Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for bringing this important legislation to the floor. I thank her and Ranking Member Kay Granger for bringing this in a very strong bipartisan way. I spoke this morning at some length, so it is on the record as to my attitude here. I salute the legislation that is here and urge passage, but I do want to take a minute to thank the Madam Chair. She has served in the Congress for a long time. We have sat side by side over the years with Rosa DeLauro, Steny Hoyer, and Mr. Clyburn as appropriators. I have seen her writings-based astute political knowledge, her strategic thinking, her encyclopedic knowledge of the legislation produce the results, understanding what the process will bear and what the country needs first and foremost. So, Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairwoman Lowey. I don't know how many more times we will thank her, but hopefully, when the coronavirus goes away, we can all join in embracing her great leadership and expressing gratitude. Mr. Speaker, I want to just again take a moment in recognition of the other chairs who worked to make this legislation so, so effective with direct payments through the employee retention tax credit, the unemployment insurance, to name a few. Congresswoman Velazquez with Small Business, under her leadership and working in a bipartisan way, small businesses, which are the heart of our economy, have received almost $1 trillion in these coronavirus bills, almost $1 trillion.…”