Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I, too, rise in support of the Commerce- Justice-Science appropriations bill. As my colleague, the chair of the subcommittee, the Senator from Alabama, Mr. Shelby, said, the CJS bill does provide $56.3 billion to fund the Department of Commerce and its many agencies, the Justice Department, the National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It meets the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. Every account is pretty much at the level we funded last year. It is a bipartisan bill, it is free from poison pill riders, and it was reported 30 to 0 from the committee. I support the underlying bill and look forward to moving it through the Senate. What a difference a few days make. When I left the Senate on Thursday to return to Maryland to be with my constituents, I was so excited about joining with Senator Shelby to bring the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill to the floor. I was excited about it for several reasons--not only about the legislation, but what the legislation and what we brought here actually meant.…”