Honorable Mary Bono
United States Representative, California, Republican
Representative Bono, of the Forty-Fifth District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election in April 1998 to fill the seat left vacant by the death of her husband, Representative Sonny Bono. She was a restaurant manager from 1986 to 1990. She serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from the August 1, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 3162, the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act. I would like to express my strong support for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, and the need for this…
