Honorable Jerry Lewis
United States Representative, California, Republican
Representative Lewis, of the Forty-First District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978. He served in the California Assembly from 1968 to 1978. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Appropriations Committee. The following is from the December 16, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 2847, the Jobs for Main Street Act. [Appropriations] Chairman [David] Obey [WI-D] calls this legislation the Jobs for Main Street Act; I call it economic insanity. Truly, this is one of those rare occasions when I hardly know where to begin. It is because of legislation like this…
