Frederick Carlyle Boucher (/ˈbaʊtʃər/; born August 1, 1946) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district from 1983 to 2011.

He has practiced law on Wall Street initially as an associate at Milbank Tweed in the firm's New York City office, and later in Virginia.

[1] He also formerly served on the Advisory Board of Virginia Cares Inc.[1] In May 2011, Boucher joined prominent Washington law firm Sidley Austin and was charged with leading their government strategies practice.

[2] The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA), an industry advocacy group, also announced that Boucher has joined as the honorary chair.

[3] The IIA includes among its members AT&T and Americans for Tax Reform and has focused on expanding broadband access and adoption with particular emphasis on increased mobile connectivity for underserved and rural communities.

In 2004, he defeated NASCAR official Kevin Triplett with 59 percent of the vote even as George W. Bush easily carried the district.

Boucher has been active on Internet-related legislation, including cosponsoring the High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991.

[12] In June 2009, Boucher voted in favor of the American Clean Energy and Security Act which, if enacted, would establish a cap-and-trade system.

[13] Boucher was chairman of the energy sub-committee of the previous Congress which first drafted the legislation, and was deemed to be instrumental in the bills development.

Rick Boucher endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president, while his district went solidly for Hillary Clinton.