Honorable Rick Boucher
United States Representative, Virginia, Democrat
Representative Boucher, of the Ninth District of Virginia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. He served in the Virginia Senate from 1975 to 1983. He sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Judiciary Committee. The following is from the November 7, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. I rise in opposition to the bill. Health care reform is needed. More than 36 million American citizens do not have health insurance, and millions more are underinsured and cannot afford to pay for the medical care they…
