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Prior to his election to Congress in 1989, he served as a member of the Bay St. Louis City Council and the Mississippi State Senate. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Taylor serves on two major committees, the House Armed Services Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
As a member of the Armed Services Committee, he is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces. The subcommittee has oversight and legislative authority for the research, development, and acquisition of Navy and Marine Corps weapons systems including ships, weapons, armored vehicles, and aircraft procurement.
In addition, the subcommittee overseas the National Defense Sealift programs of the Maritime Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The subcommittee's total jurisdiction represents approximately $55 billion dollars of combined procurement and research and development efforts. Taylor also sits on the Readiness Subcommittee.
Taylor led battle that resulted in improving the medical care benefits of military retirees, and extending TRICARE health insurance to members of the National Guard and Reserves.
On the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee he serves on the Water Resources and Environment, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, and Highways and Transit Subcommittees.
Since Katrina devastated South Mississippi in August 2005, Taylor has championed his Multiple Peril Insurance Act , which provides home and business owners an option to purchase wind coverage on their federal flood insurance policies. Coastal homeowners need an insurance policy that provides coverage for both wind and water. Taylor's Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009 does just that. For more information, see taylor.house.gov/InsuranceRefo
In addition, Taylor serves as co-chair of the following four Congressional member organizations: Shipbuilding Caucus, National Guard and Reserve Caucus and Coast Guard Caucus. He is also a member of the Conservative Democrats' Blue Dog Coalition.
Taylor and his wife, the former Margaret Gordon of Bay St. Louis, have three children: Sarah, Emily and Gary.
For more information on Rep. Gene Taylor, please visit his website at www.taylor.house.gov.
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Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
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Congressional Representative
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By voice vote on the morning of Wednesday, December 15,2010, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Gene Taylor's bill (HR 6494) to ...
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On October 20, 2010, the RAND Corporation, Gulf Coast Business Council, and University of Southern Mississippi -- Gulf Coast cosponsored an insuran...
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The Rand Corporation presented the results of its study of homeowners insurance along the Gulf Coast. The RAND report emphasized that the private s...
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PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Mississippi Congressman Gene Taylor visit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin...
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Congressman Gene Taylor spent Monday morning checking out coastal restoration work in Hancock County. The Congressman took a boat tour of work unde...
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