LegiStorm

Biographical

Family:

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Education

• Medical College of Wisconsin - Thoracic surgery residency program (1993-1995)

• Medical College of Wisconsin - General surgery residency program (1988-1993)

• University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago - MD (1984-1988)

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - BS, liberal studies (1980-1984)

  Activities and notes: Concentration in chemistry

• South Fork High School (Kincaid, Ill.) - Diploma (1976-1980)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  8th Congressional District of Indiana
  Larry Dean Bucshon, 66.95%

  Republican
  Thomasina Marsili, 29.85%

  Democrat
  James Rodenberger, 3.21%

  Libertarian

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  8th Congressional District of Indiana
  Larry Dean Bucshon, 64.00%

  Republican
  William Tanoos, 36.00%

  Democrat

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  8th Congressional District of Indiana
  Larry Dean Bucshon, 63.69%

  Republican
  Ron Drake, 31.68%

  Democrat
  Andrew Horning, 4.63%

  Libertarian

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  8th Congressional District of Indiana
  Larry Dean Bucshon, 60.32%

  Republican
  Tom Spangler, 35.83%

  Democrat
  Andrew Horning, 3.84%

  Libertarian

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  8th Congressional District of Indiana
  Larry Dean Bucshon, 53.36%

  Republican
  Dave Crooks, 43.07%

  Democrat
  Bart Gadau, 3.57%

  Libertarian

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  8th Congressional District of Indiana
  Larry Dean Bucshon, 57.55%

  Republican
  W. Trent Vanhaaften, 37.43%

  Democrat
  John Cunningham, 5.03%

  Libertarian

Employment History

• Ohio Valley HeartCare (June 1998-Nov. 2010)

  President/Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon

• St. Mary’s Hospital (Evansville, Ind.) (June 1998-Nov. 2010)

  Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery/Medical Director

• Kansas Cardiac Clinic (Aug. 1995-May 1998)

  Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon

Associated Organizations

• Republican Main Street Partnership

• American Board of Thoracic Surgery

• Our Redeemer Lutheran Church (Evansville, Ind.)

• HEARTDOCPAC

• Bucshon for Congress (Indiana)

• Gallaudet University (Feb. 2020-)

  Member, Board of Trustees

Awards

• Champion of Indiana’s Electric Cooperatives Award (Indiana Electric Cooperatives)

• Outstanding Government Service Award (American Medical Association) (Feb. 2024)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2022)

• Champion for Healthy Seniors Award (Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease) (Aug. 2019)

• Oscar Mike Award (Marine Corps Marathon) (May 2019)

• True Blue Award (Family Research Council Action) (Feb. 2019)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (April 2018)

• Innovator in Biotechnology Award (Biotechnology Innovation Organization) (April 2018)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2018)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Friend of Farm Bureau Award (Indiana Farm Bureau Inc.) (Oct. 2016)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Sept. 2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• National Legislative Award (Recreation Vehicle Industry Association Inc.) (June 2013)

• Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence (National Association of Manufacturers) (April 2013)

• Medical Staff Physician of the Year (St. Mary’s Hospital (Evansville, Ind.)) (2007)

Military History

• U.S. Navy Reserve (1989-1998)

  Lieutenant Commander

Activities and Interests

• Hobbies: ice hockey, American history
  

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2313 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-1408
Phone:	202-225-4636
Fax:	202-225-3284

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Privately Financed Travel

17 trips taken between 2011 - 2024 costing $318,814

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Energy and Commerce Committee Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee
House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee, Vice Chair
House Energy and Commerce Committee Innovation, Data and Commerce Subcommittee

