Fraught times in international relations, whether in commerce and trade, in war, in migration of people between nations, cause all Americans with an interest in the wider world to attempt at least to become instant experts on otherwise rather arcane laws that govern such interactions.

Probably that desire for new expertise affects members of Congress as well. When we elect our local members of the House of Representatives, we certainly want them to be well-rounded in their knowledge. But we also don’t expect them to be experts on everything. We do want them to be thoughtful and use their voting power to look out for our interests.

Four our fourth installment of the new feature In-House Opinions , we asked Southern California House members this week “for thoughts and feelings on Preside

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