The Future Role of the U.S. in World Affairs - Sam Brownback

Senator Sam Brownback, (R) Kansas

July 31, 2007

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Today, international affairs and issues related to American’s role in the world are of extreme importance in the upcoming Presidential races. Iowans are in a unique position to discuss these issues with the candidates as they travel to our state.

Born in Parker, Kansas, and raised on a farm where his mother and father still live, Sam Brownback served as a White House Fellow in the first Bush Administration and was the youngest Secretary of Agriculture in Kansas history. When he was 38, he was elected to the House of Representatives with the Republican Revolution in 1994. In 1996, he was elected to the U.S. Senate.

In the U.S. Senate, Sam serves on the Appropriations, Judiciary, and Joint Economic Committees. He is the Ranking Member on the Joint Economic Committee, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, as well as the subcommittee responsible for the Constitution. He also serves in the Helsinki Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, co-chairs the Senate Cancer Coalition and the Human Rights Caucus, chairs the Senate Values Action Team, and is a founding member of the Senate Fiscal Watch Team.