Honorable David Dreier
United States Representative, California, Republican
Representative Dreier, of the Twenty-Sixth District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980. He is the ranking Republican member of the Rules Committee. The following is from the April 10, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 5724, the United States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act. I have seen many, many unexpected politicalalliances that have been formed over the past years that I have been privilegedto serve here, but I never expected to be taking up a rule that aligns with thegoals of [Venezuelan President] Hugo Chavez and South American narco-terrorists. TheU.S.-Colombia Free…
