Political Quotes

“First of all I want to congratulate Chairman Skelton for the outstanding work that he has performed bringing this bill onto the floor and, in particular, salute the fact that this bill will actually, for the first time since the beginning of the Virginia-class submarine program, bring the production level up to two submarines a year. That was a target that we were supposed to reach as a Nation in 2002. It had been delayed year in and year out. And through his leadership, we are finally going to reach that level, which will be important for our submarine force and our Navy. I also rise in support of the en bloc amendment in particular to talk about the Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act that Congresswoman Matsui referred to earlier. Again, she described her efforts to try and expand the scope of this program to the Title I school district. In addition to that, this is an amendment which will move the program into the Department of Defense from the Department of Education, a place where it has been almost de facto over the last few years in any case.”