Political Quotes

“Madam President, the Senate is about to cast its vote--a key vote--on passage of the first package of fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills. They include the Military Construction-VA bill, the Agriculture and FDA legislation, and the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development appropriations. I want to thank everyone involved for their cooperation for getting us to the point of passing this significant package. First, let me thank Chair Murray for her strong, persistent, and dedicated leadership. The support of Leaders McConnell and Thune and Leader Schumer were also absolutely essential. I want to express my thanks to our hard-working staff, led by Betsy McDonnell and Evan Schatz. We have a great Republican team on the Appropriations Committee. And I want to thank all of them for working with their Democratic counterparts to bring about truly bipartisan bills. Particularly, I want to thank on the Agriculture Subcommittee, the chairman, Senator Heinrich, and the ranking member, Senator Hoeven. I want to thank my Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Committee, Senator Murray, for playing a double role there, as well as Senator Boozman. And on the Transportation-HUD Subcommittee--a subcommittee I chaired for many years and was ranking member on--I want to thank Senator Schatz and Senator Hyde-Smith. They all worked incredibly hard. After working for weeks with our colleagues, we considered 40 amendments to these three bills.…”