Honorable Alcee Hastings
United States Representative, Florida, Democrat
Representative Hastings was first elected to the House ofRepresentatives in 1992. He is a member of the House Rules Committee and asenior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Thefollowing is excerpted from the September 14, 2006, House floor debate on H.R.6061, the Secure Fence Act of 2006. To paraphrase the vice president, it seems to me that themajority is in the last throes of keeping control of the House and is throwingvacuous public policy at us in a vain attempt to fool the American public.Well, I believe the American people are much smarter than that. They can…
