Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. We have heard a lot of conversation today about the bipartisan and bicameral nature of this, and it certainly is. I want to take a couple of minutes to clear up a couple of misinformation items that are out there. One, it was suggested that this paid no attention to sequestration; it was sort of a runaway spending. The funds authorized in this bill are entirely consistent with the Budget Control Act, I would like to reassure my colleagues on both sides. And then someone said this was a conference report, and I understand where they might have that understanding because we are treating it much as a conference report. The technical facts are that the House passed a bill, the SKILLS Act. The Senate committee moved a bill, but it didn't move to the Senate floor. Even despite that, we were able to step forward and treat this in a very bipartisan, bicameral way, working towards a compromise so that we could pass it in the Senate.…”