    Congressional Directory for the 107th Congress (2001-2002), December 2001.
    [Page 111]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        JOHN BREAUX, Democrat, of Crowley, LA; born in Crowley, LA, on March
    1, 1944; education: 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;
    employment: 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; children: John I. Jr., William Lloyd,
    Elizabeth Andre, and Julia Agnes; two granddaughters: Anna Kate and
    Campbell McKay 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: chairman, Special
    Committee on Aging; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Finance;
    subcommittees: chairman, Social Security and Family Policy; Health Care;
    Taxation and IRS Oversight; chairman, Science, Technology, and Space;
    Aviation; Communications; 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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      Legislative Director.--Sarah Walter.
      Executive Assistant.--Diana Bostic.
      Communications Director.--Bette Phelan.
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     Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.........................