Honorable Jim Langevin
United States Representative, Rhode Island, Democrat
Representative Langevin, of the Second District of Rhode Island, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. He served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1988 to 1984 and as Rhode Island Secretary of State from 1994 to 2000. He sits on the Armed Services Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, and on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 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…
