Honorable Bob Goodlatte
United States Representative, Virginia, Republican
Representative Goodlatte, of the Sixth District of Virginia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992. He was the District Director for then-Representative Caldwell Butler (VA-R) from 1977 to 1979 and a practicing attorney from 1979 to 1992. He chairs the Judiciary Committee and serves as Vice Chair of the Agriculture Committee. The following is from the March 15, 2013, House floor debate on H.R. 803, the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act. I want to thank the gentleman from Minnesota [Rep. Kline], the chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee, for his…