Political Quotes

I thank the chairman for yielding. Normally I don't speak on this bill, and I have been on the Appropriations Committee long enough to remember when this bill came to the floor in a bipartisan fashion. Mr. Lewis, who was chairman of our…

1 minute is too little time. The Financial Services bill is a good bill. It is the responsible alternative. It is ironic that the group that has made compromise the most difficult over the last year continues to oppose compromise…

Time is wasting. Time is running out. We are sleeping while Ukraine is burning, the victim of an international criminal. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, as I have too many times before, just 72 hours before Members return to their districts for…

I would remind the previous speaker of the bipartisan bill from the Senate, which does, in fact, deal with the critical issue she raised. The leadership of the Republican Party has refused to take up that bill. However, there is a more…