Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, our current post-award grant reporting process is a cumbersome, document-based process. It burdens administrators and grant recipients. It hinders agencies in their ability to manage grant programs and conduct performance evaluations. These problems are exacerbated for those conducting governmentwide and congressional oversight work, but that comes to an end today if we pass this bill. As I said earlier, this week's vote on the GREAT Act is the legislation's final stop in Congress before it heads to the President's desk. In addition to thanking Representative Gomez, I thank Senators Lankford and Peters and their staffs for their tireless work this Congress. Put simply, we could not have gotten this important legislation through Congress without their sponsorship of the Senate companion bill and their advocacy throughout this process. Further, I thank my House bill's original cosponsors for their work on this bipartisan achievement: Congressman Gomez, Congressman Walker, Congressman Quigley, Congressman DesJarlais, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, Congressman Palmer, and Congressman Kilmer. Again, Mr. Speaker, the fragmented, decentralized, and redundant grant reporting structure ends this week. Instead, we usher in a new age, one that moves this government spending from Document Street to a data superhighway with the passage of this legislation.…”