Honorable David Vitter
United States Senator, Louisiana, Republican
Senator Vitter was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1991 to 1999 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2004. He sits on the following committees: Armed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The following is from the March 1, 2012, Senate floor debate on the Blunt Amendment to S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs. The Blunt amendment is an absolutely necessary measure to fix what is a…
