Honorable Tom Davis
United States Representative, Virginia, Republican
Representative Davis, of the Eleventh District of Virginia, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. He served on the Fairfax County (Virginia) Board of Supervisors from 1979 to 1994 and as Chairman of the Board from 1991 to 1994. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and sits on the Homeland Security Committee. The following is from the July 30, 2008, House floor debate on H.R. 1108, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Four hundred thousand Americans die every year from tobacco-related diseases. That’s why we’re here…
