PRO Honorable Mac Thornberry
United States Representative, Texas, Republican
Representative Thornberry, of the Thirteenth District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. He served as Legislative Counsel to U.S. Representative Thomas Loeffler (TX-R) from 1983 to 1985, as Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative Larry Combest (TX-R) from 1985 to 1988, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of State from 1988 to 1989. He is Vice Chair of the Armed Services Committee and serves on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The following is from the September 17, 2014, House floor debate on an amendment…
