Honorable Don Nickles
United States Senator, Oklahoma, Republican
Senator Nickles was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1980. He served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1978 to 1980. He chairs the Budget Committee, and sits on the following committees: Finance (where he chairs the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight); Energy and Commerce (where he chairs the Subcommittee on Research, Development, Production, and Regulation); and Rules and Administration. The following is from the October 16, 2003, Senate floor debate on emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan. I stated some time ago that I had hoped a significant portion of the $20 billion for reconstruction of Iraq…
