Political Quotes

“Let me thank Mr. DeFazio for yielding and for the work that he does on this committee. Let me also say to the chairman of the committee, Mr. Shuster, how pleased I am with the kind of work that he does on the committee. Very frankly, Mr. Shuster is committed to getting things done and to working in a bipartisan fashion. That is good for this House, and it is good for his State, and it is good for the country. I thank him for his leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this 60-day extension because it is essential that we do this. The consequences of not doing it would be very, very negative. I rise to lament the fact that we have gone 10 months in our having known full well that this date was upon us and that theoretically, we thought, that funding as well as authorization would end on the 31st of this month. We have now found that funding will not end. This bill is necessary to authorize, not to fund, because funding is available for the next 60 days from the 31st. I also rise to urge this House, under Mr. Shuster's and Mr. DeFazio's leadership, to do the work we were sent here to do--to invest in America, to invest in the growth of our economy, to invest in the creation of jobs--in fact, what the board of directors of the greatest country on the face of the Earth ought to have done many years and, certainly, months ago.…”