Rep. Lamar Smith (TX-R)
Honorable Lamar SmithUnited States Representative, Texas, RepublicanRepresentative Smith, of the Twenty-First District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1981 to 1982 and a Bexar County Commissioner from 1982 to 1985. He serves on the Judiciary Committee, where he cochairs the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. He also serves on the Science Committee. The following is from the July 8, 2004, House floor debate on amendments to the Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Appropriations Act of 2005.I oppose the…
