Political Quotes

“I want to commend you, Mr. Chairman, for an extraordinary piece of work, and Ranking Member Hall and the other members of the committee. I came to this committee halfway through the year, and I was absolutely amazed and delighted to see the intensity of discussions--35 separate hearings. And my colleague from Georgia who thinks we ought to put this off, I cannot imagine leaving a job half done--not half done, but 99 percent done, and then let it go after all the work that's been put together here. This is a good bill. I don't ever like what the other House does to my legislation, and I'm sure all of us feel the same way. But what I'd like to point out here in this bill is that there are basically five things that this Nation needs to do if we're going to succeed economically: best education, best research, make the things that come from that research, have the infrastructure, and then be international. This is about three of those things, three very important things. The education, the STEM education is in this legislation. Without it, we will never be able to compete. And we ought not wait until next year to get that going.”