Honorable Jack Reed
United States Senator, Rhode Island, Democrat
Senator Reed was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. He served in the Rhode Island Senate from 1984 to 1990 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 to 1996. He sits on the following committees: Armed Services, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Seapower; Appropriations, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment. The following is from the March 28, 2012, Senate floor debate on S. 2204, the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act. I rise to…