Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (NY-D
Honorable Gary L. AckermanUnited States Representative, New York, DemocratRepresentative Ackerman, of the Fifth District of New York, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1983. He served in the New York Senate from 1978 to 1983. He sits on the Financial Services Committee and the International Relations Committee, where he is the Ranking Minority Member of the Middle East and Central Asia Subcommittee. The following is from the March 11, 2004, House floor debate on H.R. 3717, the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act.Never would I have thought that defending the Constitution would be so lonely a job on…
