Honorable Tom Davis
United States Representative, Virginia, Republican
Representative Davis, of the Eleventh District of Virginia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. He is a member of the Committee on Homeland Security and the ranking Republican member on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He resigned from Congress on November 24, 2008. The following is from the April 10, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 5724, the United States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act. An ancient proverb cautions, “Arrogancediminishes wisdom. Sadly, this proposal ignores that warning, indulginginstitutional arrogance at the expense of wise legislating. Based on thetransparent facade that the president’s…