Ros-Lehtinen Selected Republican Ranking Member of House Committee on International Relations

December 8, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Thursday the House Republican Conference selected Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida as new Ranking Member for the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations for the 110th Congress. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1989, Ros-Lehtinen became the first Hispanic woman and the first Cuban-American elected to Congress. She is the current Chair of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia and previously served as Chair of the Africa, International Economic Policy, and Trade Subcommittee, and the International Operations and Human Rights Subcommittee. Chairman Henry J. Hyde (R-IL), who is retiring this December after serving 32 years in the House, said, "Ileana brings intelligence, leadership and enthusiasm to the important task of guiding the minority on the International Relations Committee. She also possesses the tremendous experience and creativity needed to make a serious impression on the direction of our foreign policy during this critical time in our nation's history."

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