Robert Marion Berry, Democrat

Current office: U.S. House

Birth place: Bayou Meto, AR (08/27/1942)
Home city: Gillett, AR

Education: BS, Pharmacy, University of Arkansas, 1965.

Profession: Farmer, Partner, Family Farming Operation, 1968-2005 Special Assistant to the President for Agriculture, Trade and Food Assistance, 1993-1996 Presidential Advisor, White House Domestic Policy Council, 1993-1995 Pharmacist, Argenta Drug Company/Don's Pharmacy, 1965-1967.

Political: Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1997-present Chair, Arkansas County Democratic Committee, 1993-1994 Commissioner, Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, 1986-1994, Chair, 1992 Coordinator, Clinton Gubernatorial Campaign, Arkansas County, 1982, 1986, 1990 Member, Gillett City Council, 1977-1980.

Membership: Member, Co-Chair, Blue Dog Coalition, Health Care Task Force Congressional Brain Injury Caucus Member, Congressional Caucus to Fight and Control Methamphetamines Congressional Delta Caucus Congressional Hazards Caucus Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus Congressional Rural Caucus Congressional Silk Road Caucus Co-Chair, Congressional Soybean Caucus Congressional Steel Caucus Co-Chair, House Affordable Medicine Task Force House Biotechnology Caucus Co Chair, House Democratic Health Care Task Force House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus National Guard and Reserve Components Congressional Members Organization New Democrat Coalition Co-Chair, New Madrid Working Group Co Chair, Prescription Drug Task Force Rural Health Care Coalition Rural Working Group Shipbuilders Caucus. Member, Gillett United Methodist Church.

First elected: 11/05/1996
Last elected: 11/04/2008
Next election: 2008

Family: Wife: Carolyn; 2 Children: Ann Coggin, Mitchell.


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