Senator, United States Senate, Louisiana, 2015-present

Assistant Whip, House Republican Conference

Candidate, United States Senate, Louisiana, 2014, 2020

Representative, United States House of Representatives, Louisiana, District 6, 2009-2015

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Louisiana, District 6, 2008, 2010, 2012

Senator, Louisiana State Senate, District 16, 2006-2008

Member, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Member, Committee on Finance

Ranking Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families

Member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety

Member, Subcommittee on Energy

Member, Subcommittee on Health Care

Member, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness

Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security

Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

Member, Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy

Member, Veterans' Affairs and The Military

Member, Air Force Caucus

Member, Bi-Cameral Congressional Arthritis Caucus

Member, Bi-Partisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus

Member, Bi-Partisan, Bi-Cameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease

Member, Caucus on United States-Turkish Relations and Turkish Amerians

Member, Community College Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Allergy and Asthma Caucus

Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Member, Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus

Member, Congressional Biomass Caucus

Member, Congressional Brain Injury Task Force

Member, Congressional Caucus on Community Health Care Centers

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Member, Congressional Chicken Caucus

Member, Congressional Coalition on Adoption

Member, Congressional Community Pharmacy Coalition

Member, Congressional Constitution Caucus

Member, Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus (CCDC)

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Dyslexia Caucus

Member, Congressional Fire Service Caucus

Member, Congressional Fragile X Caucus

Member, Congressional French Caucus

Member, Congressional Gulf Coast Caucus

Member, Congressional Health Care Caucus

Member, Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition

Member, Congressional Kidney Caucus

Member, Congressional Levee Caucus

Member, Congressional Life Insurance Caucus

Member, Congressional Military Family Caucus

Member, Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus

Member, Congressional National Guard Caucus

Member, Congressional Prayer Caucus

Member, Congressional Pro-life Caucus

Member, Congressional Rice Caucus

Member, Congressional Rural Caucus

Member, Congressional Rural Housing Caucus

Member, Congressional School Health and Safety Caucus (Co-Chair)

Member, Congressional Services Caucus

Member, Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus

Member, Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus

Member, Congressional Task Force on Childhood Obesity

Member, Congressional Transparency Caucus

Member, Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus

Former Member, Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Subcommittee, United States Senate

Member, GOP Doctors Caucus

Member, Historic Preservation Caucus

Member, House Dietary Supplement Caucus

Member, House Nursing Caucus

Member, House Rural Ed. Caucus

Member, House Rural Health Care Caucus

Member, House Tea Party Caucus

Member, Immigration Reform Caucus

Former Member, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee, United States Senate

Member, International Conservation Congressional Caucus

Member, Mitochondrial Disease Caucus

Member, Parkinson's Caucus

Member, Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security (PORTS) Caucus

Member, Republican Study Committee

Former Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, United States Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Energy, United States Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, United States Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on National Parks, United States Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Water and Power, United States Senate

Member, The National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus

Former Member, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, United States Senate

Associate Professor of Medicine, Earl K. Long Hospital, Louisiana State University, 1990-present

Doctor, Earl K. Long Hospital, Louisiana State University, 1988-present

Co-Founder/Physician, Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic, 2001

Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

Member, American College of Physicians

Sunday School Teacher, Chapel on the Campus

Member, Chapel on the Campus

Member, Congressional Sportsman Foundation

Member, Louisiana State Medical Society

Board Member, Political Action Committee, Louisiana State Medical Society

Member, Rotary Club, Baton Rouge

Member, The Gastroenterology Society

Administrator, Hurricane Katrina K-Mart Hospital, Baton Rouge, 2005

President, East Baton Rouge Parish Medical Society, 1998

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

Bill believes America's greatness is a product of its people and not a gift from the federal government. He's running for Senate because he wants to return power and opportunity to the American people.

Spouse's Occupation:

Retired General Surgeon