Political Quotes

“I reserve the right to close. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, three for three--the House Financial Services Committee comes out with the first three bills, and they are bipartisan. I would hope the House would adopt them tonight. I think this is a great first step in this long road of legislating that I think we can be about in the Financial Services Committee. The chairwoman has shown that will, that interest, that inclination to work together where we can, where we can achieve consensus across the aisle. I mean that as a compliment. In the politics of today, when you are working across the aisle, it seems as though that is dealt as an insult in some factions. I know that Chairwoman Waters has worked intently to get to the position of chairing this committee, for a little longer than I have to be the ranking member of the committee; but, as she will show me on opening day of the House Financial Services Committee, she has the gavel and I do not, but where we can work together, I am honored to be able to do so. I want to thank my colleague, Mr. Budd, for working so intently on financial innovation and on fintech as well as cryptocurrencies, which are of great interest to him, and I appreciate Mr. Lynch being engaged in this subject matter as well. I look forward to more bipartisan legislating coming out of this committee as well as a number of more interesting activities that I am sure will be a part of this.…”