Honorable Anthony Weiner
United States Representative, New York, Democrat
Representative Weiner, of the Ninth District of New York, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998. He served as an aide to then-U.S. Representative Charles Schumer from 1985 to 1991 and on the New York City Council from 1991 to 1998. He sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee. The following is from the March 17, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 1076, to prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content. Crisis averted, ladies and gentlemen. What a relief. What a relief. I’m glad we…