NY-26: Chris Lee Gets On Financial Services Committee
Tags: Chris Lee, financial services committee, NY-26, Washington
I have just received word from Washington D.C. that Chris Lee has been assigned to the House Financial Services Committee.
UPDATE: Press Release from Ranking Member Spencer Bachus:
Bachus Welcomes Chris Lee to Financial Services Committee
Ranking Member Spencer Bachus announced today that Congressman Chris Lee (R-NY) will join the Financial Services Committee for the 111th Congress.
Ranking Member Bachus said, “Chris Lee’s background creating jobs in manufacturing and working in the private sector makes him the right kind of leader to have on the Financial Services Committee at this critical juncture in our nation’s history. He will be a strong voice on behalf of Main Street taxpayers for much-needed reforms of the way the financial services industry operates. Chris will add valuable perspective to the committee and I certainly look forward to working with him.”
Congressman Chris Lee is serving his first term in Congress. He has two decades of experience in the private sector with a strong background in economics and finance.
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[...] The Buffalo Bean got news that Congressman Chris Lee has been assigned to the Financial Services Committee; no doubt a very important committee in 2009. [...]
Not too long ago it seems, Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) spoke up at a breakfast hosted by New York business leaders. During the speech, Weiner praised Mayor Michael Bloomberg calling him someone who leans into big problems, a leader and praised him for much of his work as mayor.
In just a few months, I guarantee that this predictable Democrat will be saying EXACTLY the opposite of everything he said during that breakfast– shamelessly rebutting his statements and replacing with them with his campaign stump speech.
Watch the video now and in a few months think back and ask yourself if Anthony Weiner is a typical politician: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE1Jat5gSlA
Democrats are predictable if in only one way: their cool ability to say one thing in an off election year, and then say the exact opposite just a few months later.
I for one, will not be shocked in a few months, and plan to see Anthony Weiner take his well-deserved spot amongst other famous double-speaking politicians, like his idol Bill Clinton, mentor Chuck Schumer, and longtime companion, Al Sharpton.
This is New York politics at its best.