Honorable Joseph Crowley
United States Representative, New York, Democrat
Representative Crowley was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1998. In the 109th Congress, he served on the Financial Services and International Relations committees. 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. Thislegislation creates a two-step process, and by passing the conference reporttoday, we will have taken that very important first step. The second step rests uponnegotiations between the United Statesand India, as well as India and theInternational Atomic Energy Agency and with the Nuclear…