Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this legislation, and I thank Chairman Smith of the Ways and Means Committee for all the good work he has done to ensure that we are able to help our constituents who are suffering as a result of natural disasters. I also thank my colleague and friend, Mr. Steube, without whose leadership on the Ways and Means Committee we wouldn't be here today. I also thank Mr. LaMalfa, my colleague to the north of my district, who has worked with me over the years to address one component that is covered by this piece of legislation. This has been a long time coming for my constituents--too long, way too long. This is now the second time in 5 months that this House has come together to state plainly and in a bipartisan fashion that Americans should help one another when disaster strikes, while the Senate continues to play politics with what ought to be a bipartisan victory. They have been sitting on the tax bill for 5 months. I join Chairman Smith in calling for them to move the entire bill because there is so much in it for so many of our constituents across the country. I want to briefly reiterate how we got here today. In my district, wildfires in 2015, 2017, and 2018 devastated entire communities across my district and across the State of California. Entire towns were destroyed. Thousands of people lost homes, and dozens of people lost their lives.…”