Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, just in closing, once again, I want to thank the bipartisan work on this legislation from Mr. Stauber and Mr. DeSaulnier. I want to thank the full committee Ranking Member Sam Graves and Mr. DeFazio, the chairman, for all working together. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of this important legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I regret that Representative DeSaulnier couldn't be here today because he partnered with Representative Stauber on this legislation. He has been very concerned and has been raising this issue with me repeatedly because of the incident at San Francisco and general concerns he had about runway intrusions and other problems. So he is on an airplane, as we speak, flying here, hopefully, safely. That is unfortunate since he won't be here to actually get credit on the floor, but I want to extend that to him. I want to thank Ranking Member Graves for his support on this and the other Ranking Member Graves for his support on this and Representative Larsen who is probably also on an airplane somewhere. It is rare that I would be here on a Monday, but the harbor maintenance bill attracted me to be here. Mr. Speaker, I urge that this be adopted, and I urge a ``yes'' vote.…”