Honorable William Jefferson
United States Representative, Louisiana, Democrat
Representative Jefferson, of the Second District of Louisiana, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1990. He served in the Louisiana Senate from 1980 to 1991. He sits on the Ways and Means Committee and the Budget Committee. He is also Cochair of the Africa Trade and Investment Caucus and the Congressional Caucuses on Brazil and Nigeria. The following is from the July 13, 2005, House floor debate on H.R. 8, the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005.Benjamin Franklin noted over 200 years ago that "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except…
