Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
United States Representative, Florida, Republican
Representative Ros-Lehtinen was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in August 1989. In the 109th Congress, she served on the Government Reform Committee and the International Relations Committees, where she was the ranking minority member on the Middle East and Central Asia Subcommittee. The following is excerpted from the December 9, 2006, House floor debate on passage of the Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act conference report. Asan original cosponsor of this legislation and as cochair of the CongressionalCaucus on Indiaand Indian Americans, I rise in support of H.R. 5682, the Henry J. Hyde…