Honorable Lamar Smith
United States Representative, Texas, Republican
Representative Smith, of the Twenty-First District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1981 to 1982 and as Bexar County (Texas) Commissioner from 1982 to 1985. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Judiciary Committee. He also sits on the Homeland Security Committee and the Science and Technology 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 oppose this bill, H.R. 1592, for three reasons. First, the bill…
