Honorable Tim Bishop
United States Representative, New York, Democrat
Representative Bishop, of the First District of New York, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. He served as an Administrator at Southampton College in Southampton, New York, from 1973 to 2002. He sits on the Budget Committee, the Education and Labor Committee, and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The following is from the September 16, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. Three quick points. The Ranking Member of the Rules Committee [Rep. David Dreier (CA-R)] spoke with great reverence for private markets and talked about how we…