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Capitol: 202.224.4843 FAX: 202.228.1371 District: 479.573.0189
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Senator
Room 141 HSOB- Hart Senate Office Building 120 Constitution Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20510-0406
Residence: Rogers, AR
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Elected: 2010 Next Election: 2022 | Spouse: Cathy Marley DOB: 12/10/1950 |
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RM Member | Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veteran Affairs, and Related Agencies | RM Member | Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry | Co-Chair | Senate Hunger Caucus | FC Member | Border Security and Enforcement First Immigration Caucus | FC Member | Senate Afterschool Caucus | FC Member | Senate General Aviation Caucus | FC Member | Senate 4-H Caucus | Co-Chair | Air Force Caucus (Senate) | FC Member | Senate Chicken Caucus | Co-Chair | Senate Broadband Caucus | Co-Chair | I-49 Congressional Caucus | Co-Chair | Senate FFA Caucus | FC Member | Senate Cybersecurity Caucus | FC Member | Senate Bipartisan Task for Combating Antisemitism | FC Member | Congressional Panama Canal Expansion Caucus | FC Member | Senate Marine Corps Caucus | FC Member | Senate Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse | FC Member | Senate Travel and Tourism Caucus | FC Member | Anti-Value Added Tax Caucus (Anti-VAT Caucus) | FC Member | Senate Law Enforcement Caucus | FC Member | Senate Oceans Caucus | FC Member | Senate Caucus on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases | FC Member | Senate National Service Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Caucus (COPD) | FC Member | Senate Taiwan Caucus | FC Member | Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus | FC Member | Senate Manufactured Housing Caucus | FC Member | Senate Community Pharmacy Caucus | Vice Chair | Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus | FC Member | Senate Manufacturing Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus | Member | Joint Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe | FC Member | Senate Steel Caucus | Member | Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs | FC Member | Senate Rural Health Caucus | FC Member | Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government | FC Member | Zero Capital Gains Tax Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Farmer Cooperative Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Boating Caucus | FC Member | Senate Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus | FC Member | Senate Veterans Jobs Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Caucus on the Mississippi River | FC Member | Senate Community Health Center Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Assisting Caregivers Today (ACT) Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Prayer Caucus | FC Member | Joint Whistleblower Protection Caucus | FC Member | Senate ALS Caucus | FC Member | Senate Pro-Life Caucus | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife | FC Member | Senate Western Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Glaucoma Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Coalition on Adoption | FC Member | Senate National Guard Caucus | Member | Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure | FC Member | Congressional Olympic and Paralympic Caucus | FC Member | Friends of Wales Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Korea Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Caucus on the European Union (EU) | FC Member | Congressional Real Estate Caucus | FC Member | Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus | Member | Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works | Co-Chair | Congressional French Caucus | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Local Food Systems, and Food Safety and Security | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources | FC Member | Congressional Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus (HBCU) | Member | Senate Committee on Appropriations | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense | FC Member | Vision Caucus | Co-Chair | Congressional Recycling Caucus | FC Member | Congressional TRIO Caucus | FC Member | Friends of Australia Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Chemistry Caucus | FC Member | Arthritis Caucus | Co-Chair | Paper and Packaging Caucus | FC Member | Second Amendment Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Manufactured Housing Caucus | FC Member | Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease | FC Member | Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE) | FC Member | Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus (CTE) | FC Member | USO Caucus | FC Member | International Conservation Caucus (ICC) | FC Member | Congressional Fire Services Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Rare Disease Caucus |
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BioJohn Boozman is Arkansas's senior U.S. Senator and the dean of the state's Congressional delegation.
A fifth-generation Arkansan, John was raised in Fort Smith and graduated from Northside High School. He went on to play football for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks while completing his pre-optometry requirements. He graduated from the Southern College of Optometry in 1977 and entered private practice that same year co-founding a family business with his brother that would ultimately become a major provider of eye care to Northwest Arkansas.
Decades of experience as a successful healthcare provider and a small business owner guide John's approach to governing. He is committed to advocating for economic policies that help Arkansas's small businesses continue to grow and add jobs to our state's economy. And since agriculture accounts for nearly one-quarter of Arkansas's economic activity, John has been a consistent champion for our state's farmers, ranchers and loggers and was instrumental in the fight for an equitable farm bill.
As the son of an Air Force Master Sergeant, John learned at an early age about the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, as well as the unique challenges military families face. He brings these values with him to Washington where he is committed to enhancing the quality of life for both our veterans and their families. As a member of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, John has authored provisions to bolster care and services for women veterans, modernize educational benefits under the GI Bill and better reach and provide mental health care and resources to former service members.
John serves as the Ranking Member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry during the 117thCongress. This position enables him to play a key role in influencing policy that relates to the agriculture economy, nutrition programs and quality of life in rural America.
John will also continue to serve on the Committee on Appropriations, which is responsible for allocating federal funds, and the Committee on the Environment and Public Works, where much of the nation's infrastructure policy is developed.
Along with these committees, John serves on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, commonly referred to as the Helsinki Commission. He serves on the Congressional Study Group on Europe (CSGE), a bipartisan organization dedicated to frank and candid dialogue between American lawmakers and their peers in European capitals and Brussels, and has been appointed the Vice Chairman of the Senate Delegation to the British-American Interparliamentary Group during the 117th Congress.
In addition, John also serves as one of six Congressional Regents on the Smithsonian Institute's Board of Regents which governs and administers the organization.
First elected to the Senate in 2010, John was sworn in for a second term on January 3, 2017. Prior to serving in the Senate, he represented the people of the Third District of Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Active in his community, John has served on the Rogers School Board, the Benton County Fair Board, established the low vision program at the Arkansas School for the Blind in Little Rock and worked as a volunteer optometrist at an area clinic that provides medical services to low-income families. He successfully raised Polled Hereford cattle that were competitive in the show ring, as well as in bull testing at Oklahoma State University.
John, is married to the former Cathy Marley and they currently reside in Rogers. The couple has three daughters and four grandchildren.
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