Honorable Bob Goodlatte
United States Representative, Virginia, Republican
Representative Goodlatte, of the Sixth District of Virginia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. He was the District Director for then-Representative Caldwell Butler (VA-R) from 1977 to 1979 and a practicing attorney from 1979 to 1992. He sits on the Judiciary Committee and is Ranking Minority Member of the Agriculture Committee. The following is from the May 3, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007.I would like to thank the gentleman from Texas [Rep. Smith] for his leadership on the committee and his strong opposition…
