Honorable John Linder
United States Representative, Georgia, Republican
Representative Linder, of the Seventh District of Georgia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1974 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1990. He sits on the Ways and Means Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member on the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. The following is from the December 16, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 2847, the Jobs for Main Street Act. I rise in opposition to this legislation, and in particular, the provisions adding $40 billion to the deficit, leading to…
