Congressional Directory for the 108th Congress (2003-2004), November 2003.
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    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; committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation; 
Finance; Rules and Administration; Special Committee on Aging; 
subcommittees: Social Security and Family Policy; Health Care; Taxation 
and IRS Oversight; 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; reelected to a 2nd term on November 3, 1992; 
reelected to each succeeding Senate term.


                  Office Listings
 
                        http://breaux.senate.gov
 
503 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510..   (202) 224-4623
  Chief of Staff.--Fred Hatfield.
  Legislative Director.--Sarah Walter.
  Executive Assistant.--Diana Bostic.
  Communications Director.--Bette Phelan.
Federal Courthouse Building, 800 Lafayette Street,        (337) 262-6871
 Suite 1300, Lafayette,  LA 70501......................
2237 South Acadian Thruway, Suite 802, Baton Rouge, LA    (225) 248-0104
 70808.................................................
1900 N. 18th Street, Suite 805, Monroe, LA 71201.......   (318) 325-3320
Hale Boggs Federal Building, Suite 1005, 501 Magazine     (504) 589-2531
 Street, New Orleans,  LA 70130........................