Darrell Issa: “I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, the expression we often hear about success and failure is that…”

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, the expression we often hear about success and failure is that success has many fathers, while, in fact, failure is an orphan. This bill will not be an orphan. In fact, the work of Ranking Member Cummings, along with Representative Maloney, Representative Sherman, Representative Collin Peterson, and the former chairman of the full committee, Ed Towns, on just one side, have been critical in getting this done. The support of Jason Chaffetz, Dan Burton, Blake Farenthold, the gentleman who spoke a minute ago, James Lankford, Mike Kelly, Tom Latham, Patrick McHenry, and Dennis Ross all have been critical in this process. But perhaps less often heard, as the ranking member referred, former Inspector General and chairman of the Recovery Board, Earl Devaney, has been critical to shepherding the process that has gone over two Congresses, and I want to thank him personally while he's enjoying his well-earned retirement. Along with him was Vice President Joe Biden, who has been supportive and helped us in this process and held numerous meetings at the White House on behalf of it. In the Senate, Mark Warner of Virginia has championed and introduced the companion product, making it bipartisan in both Houses.…”