Political Quotes

“House Resolution 732 provides for the consideration of H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. Mr. Speaker, this is the most important thing this House will do this year as it has been the most important thing this House has done for 54 straight years--setting the policy for defending the American people. The resolution provides for a structured rule and makes in order 61 amendments. This is the first of the two rules the House will consider on the NDAA. The Committee on Rules is continuing to work through the over 375 submitted amendments, and it will be making more amendments in order at this afternoon's meeting. As a member of the House Committee on Armed Services, which is the jurisdictional committee for this bill, I, like many others, have spent substantial time in working through this year's NDAA. A lot of work has gone into the bill to get us to this point, and I want to recognize the work of Chairman Mac Thornberry, of Ranking Member Adam Smith, and of each of the subcommittee chairmen and ranking members. We should also recognize the very capable Committee on Armed Services staff who has devoted so much time to this legislation. This process, as in years past, has been truly bipartisan. The bill passed out of the committee by a vote of 60-2. It is my sincere hope that this bipartisan nature will continue here on the House floor as we consider the most important thing we will do all year.…”