Honorable Gary L. Ackerman
U.S. Representative, New York, Democrat
Representative Gary Ackerman was first elected to Congress in March 1983. He is the Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia. The following is excerpted from his March 11, 2008, remarks before the subcommittee. Almost a year ago, the Middle East and South Asia subcommittee held a hearing on the Iraqi refugee crisis, and we learned several disturbing things. We learned that the administration was doing next to nothing to assist those Iraqis who put their lives in jeopardy in order to assist the United States in our efforts in Iraq. Not…
