Honorable Dennis Hastert
United States Representative, Illinois, Republican
Representative Hastert was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1980 to 1986. He is the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The following is from the House floor debate of September 14, 2001, House floor debate on emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from and response to terrorist attacks on the United States. I rise in support of this supplemental spending measure and I urge all of my colleagues to support it as well. When a poet said that these are the times that try men’s souls, he…
