Honorable Peter King
United States Representative, New York, Republican
Representative King, of the Second District of New York, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993. He served as Nassau County, New York, Deputy Attorney from 1972 to 1974, as a Member of the Hempstead, New York, Town Council from 1977 to 1981, and as Nassau County Comptroller from 1981 to 1993. He sits on the Homeland Security Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence; the Financial Services Committee; and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the September 28, 2016, House floor debate on the President’s veto of S….
