I was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election in September 1977. Were I still in Congress today, I would be senior to every other sitting member of the House. Forty-six years as a member and as a close observer of the institution leads me to a simple conclusion. Congress is broken. The vision of James Madison enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, the most important document in the world second only to the Bible has been blurred, distorted and almost forgotten. Partisanship has eclipsed any thought of working together in the interest of the nation.…
Author: Bob Livingston
Bob Livingston
Robert L. Livingston served as a Member of Congress for 11 consecutive terms after becoming the first Republican to represent Louisiana's 1st Congressional District in 102 years. During his tenure in Congress, Mr. Livingston served on the House Appropriations Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence. In 1997, he served on a bipartisan panel to reform House Ethics Rules. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, he helped produce the last balanced budget submitted by Congress. Following his departure from Congress, Mr. Livingston founded The Livingston Group, a lobbying firm based in Washington, D.C. and New Orleans.