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The 2003 Congressional Report

Beginning in the early 1970s with original hosts Jack Edwards, Bob Sikes, and Trent Lott, the “Congressional Report” is the longest-running public affairs program of its kind in the country. Each week, Congressman Bonner and his guests discuss important events in Washington and how they will impact the nation and the residents of the First Congressional District.

Jo (right) shares a laugh with original host Senator Trent Lott before filming "The Gulf Coast

The Gulf Coast Congressional Report airs on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. on WKRG-TV5.

Listed below are air dates and scheduled guests:

December 21 - Mike Marshall (Mobile Register)
December 14 - Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-CT)
December 7 - Pat Guyton (Mobile Child Advocacy Center) and Judge John Butler
November 30 - Vivian Davis Figures (Alabama State Senator), Major David Waite and Cecil (Salvation Army of Mobile and Baldwin Counties)
November 23 - Mohammed Odeh Al-Rehaief
November 16 - Gail Linkins (Mobile Transportation Security Administration)
November 9 - Alan M. Hantman (Architect of the Capitol)
November 2 - David Paulison (U.S. Fire Administrator)
October 26 - Rep. Jeb Hensarling and Rep. Trent Franks
October 19 - Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA)
October 12 - Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
October 5 - Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
September 28 - Dr. George Crozier (Dauphin Island Sea Lab) and Captain David Yeager (Mobile Bay National Estuary Program)
September 21 - Rep. Clay Shaw (R-FL)
September 14 - Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite (R-FL) and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
August 31 - Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA)
August 24 - David Whetstone (Baldwin County D.A.) and James Pritchett (Project Director of Southwest Alabama Integrated Criminal Justice System)
August 17 - Sheila Mosley (Mobile County Public School Elementary Curriculum Supervisor) and Bill Watson (Gulf Coast Exploreum Education Director)
August 10 - Rep. Rodney Alexander (D-LA)
August 3 - Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
July 27 - Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
July 20 - Rep. J. Gresham Barrett (R-SC)
July 13 - Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-LA)
July 6 - Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
June 29 - Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
June 22 - Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
June 15 - Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
June 8 - Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL)
June 1 - Father Greg Lucey (President, Spring Hill College)
May 25 - Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
May 18 - Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
May 11 - Governor Bob Riley (Alabama's Governor)
May 4 - Dr. Mark Foley (President, University of Mobile)
April 27 - Gordon Moulton (President, University of South Alabama)
April 20 - Col. Bob Keyser (Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
April 13 - Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL)
April 6 - Rep. John Carter (R-TX) and Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA)
March 30 - Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
March 23 - Rep. Max Burns (R-GA)
March 15 - Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
March 8 - Rep. Jim Nussle (R-IA, Budget Committee Chairman)
March 1 - Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
February 23 - Jack Edwards (former Congressman, 1st District AL)
February 16 - Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL)
February 9 - Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
February 2 - Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL)
January 26 - Bradley Byrne (Alabama State Senator)
January 19 - Sonny Callahan (former Congressman, 1st District AL)
January 12 - Rep. Artur Davis and Rep. Mike Rogers (D-AL, R-AL)

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