Honrable Christopher 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 from 1980 to 1984. He serves on the following commitees: Appropriations, where he chairs the Veterans, Housing, NASA, Environmental Protection Agency Subcommittee; Budget; Environment and Public Works, where he chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Aging; and the Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the January 21, 2003, Senate floor debate on…