Honorable Peter Hoekstra
United States Representative, Michigan, Republican
Representative Hoekstra was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1992. He serves on the Education and Labor Committee and is the ranking minority member on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is excerpted from the February 14–16, 2007, House floor debate on H. Con. Res. 63, the Iraq War Resolution. Let’s be clear of the purposeof today. We face a real test of what this House of Representatives stands forand who we, as representatives, really are. Do any of us really believe that the resolution in frontof us today is a serious piece…