Honorable Phil Roe
United States Representative, Tennessee, Republican
Representative Roe, of the First District of Tennessee, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. He served as Vice Mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee, from 2003 to 2008 and as Mayor from 2007 to 2009. He sits on the Agriculture Committee, the Education and Labor Committee, and the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. The following is from the September 16, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act.I rise in opposition to H.R. 3221. What we are doing here today is using our country’s financial crisis as an excuse to eliminate an…
