Political Quotes

“I have no more speakers so I am prepared to close when the majority is prepared. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. In closing, I refer back to the words of TSA. These are not my words. These are not the words of the Republican caucus. These are the words of TSA, which was tasked with a critical mission, and the words of TSA are words that we should take into account when we are debating this amendment and debating this bill. The words of TSA: Implementation of H.R. 903 ``without additional, adequate appropriations would have dire impacts upon the TSA mission and negatively impact national and economic security.'' This amendment is simple. If we are not going to fund this, we cannot put our national and economic security at risk, and this should be sunsetted. I ask my colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. Miss RICE of New York. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, this amendment represents a new frontier in legislative dysfunction. It hinges the rights of TSOs on Congress' ability to pass a completely different bill. This is not serious legislating. It is a bad faith gimmick and unworthy of support. There is no justification for making the rights of the TSA workforce contingent on the broken annual appropriations process. This amendment sends the message to the TSA workforce that their fundamental rights have an expiration date. Mr.…”