Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of S. 141, authored by my friend and colleague, Senator Moran, from Kansas. The House came together 1 month ago and passed H.R. 8371, the Dole act, with a bipartisan vote of 389-9. This vote was a strong message from the House of Representatives, Republicans and Democrats, to improve the veterans program and deliver on promises we made to those who served. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today to finish the commitment we made 1 month ago. The Dole act would improve veterans' homeless programs, expand nontraditional education and employment programs, protect servicemembers while they are deployed, put veterans' healthcare back in the hands of the veterans, and hold VA officials accountable. This bill has many House Republican priorities that we have worked this Congress to pass. The Dole act is not only a commonsense bill, but one that would save lives and push the VA forward and not backward. I thank the over 40 veterans service organizations, advocacy organizations, and stakeholders from every corner of this country for their support of the Dole act. Their advocacy was the push we all needed to get the bipartisan bill done. I also thank the Senate for making technical changes to the language to make sure we sent the best version of this to the President's desk. Mr. Speaker, before I reserve the balance of my time, I thank Mr.…”