Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
United States Representative, Florida, Republican
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on August 29, 1989. She serves on the Committee on International Relations. The following is excerpted from a February 28, 2006, speech made by Representative Ros-Lehtinen on the floor of the House of Representatives.I rise today to voice my objections to the proposed United Nations Human Rights Council. The proposal offered by the UN General Assembly President is a far cry from the reforms that we envisioned just a year ago. If adopted as is, the proposed Council could continue the UN’s roll down to irrelevance and would inhibit the…
