PRO Honorable Lou Barletta
United States Representative, Pennsylvania, Republican
Representative Barletta, of the Eleventh District of Pennsylvania, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2011. He served as Mayor of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, from 200 to 2010. He sits on the Homeland Security Committee, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and the Education and the Workforce 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 secretary of state, to train and equip appropriately…
