Political Quotes

“I yield myself the balance of the time to close. I won't use 12\1/2\ minutes, I don't think. Mr. Chair, I appreciate you being here tonight and the Members, knowing that we are going to debate a number of amendments and vote on final passage tomorrow morning. We have all thanked a lot of people here, a lot of great staff, terrific staff, a lot of good Members. I am not sure anyone has actually thanked the leadership on both sides. I want to thank John Boehner, the Speaker, not only for giving us H.R. 6, but his strong support all the way; Kevin McCarthy, our majority leader; Steve Scalise, our whip; Cathy McMorris Rodgers, our conference chair; and on the Democratic side, too, Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker, has been terrific; Steny Hoyer has been in the trenches every day on this issue, came and participated in our very first roundtable more than a year ago to see this bill move forward. It is, indeed, a bipartisan bill. Every one of us here, as we think about the 434 of us here in the House, every one of us has taken a different path to get here. We each represent diverse districts, and despite our differences geographically and politically, whether we have an R or a D next to our name, I daresay that there is one thread that indeed binds us all. We are all here to improve the lives of our friends, our neighbors, and our family members at home. {time} 1900 This is Brooke and Brielle. I am in the middle. So look at just Brooke and Brielle.…”