Political Quotes

“as we are starting this new year, there is certainly no shortage of issues to be talking about. You and I have been engaged in fruitful discussions, I believe, about how we address health coverage for millions of Americans that are looking at dramatically higher costs, in many cases, and recognizing that there is a pretty short window here in front of us. In fact, for many, it feels like that window is already closed. We have work to do on that account. We certainly have work to do on the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026. We have got a looming deadline of January 30 that is fast approaching. And I think it is good news that we will be able to begin that process to advance this next minibus, these three bills--my Interior subcommittee appropriations as well as CJS, and Energy and Water--be able to advance those. But then we have to get moving on the fiscal year 2027 cycle. We are already, technically, behind on that. So we have got efforts there. We obviously need to do more when it comes to the situation around the world. We just had a vote on a motion to discharge a War Powers Resolution as it relates to Venezuela. We need to strengthen sanctions on Russia, which continues to prosecute this awful war against Ukraine. We need to do more. We need to work together to reach a bipartisan agreement on permitting reform. We seem to make good forward progress and then take a few steps back.”