Honorable Hilda Solis
United States Representative, California, Democrat
Representative Solis, of the Thirty-Second District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. She served in the California Assembly from 1992 to 1994 and in the California Senate from 1994 to 2000. She sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee and cochairs the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. She is also a Regional Whip for Southern California. The following is from the September 28, 2006, House floor debate on H.R. 6143, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act.I am not reluctant to vote against this bill. I voted against it in committee because it…