Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3593) to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the construction of major medical facilities, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3593 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``VA Construction Assistance Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) According to testimony by the Director of Physical Infrastructure of the General Accountability Office before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives in May 2013, schedule delays of major medical center construction projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs have averaged 35 months, with the delays ranging from 14 months to 74 months. (2) The average cost increase attributed to such delays has been $336,000,000 per project.…”