Political Quotes

“I thank Mr. McHenry for his leadership on this, and for his co-sponsorship. I want to particularly cite Steny Hoyer, not only as a great friend, but as one who really helped shepherd this to the floor today. These are not easy. In fact, I talked to a colleague earlier today who has got another coin bill, and I told him I don't know if I can ever do another one of these again. It takes a lot of work. This has been bipartisan from the very start, and I want to thank my friend, Mike Crapo, who used to be on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, who now chairs the Senate Finance Committee. But particularly, I want to thank my three colleagues that I see on the other side here, Debbie Dingell, Annie Kuster, and Chris Pappas, for their help to make sure that we could, in fact, get more than 290 cosponsors, which is the magic number to try and get this thing done. It is, as Mr. Hoyer, the majority leader, said, an important piece of legislation; it really is. It is, in essence, the Senate companion. Our bill, H.R. 500, is the companion to the Senate bill, S. 239, which passed at the end, just before the August break in the Senate. But we only do two coin bills a year. And as one that helped buttonhole Members about this, there is no cost to the Treasury. That is important.…”