Honorable Larry Craig
United States Senator, Idaho, Republican
Larry Craig has served as chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging since 2004. Prior to winning a Senate seat in 1990, he served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. The following is excerpted from the September 27, 2005, Senate floor debate on the confirmation of John Roberts for chief justice.Like many of our colleagues engaged in the confirmation process of John Roberts to the position of the chief justice of the Supreme Court, I have been here before. Maybe that is one way of saying it. The last time John Roberts came before the Senate, he…
