Honorable John Ratcliffe
United States Representative, Texas, Republican
Representative Ratcliffe, of the Fourth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014. He served as Chief of Anti-Terrorism and National Security for the Eastern District of Texas from 2004 to 2007, as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas from 2007 to 2008, and as Mayor of Heath, Texas, from 2004 to 2012. He sits on the Homeland Security Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, and the Judiciary Committee. The following is from the January 11, 2017, Housefloor debate on H.R. 5, the Regulatory Accountability Act of…
