Steny Hoyer

The notion that somehow the Federal Government doesn't play a key role in both primary and secondary and higher education is wrong and will lead to the deterioration of our country's competitiveness worldwide if that is pursued.

And that bill to which you referred also made a substantial contribution to local police departments, funding local police departments so they could maintain safety, which we have seen so dramatically, unfortunately and tragically, over…

We passed a very significant piece of legislation, the infrastructure bill, which includes $65,000,000,000 for rural broadband.

I thought your answers were honest, knowledgeable, and respectful of those who asked the questions.

I think there are programs that are not functioning as we want them to do so, to the detriment of our children.

When the Congress passes a bill and appropriates money, it does, in fact, authorize that expenditure by the Federal Government.

Almost every Member that we come in contact wants to do the right thing.

Life is a series of tradeoffs.

It has given you an opportunity to see how we make choices in a democracy, and it is tough.

I think we have to be very careful. I share Ms. DeLauro's feeling that if we all paid our fair share, and we spent money wisely not only on the nondefense discretionary side, but on the defense discretionary.

The cost of failure far exceeds the price of progress.

I never see anything that says where is the cut? Where is the end to the tax breaks for the richest one-tenth of 1 percent of the people in this Nation?

This is a wonderful, wonderful device to make sure that we include everybody in the opportunities that America and the world has to offer.

I was a sponsor, as you know, of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This is what is called in the act a 'reasonable accommodation.'

It is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men.

There is no greater advocate for children in this Congress than Rosa DeLauro.

A former Governor of my State--famous or infamous, depending upon your perspective--Spiro T. Agnew, once said that the cost of failure far exceeds the price of progress.

The payline for extramural grants approval is now in the middle teens, as I understand.

As someone who has long advocated for greater Federal investment in skills training and workforce development as part of my Make It in America agenda, I am eager to hear her perspective.

I thank my good friend for yielding. I would say that we are going to miss my friend who has been a person willing to work across the aisle on principles that this bill reflects, and I thank him for that. We will miss him. I will remain…

If the gentleman will continue to yield, you represented that the Justices were unprotected. That is not accurate, sir.

I just want to make clear, the gentleman indicated that we did nothing. The Justices of the Supreme Court had full protection. The issue was the families and the families of Members, but it ought to be on the public record that the Supreme…

One of the things--I have been on the Appropriations Committee; I was on it for 23 years before I took leave--we had actual conferences, Senators and House Members on the two subcommittees came together, discussed differences, tried to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and thank him for his remarks. I will say some other words at a later time, so we don't prolong this colloquy. I will say to the gentleman, I have enjoyed being majority leader. I have enjoyed working…

We need active duty, National Guard, all the people who are sworn to protect and defend the Constitution.