WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Mike Ross (AR-04) has been selected to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee which considers measures about the relations of the United States with foreign nations, protection of United States' citizens abroad, the United Nations and NATO.

“America is not in this economic recession alone; the global economy as a whole is suffering,” said Ross.  “In this 21st century global economy, we are more interconnected with other countries than at any other time in history.  While our Armed Forces do a terrific job of protecting our country, national security involves much more than military might.  The economy and security of this nation are dependent on working with our allies around the world.”

Ross also serves on the House Energy & Commerce Committee and was again appointed by House leadership to represent the United States on NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly (NATO-PA), a bipartisan assembly that travels to other NATO countries to discuss issues of common interest and concern, such as strengthening global partnerships, improving trade relations, reducing drug trafficking, and working with our allies to stop terrorism.

“National security is the federal government’s number one priority,” said Ross.  “We learned from September 11th that terrorism isn’t something that only happens overseas and we learned that we must work with our allies to share intelligence more efficiently.  As a member of the Foreign Affairs and Energy and Commerce Committees, I will work to protect the interests of the United States as best we can which includes energy independence and repairing our relationships with our allies.”