The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication.

His proposals to promote competition in the cable and local telephone industries contributed to the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He earned his BA from Roanoke College where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. Early life education and career
Boucher is a native of Abingdon Virginia where he currently lives.

S. Representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district serving from 1983 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.