Brown is correct choice

The voters in the 5th Congressional District are poised to prove again that old canard, “If you don’t learn from your mistakes, you are bound to repeat them.” In 1994, we traded Tom Foley, the speaker and most powerful member of the House of Representative, second in line to succeed the president of the United States, for a political novice. In 2016, we elected a political novice over one of the best ever qualified candidates for president of the United States. Now, we have the fourth-ranking member of the Republican majority in Congress seeking re-election, who confesses she is out of the loop regarding “Harvey aid” and “assumes we will see ‘some kind’ of a package.”

Since we lost the speaker of the House, our effective representation in Congress has been somewhere between slim and none. It consists mostly of photo ops with the president.

Once again, we have a choice. This time it is between an ineffectual representative in Congress and a lady, Lisa Brown, who has superior legislative and leadership experience in government and is responsive to her constituents.

Have we learned from our mistakes or are we bound to repeat them?

Howard Herman

Spokane Valley