Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce and the well over 450 people who joined the chamber's Cap-to-Cap program to visit Washington, D.C., this week. This was the 53rd annual Capitol-to-Capitol, or Cap-to-Cap, program where people, community leaders from the Sacramento region come here to D.C. to participate in programming and to advocate for our region to lawmakers. I had the chance to be a part of this in many different ways. We had a bipartisan discussion that I was part of with Representative Ami Bera, and I met with well over 100, probably closer to 200, Cap-to-Cap leaders throughout the week to discuss issues of importance to them and to the communities, the industries, and the sectors that they lead. I had very productive discussions about a number of actionable items concerning public safety, wildfire prevention, natural resources, transportation infrastructure, and California water, issues that are so important to our region and our communities. I am so grateful that so many leaders in the Sacramento area came here to discuss these matters. I wanted to say thank you to everyone who took the time out of their busy schedule to come here. This program has in the past, I think, allowed our region to punch above its weight. Indeed, this is the biggest chamber trip, I understand, to D.C. that exists anywhere in the country.…”