Biography:
— Senator and a Representative from Louisiana.
— Born in Highland Park, Lake County, Ill., September 28, 1957.
— B.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., 1979.
— M.D., Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans, La., 1983.
— Physician.
— Member of the Louisiana state senate, 2006-2008.
— Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eleventh and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2015).
— Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2014 for the term ending January 3, 2021.
— Reelected in 2020 for the term ending January 3, 2027.
— Chair, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (One Hundred Nineteenth Congress).