Honorable Carl Levin
United States Senator, Michigan, Democrat
Senator Levin was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978. He was a member of the Detroit City Council from 1969 to 1977, and President of the City Council from 1973 to 1977. He serves on the Armed Services Committee (where he is the Ranking Minority Member), the Governmental Affairs Committee, the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, and the Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the October 16, 2003, Senate floor debate on emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan. The Administration has requested approximately $20 billion for the reconstruction of Iraq, and the entire sum is…
