If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or murder or incapacitate large numbers of our people, we cannot wait for 7 weeks of a special election in order to deal with that.

(Sep 2008)
Voted YES on deterring foreign arms transfers to China. (Jun 2008)
Voted NO on paying for AMT relief by closing offshore business loopholes. (Oct 2007)
Voted YES on implementing CAFTA Central America Free Trade.

S. Representative for California's 48th congressional district and previously the 46th 45th and 42nd serving since 1989. He is a member of the Republican Party.