As chair of the VA, HUD Appropriations Subcommittee, Bond has cut spending by 10 percent by eliminating waste and reforming programs. Bond has worked to ease the many government burdens placed on the nation's small businesses. Bond crafted and passed the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, which reduces red tape for small business owners giving them greater say over government regulations. As a long-standing advocate for children, Bond spearheaded 1994 legislation to make Missouri's Parents As Teachers program available in other states. Bond was the lead Republican responsible for passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, ensuring workers will not have to choose between attending to family responsibilities and their jobs During the 1995 welfare reform debate, Bond fought for and passed a common-sense measure to suspend welfare benefits from those who test positive for drug abuse.
Bond has extensive experience in state government.
After serving as assistant attorney general, he was elected state auditor in 1970. Bond received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1960, graduating cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1963 and was first in his class.