Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I believe the Deficit-Neutral Disaster Relief Act Senator Bennet and I have drafted is at the desk. It is my understanding both sides have cleared the bill, I would add, after a lot of pushing from Senator Bennet and me and other Coloradans, along with the Governor and Department of Transportation. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1560, introduced earlier by Senators Bennet and Udall of Colorado, that the bill be read three times and passed, and the motions to reconsider be made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 1560) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 1560 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 ``Deficit Neutral Disaster Relief Act''. SEC. 2. EMERGENCY RELIEF PROJECTS. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation may obligate not more than $450,000,000 of the amounts made available to carry out section 125 of title 23, United States Code, under chapter 9 of title X of division A of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-2; 127 Stat.…”