CON Honorable Jackie Speier
United States Representative, California, Democrat
Representative Speier, of the Fourteenth District of California, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012. She served as San Mateo County Supervisor from 1980 to 1986 and as a member of the California State Assembly from 1986 to 1996. She sits on the Armed Services Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The following is from the September 17, 2014, House floor debate on an amendment to H.J. Res. 124, making continuing appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015, introduced by Representative Buck McKeon (CA-R). The amendment would authorize the secretary of defense, in coordination with the…
