Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the Chairman, has a higher ACU rating for 2007 (4) and 2008 (8) vice 0 for Harman. Here is his bio from his site:
Congressman Silvestre Reyes was first elected to the United States Congress in 1996, becoming the first Hispanic to represent the people of the 16th District of Texas. On January 6, 2009, Congressman Silvestre Reyes, was sworn into the 111th Congress by Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, for a seventh consecutive term in the United States House of Representatives.
Reyes has devoted his life to public service. He first served his country in the United States Army in Vietnam from 1967 - 1969, and served as a helicopter crew chief. In 1969, he began his career with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), now known as Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in the U.S. Border Patrol. In 1984, Reyes was named Sector Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, and managed operations in McAllen and El Paso, Texas from 1984 to 1995.
Known as "Silver" to his friends, Reyes retired in December 1995 after 26 1/2 years with the Border Patrol and was elected the following year to represent the people of the 16th District of Texas in the United States House of Representatives.
Why is Harman better than Reyes?
OK, I’ll give it to you. We’ll see how Reyes does. My first impressions were:
1. Since Pelosi disliked Harman immensely, it stood to reason there must be something good about Harman! By analogy, if Pelosi liked Reyes for the job, it was hard to imagine anything good about the man.
2. I’ve seen Harman on C-Span and Sunday chat-shows when she was ranking member of the Intel Committee. She said all the right things, at least.
3. Don’t be too impressed by a congrescritter’s national service record. George McGovern, John Murtha, Randy “Duke” Cunningham and John McCain all have admirable military records—but look at how they turned out as politicians!