Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for giving that update on the schedule. I know that we have been in talks on a budget caps agreement. I met with the Vice President earlier this morning, talking through some of the things that may be included. Obviously, there is no final agreement. We would hope that those talks go on, and we, hopefully, reach an agreement where we can give real certainty, especially to our Department of Defense, that we will look at what sequestration would do to defense. We have been able to rebuild our defense over the last 2 years. We would like to see that progress continue. A lot of other issues are at stake there, and we encourage those talks to move forward. We will be ready to move if there is an agreement reached between all the parties, including the White House. I did not hear mention of anything regarding the BDS legislation. We have heard that there might be some movement on standing up against the BDS movement. I know that when we looked at a number of bills, there are some resolutions that are out there, some good, some bad. As we know, there is time for talk, and then, there is time for action. The resolutions are only talk. The legislation, H.R. 336 by Mr. McCaul, is the only bill out there. S. 1 moved through the Senate with a large, overwhelming bipartisan vote.…”