Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. (pronounced: “Boo-shon”) represents the Eighth District of Indiana, which encompasses all or part of 19 counties in Southwest and West Central Indiana.
Since coming to Congress, Larry has been a champion for advancing patient-centered health care reforms that will give patients and their doctors the freedom to make their own health care decisions as opposed to Washington bureaucrats. He has also been a leader in the fight to end the opioid epidemic, having been just one of eight lawmakers from around the nation recognized by the Coalition to Stop Opioid Overdose in 2016 for his work on the issue. Beyond health care, Larry has also been a recognized leader on transportation issues when he previously served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
As a former member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I have worked closely with my colleagues to help repair our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. I was proud to be appointed a Conferee on the House and Senate Transportation Conference Committee in the 112th Congress. As a Conferee, I worked with my House and Senate colleagues in a bipartisan manner to develop a long-term transportation reauthorization. Moving Ahead for Progress for the 21st Century (MAP 21) extends our nation’s highways and bridge programs, while eliminating duplicative programs, streamlines the environmental review process, allows states to pursue Public-Private Partnerships and provides states with more spending flexibility. Indiana received record funding in MAP21 and gave funding certainty to INDOT to continue projects like I-69.
The Military CDL Act, a bipartisan bill I introduced with Rep. John Carney (D-DE) and Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) passed the House & Senate and was signed into law by President Obama in October 2012. This legislation makes it easier for our active duty military to obtain a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) which they can use while in the military and to get a well paying trucking job after they leave the military.