Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by commending subcommittee Chairman Boucher for his incredible work on this issue. I also commend Chairman Waxman, who dedicated a lot of time to making sure that this piece of legislation would come to fruition here this evening. I would also like to thank Chairman Stearns--Ranking Member Stearns on the minority side--along with Mr. Barton, who is the ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Burgess, and all of the minority members. If you were to look up in the dictionary the words ``bipartisan effort,'' this bill's number would be next to that effort. {time} 2110 On July 26, the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the House passed, by an overwhelming bipartisan margin of 348-23, the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act that I'd introduced last year to update the ADA for the digital era. On August 5 the Senate passed the companion bill by unanimous consent, and then on September 22 the Senate unanimously passed the bill to make technical corrections to its companion bill. We are now taking up both of these bills, and we'll send them, after passage, to the President to be signed into law.…”