Honorable Ron Paul
United States Representative, Texas, Republican
Representative Paul, of the Fourteenth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He previously served in the House in 1976 and from 1978 to 1984. He is a member of the Financial Services Committee and the International Relations Committee. The following is from the July 26, 2002, House floor debate on H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002.As many commentators have pointed out, the creation of this new department represents the largest reorganization of Federal agencies since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947. Unfortunately, the process by which we…
