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66.63.57.2 16:34, 1 December 2006 (UTC) This page needs a lot of help since Pelosi recently promoted this guy to Chair of the Intelligence Committee. Vietnam background? What issues is he a champion of? Why did he get to Chair this committee over other more experienced committee members?[reply]

More troops, he says

Look at the MSNBC website. He favors more troops. Somebody, put that info into the article. -Amit —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.22.216.150 (talk) 05:57, 6 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Errr, now he thinks more troops is UNTHINKABLE. Can we put a section in about being a hypocrite. 24.2.97.154 16:02, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy over statements in the Congressional Quarterly

It is important that this article highlights Congressman Reyes' lack of an even basic understanding of al-Qaeda or the difference between a Shi'ite or Sunni. Whatever political stripe you are, it must be shocking that a congressman (who has presumably sat in on a number of intelligence briefings over the last five years) has to guess on such a basic question. What has this guy been doing all of these years? For that matter, are the other members (Republican or Democrat) of the house intelligence committee similarly clueless? How about the rest of Congress or the White House? Why do they even bother with a committee at all if knuckleheads like this are running things??? --71.146.52.29 18:12, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

10 Years in Congress?

The man has been in Congress for 10 years and there is barely 5 paragraphs about him? That to me is the scariest thing of all...What the hell has he been doing? Gohiking 18:17, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Much of Reyes’ hard work in Washington has culminated in from the Pentagon that Fort Bliss would expand by 300 percent due to Base Realignment and Closure moves, overseas rebasing, and the Army's Grow the Force initiative. The total military population in the region will exceed 40,000 once the Fort Bliss moves are completed and a new brigade combat team is establishe at White Sands Missile Range. Additionally, the military is developing and testing the innovative Future Combat Systems (FCS) at Fort Bliss. This new Evaluation Task Force and the Army's new Future Force Integration Directorate at Fort Bliss, which Congressman Reyes and community leaders fought to bring to El Paso, will generate hundreds of high-tech jobs for the community – and hopefully start what could in the future be a center of high-tech contracting work, meaning thousands more jobs.

In addition, Reyes is proud of his accomplishments for El Paso, the border, and the country in other fields, such as immigration and border security, border commerce, small business, education, water and flood control, and healthcare, among others. He has focused on reducing wait times at El Paso’s international bridges; legislated to broaden opportunities for El Paso small businesses; fought to bring good teachers to high-need areas like El Paso and millions of dollars to Hispanic Serving Institutions like UTEP and EPCC; secured tens of millions of dollars for El Paso water, wastewater, storm water, and flood control infrastructure; and advocated for doctors and patients and healthcare along the border.

Reyes is a past Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), was appointed Vice Chair of the Democratic Task Force on Homeland Security by the House Democratic Leadership, and serves on the Democratic Faith Working Group and the Democratic Whip Team. He is also a founding member of the Missing and Exploited Children’s Caucus, the Congressional USO Caucus, and the Diversity and Innovation Caucus, and serves on a variety of other caucuses and coalitions. In addition, he is an active member of the U.S.-Mexico Inter-parliamentary Group.

Reyes has been honored many times by organizations such as the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Mexican-American Bar Association, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission, the Pan American Health Organization, and the National Parks Conservation Association, among many others. He was El Paso Inc.’s 2006 “El Pasoan of the Year.” —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharpe1776 (talk • contribs) 18:27, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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