Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to take a moment, before I yield to my distinguished colleague, Mr. Connolly, to echo what my good friend just said about our staffs. I, too, thank our staffs for all that they have done. So often they are unseen, unnoticed, and feel, I am sure, unappreciated and unapplauded. But our staffs worked very, very hard on this, and I, too, give the ultimate applause to them. I want to thank you for recognizing them. Mr. Speaker, I also thank Mr. Meadows for working so hard to bring all this together. Mr. Speaker, I yield 6 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly), the ranking member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, a man who has just been tireless on this issue and so many others, but who has done such a phenomenal job.”