Political Quotes

“I would like to just clarify that it was really the task force chairman, the gentleman from the State of Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick), who set the tone for the bipartisan work between Members on both sides of the aisle. That has really carried the day and, I think, resulted in some very strong and effective legislation that came as a result of the work that many of the Members on both sides of the aisle here--Mr. Pittenger especially, and Mr. Fitzpatrick as well, and Members on our side--in dealing with a lot of the governments in the Middle East, some of the financial intelligence units that operate in Lebanon, but also in Jordan, in Turkey, in various countries in Africa, as well as some of the countries that my colleagues visited in South and Central America. So this is a global effort and, like I say, it is a bipartisan effort. I rise today in support of H.R. 5606, legislation offered by my colleagues, Representatives Pittenger of North Carolina and Ms. Maxine Waters of California, that will enhance and promote the timely sharing of information among financial institutions and government agencies in order to more effectively thwart illicit finance. In recent years, government officials have repeatedly emphasized the importance of strengthening and clarifying the information sharing provisions under current law.…”