Political Quotes

“I thank my colleague, Ranking Member Gene Green, for yielding me the time. I rise in support of H.R. 7217, the IMPROVE Act, and I thank Chairman Walden, Ranking Member Pallone, and Representatives Upton and Guthrie for their leadership in negotiating this important bill and for bringing it to the floor today. I also thank and acknowledge my dear friend Joe Barton for all of his leadership on the ACE Kids Act and congratulate him on his retirement. Joe has been a great friend to John and me over the years, and he will be dearly missed in the next Congress. Getting the IMPROVE Act signed into the law by the end of the year will be a fitting tribute to his decades of service in the Congress. Ranking Member Green has also been critical to so many measures. Texas has had two valuable public servants. Improving long-term care has been one of my top priorities since coming to Congress, and our system is completely broken. We need a broader overhaul of long-term care financing, and we also need to build off existing programs to make sure we are doing everything we can to ensure that we are enhancing the opportunities for independent living and supporting aging with dignity. I am proud to have authored two important provisions in the IMPROVE Act that extend critical programs that are about to expire. The first is a 3-month extension of the Money Follows the Person program.…”