Honorable Gregg Harper
United States Representative, Mississippi, Republican
Representative Harper, of the Third District of Mississippi, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. He served as a prosecuting attorney for the cities of Brandon and Richland, Mississippi, from 2000 to 2007. He sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee, the Ethics Committee, and the Committee on Administration. The following is from the December 1, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 3463, to end taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission. We live in uncertain times — with job creation stifled by crushing debt. But there are…