Allen Boyd
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"Fred Allen Boyd Jr." was the United States House of Representatives/United States Representative for from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party. He currently works for a lobbying firm, the Twenty-First Century Group.

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As a fiscal conservative, I believe one of the most important roles the federal government can play in assuring that our economy remains strong is to keep our fiscal house in order.

I strongly believe that American farmers and businesses can compete with anyone in the world if they are given a level playing field.

Our government has made a number of promises to the men and women who served in our nation's armed forces. Sadly, these promises of health care, education and other benefits have existed more in rhetoric than in reality.

Senator Graham would have been very difficult to beat. He'd been governor for two terms. He's a U.S. Senator. He has a lot of friends; he's done a lot of favors to help a lot of people in Florida. So the fact that he's not running really does change the whole landscape in Florida.

As someone who has seen war first hand, and as a father of three young adults, it was my hope that we could have resolved this conflict and disarmed Saddam Hussein without war. However, this was not the case.

The northern part of the state is very much like a Deep South state. Obviously, the Miami area is an international area.

The world has changed greatly since the end of the Cold War. It is imperative that our security priorities reflect these changes. We have witnessed recent cooperation between the United States and Russia that is unparalleled since World War II. However, September 11, 2001, proved without question that a new set of threats to this nation exist and that we must be prepared to deal with them.

There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.

It's a state in the South where you know darn well President Bush is going to be spending a lot of time and a lot of effort there.