Political Quotes

“I genuinely appreciate my colleague's position on this. In fact, he will probably recall, and I believe he voted for-- and our colleague from Colorado (Mr. Neguse) did as well--my amendment, to be able to recognize the importance of this issue to the national defense of the United States. We passed that through. 417-6, as I recall, was the vote total that was on there. So I applaud the recognition of the importance of high-altitude training facilities. Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague, Mr. Crow, for his service to this country. That is the importance of people being able and willing to put their lives on the line for this Nation, but we do need, I think, ultimately, to be able to go one step further. While this recognizes the importance of it, it does not codify it. That is something that I think is really essential to making sure that the men and women in the United States military have the safest opportunities to be able to do the training that they need to be able to carry out the missions of this country. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.”