Honorable Barack Obama
United States Senator, Illinois, Democrat
Senator Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He served in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He sits on the Environmental and Public Works Committee, the Foreign Relations Committee, and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. The following is from a speech delivered at the January 26, 2006, Lobbying Reform Summit at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Over one hundred years ago, at the dawn of the last century, the Industrial Revolution was beginning to take hold of America, creating unimaginable wealth in sprawling metropolises all across the country. As factories multiplied and profits grew,…
