Honorable John Duncan
United States Representative, Tennessee, Republican
Representative Duncan, of the Second District of Tennessee, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1988. He was a practicing attorney from 1973 to 1981 and a Knox County (Tennessee) Judge from 1981 to 1988. He sits on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member on the Highways and Transit Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Natural Resources Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The following is from the July 17, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 6515, the Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands (DRILL) Act. I rise…
