Honorable Marsha Blackburn
United States Representative, Tennessee, Republican
Representative Blackburn, of the Seventh District of Tennessee, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. She served in the Tennessee Senate from 1998 to 2002. She sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee and is a Deputy Minority Whip. The following is from the July 30, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 1108, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. I rise today in opposition to the bill. And I will tell you, I have great respect for the chairman and the author of the bill, but I respectfully disagree with them on this issue….
