Honorable Ric Keller
United States Representative, Florida, Republican
Representative Keller, of the Eighth District of Florida, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. He was a practicing attorney from 1992 to 2000. He sits on the Committee on Education and the Workforce, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Twenty-First Century Competitiveness. He also sits on the Judiciary Committee and the Small Business Committee. The following is from the March 29, 2006, House floor debate on H.R. 609, the College Access and Opportunity Act. The Higher Education Act that will be reauthorized today by this House is a good bill because it strengthens the Pell…
