy;
    International Trade; Taxation and IRS Oversight; ranking Democrat,
    Science, Technology, and Space; Aviation; Communications; Consumer
    Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism; Oceans and Fisheries; Surface
    Transportation and Merchant Marine; in January 1998, he was selected by
    the White House and House and Senate leaders to chair the National
    Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare. Also in 1998, he co-
    chaired the National Commission on Retirement Policy which produced
    legislation to help reform Social Security.

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