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Mr. Gephardt is currently President & CEO of the Gephardt Group, a consultant for Goldman Sachs and senior counsel at the law firm of DLA Piper in the firms Government Affairs practice group. Previously, Mr. Gephardt served as a U.S. Congressman from Missouri for 28 years (1977-2005), where he became a well known Democratic Party spokesperson. Mr. Gephardt was first elected to represent Missouri's Third Congressional District in 1976. As a House freshman, he was given the rare opportunity of serving on both the Ways and Means and Budget Committees, where he became a national leader on health care, trade and tax fairness. In 1984, Gephardt was elected Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, the fourth-ranking leadership position in the House. Thereafter, Mr. Gephardt was elected by his colleagues to serve as the Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1989-1995, and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003. Congressman Gephardt holds a B.S. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan. | 