Caucuses

• American Sikh Congressional Caucus
• Atlantic Offshore Energy Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
• Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force
• Bipartisan Working Group
• Bureau of Prisons Reform Caucus
• Caucus for the Humane Bond
• Cement Caucus
• Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
• Congressional Aluminum Caucus, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Arthritis Caucus
• Congressional Autonomous Vehicle Caucus
• Congressional Battlefield Caucus
• Congressional Cancer Prevention Caucus
• Congressional Caucus for Competitiveness in Entertainment Technology
• Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
• Congressional Caucus on Education Innovation and Opportunity
• Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans
• Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention
• Congressional Caucus on Korea
• Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
• Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamine
• Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus
• Congressional Civility Caucus
• Congressional Cloud Computing Caucus
• Congressional Coal Caucus
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption
• Congressional Constitution Caucus
• Congressional Defense Communities Caucus
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus, Vice Chair
• Congressional Dyslexia Caucus
• Congressional Estuary Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Liechtenstein Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional German-American Caucus
• Congressional Golf Caucus
• Congressional Hockey Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus
• Congressional Independent Colleges Caucus
• Congressional Innovation Caucus
• Congressional Joint Strike Fighter Caucus
• Congressional Kidney Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Lyme Disease Caucus
• Congressional Military Veterans Caucus
• Congressional Motorsports Caucus
• Congressional National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
• Congressional Natural Gas Caucus
• Congressional Oceans Caucus
• Congressional Ohio River Basin Caucus
• Congressional Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Awareness Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Ovarian Cancer Caucus
• Congressional Plasma Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Propane Caucus
• Congressional Public Service Caucus
• Congressional Recycling Caucus
• Congressional Refinery Caucus
• Congressional Rural Broadband Caucus
• Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
• Congressional STARBASE Caucus
• Congressional Steel Caucus
• Congressional Study Group on Japan, Co-Chair
• Congressional Submarine Caucus
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus
• Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
• Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus
• Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
• Congressional Western Caucus
• Conservative Climate Caucus
• Crohn's and Colitis Caucus
• Friends of a Free, Stable and Democratic Syria Caucus
• GOP Doctors Caucus
• Health Care Caucus
• Historic Preservation Caucus
• House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• House General Aviation Caucus
• House Impact Aid Coalition
• House Medical Technology Caucus
• House Military Depot, Arsenal, Ammunition Plant and Industrial Facilities Caucus
• House Recreational Vehicle Caucus
• House Republican Conference
• House Republican Healthy Future Task Force
• House Republican Healthy Future Task Force Doctor/Patient Relationship Subcommittee, Chair
• House Republican Israel Caucus
• House Republican Steering Committee, Region 7 Representative
• House Republican Study Committee
• House Republican Study Committee Health Care Task Force
• I-69 Congressional Caucus, Co-Chair
• International Conservation Caucus
• Israel Allies Caucus
• Land Conservation Caucus
• Missile Defense Caucus
• Republican Main Street Caucus, Executive Board Member
• Republican Women's Policy Committee

Caught Our Eye

• Rep. Bucshon is making the most of his last year in office

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 1, 2024
  Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) accepted $63,000 in privately funded travel in 2023 ― the seventh highest of any member of Congress that year. Since announcing in early January that he will not seek reelection, Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) has already beaten that. read more

• Buchanan LD leaves for pharmaceutical industry

  Posted by Andy Gottlieb on Nov. 9, 2023
  A top staffer for Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) has moved to the U.S. subsidiary of a Japanese drugmaker.  read more

• Members' families say "guten Tag" to Berlin

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 28, 2017
  When members of Congress visited Berlin this month to discuss policy issues, their familes members traveled along with them - for free. read more

• PhRMA adds Rep. Bucshon chief to lobbying team

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on April 4, 2017
  The pharmaceutical industry's biggest lobbying spender has added Rep. Larry Bucshon's (R-Ind.) chief of staff as its new director of federal affairs. read more

• Rep. Bucshon subcommittee aide joins software giant's government affairs shop

  Posted by Katie Barrows on Nov. 14, 2013
  A research and technology committee aide has left the Hill for a government relations job at a software giant. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Aug. 29, 2012
  A legislative assistant to Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) left Congress recently, taking refuge handling government relations at a trade association for underground utility construction interests, according to his LinkedIn profile. read more

• Israel jaunts set record for most costly trips

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on Sept. 12, 2011
  The American Israel Education Foundation has spent a record amount to send members of Congress and their staff to Israel in 2011, even before all the numbers are in. read more

• LegiStorm has added financial disclosures for the new members-elect

  Posted by LegiStorm on Nov. 5, 2010
  The anger about economic uncertainty that led average citizens to send new legislators to Washington does not mean that they elected people strictly of average means. read more