Honorable Christopher S. Bond
United States Senator, Missouri, Republican
Senator Bond was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. He was Missouri Assistant Attorney General from 1969 to 1970, Missouri Auditor from 1970 to 1972, and Missouri Governor from 1972 to 1976 and 1980 to 1984. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and a member of the following committees: Appropriations; Budget; Environment and Public Works; and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The following is from the March 12, 2002, Senate floor debate on amendments to S. 517, the National Laboratories Improvement Act.There are many important issues in an energy bill, but…