Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.J. Res. 92. This Resolution would grant Congress' consent to certain amendments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact Authority pursuant to legislation enacted by the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, respectively. Congress originally consented to this Compact in 1960 and--from time- to-time--the Compact has been amended with Congress' consent, as needed. The current necessity for H.J. Res. 92 is prompted by the enactment of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015. In pertinent part, this Act gave sole authority to the Secretary of Transportation to appoint federal directors to the board of directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact. To implement this directive, each of the Compact participants had to enact legislation amending the Compact. H.J. Res. 92 grants Congress' consent to these amendments to the Compact as approved by each of the participating states and the District of Columbia. This bipartisan measure, which effectuates Congress' directive of 2015, is cosponsored by all of the Congressional Members representing jurisdictions affected by the Metrorail system. I support this commonsense measure and I urge its swift passage. I commend Representative Comstock for her leadership on this important legislation and I thank House Judiciary Chairman Goodlatte for facilitating its timely consideration by both the Committee and the House.”