Honorable Robert W. Goodlatte
United States Representative, Virginia, Republican
Representative Goodlatte, of the Sixth District of Virginia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. He was District Director for U.S. Representative Caldwell Butler from 1977 to 1979, and a practicing attorney from 1979 to 1992. He chairs the Agriculture Committee and serves on the Judiciary Committee. The following is from the July 17, 2003, House floor debate on an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2004 Interior Appropriations Act introduced by Representative Jay Inslee (WA-D), stating that no funds in the act may be used to change the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, promulgated in January 2001…
