Honorable Bobby Jindal
United States Representative, Louisiana, Republican
Representative Jindal, of the First District of Louisiana, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004. He was Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals from 1996 to 1998, Executive Director of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare from 1998 to 1999, and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2003. He serves on the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Resources, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The following is from the June 29, 2006, House floor debate on H.R. 4761,…
