Political Quotes

“First, Madam Speaker, I congratulate the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Garcia). I am so very proud of the work that she is doing on the Financial Services Committee. We are here today on this particular legislation, but this particular legislator, who serves on the Financial Services Committee, has undertaken to produce legislation that is so meaningful, not only for her district and for her State, but for this country. I am very pleased about this bill today, and I join her in saying it is certainly not redundant. Madam Speaker, I think the gentleman on the opposite side of the aisle from Michigan almost forgot why he came here, because he used the word ``redundant'' at least six or seven times, and he repeated it and repeated it because I think it was difficult for him to find other words to try and explain why he was on the floor today opposing this bill. The SEC has demonstrated the value of whistleblowers. And, yes, the whistleblowers are compensated, but they save our government money. They save the SEC money. They save harm from being done to those investors that we should be protecting. Madam Speaker, again, I can't say enough about Congresswoman Garcia and this bill and the work that she is doing, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R.…”