Honorable Jim Moran
United States Representative, Virginia, Democrat
Representative Moran, of the Eighth District of Virginia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990. He serves on the House Appropriations Committee and on its Subcommittee on Defense. The following is excerpted from a February 9, 2011, statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. There is a quote in a play by Samuel Beckett. It’s called Waiting for Godot. The quote, though, is applicable. It says something to the effect that, at this time, in this place, at this very moment in time, all mankind is us. And in many ways, all mankind…
