Honorable John McCain
United States Senator, Arizona, Republican
Senator McCain was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1986. He chairs the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and is a member of the Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Indian Affairs. The following is from the October 16, 2003, Senate floor debate on emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan. I strongly oppose the [Sen. Evan] Bayh [IN-D] amendment because its enactment would undermine the central purpose of our mission in Iraq, which is to empower the Iraqi people to build a prosperous and…
