Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I rise today to bring before the House H.R. 4368, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 appropriations bill. I thank Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Granger and commend her for her leadership in moving this bill and the fiscal year 2024 appropriations process forward. I also recognize the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee (Ms. DeLauro), and the ranking member of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee (Mr. Bishop). I appreciate the conversations he and I have had regarding the bill. While I know we don't agree on everything, we have reached areas of consensus that will keep our ag communities strong. As Americans know all too well, our country continues to battle high inflation driven by the overspending of the last Congress and the Biden administration. The fiscal situation in the United States, in fact, has changed since the Appropriations Committee passed this bill in June. While we were on the August recess, the Congressional Budget Office projected the deficit to reach $2 trillion for this fiscal year, doubling last year's deficit of $1 trillion, and the deficit outlook for the future has gotten much worse. We simply cannot continue down this path of spending large sums of money without regard to the fiscal future of our Nation.…”