Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I, too, join my colleagues in commending Ranking Member Lowey and Chairman Frelinghuysen for their stewardship of the appropriations process in the House. We are moving in the right direction. We have partial regular order, and, hopefully, with every passing fiscal year, it will get better and better. But, truly, it is an accomplishment. I also want to commend Subcommittee Chairwoman Granger and Ranking Member Visclosky for producing a Defense Appropriations bill that provides the resources necessary for our armed services to perform the critical role of securing our Nation. Additionally, I thank Subcommittee Ranking Member DeLauro and Chairman Cole, my dear friends, for their hard work on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education funding bill. The bill before us funds both the assets our armed services need and invests in our servicemembers. It provides for a much-needed 2.6 percent increase in military pay. The bill also includes over $1.4 billion for congressionally directed medical research programs, including $130 million for breast cancer research, a personal issue to me.…”