Honorable Phil Gramm
United States Senator, Texas, Republican
Senator Gramm was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1978 to 1984. He serves on the Budget Committee and the Finance Committee. The following is from a September 14, 2001, statement on the Senate floor following the debate on emergency supplemental appropriations and authorization for the use of military force in response to terrorist attacks on the United States. Today, in a bipartisan unanimous vote, we gave the President the money and the power to make war on those who have made war on us. We are down, it…
