Honorable Steve Pearce
United States Representative, New Mexico, Republican
Representative Pearce, of the Second District of New Mexico, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. He served in the New Mexico House of Representatives from 1996 to 2000. He sits on the Natural Resources Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member on the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Financial Services Committee. The following is from the July 17, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 6515, the Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands (DRILL) Act. Let’s talk just a little bit about the bill before us today. It has…
