Honorable Charles Boustany
United States Representative, Louisiana, Republican
Representative Boustany was first elected in 2004. He was a practicing surgeon from 1982 to 2004. He sits on the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Agriculture Committee, and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The following is from the March 29, 2006, House floor debate on H.R. 609, the College Access and Opportunity Act. I rise in strong support of H.R. 609. H.R. 609 is critical to improving college access and includes a host of reforms to safeguard the interest of students and parents and the pocketbooks of American taxpayers. I want to highlight three provisions that I believe…
