Political Quotes

“Sometimes in this Chamber, Mr. Speaker, we spend so much time talking about where we disagree, and we disagree on a lot, that we do not get around to evaluating where we agree and where we can agree. We have just heard a very informed, technically adept exposition of the terms of this bill and why they were in the bill by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Portman). I certainly would like to commend him for his leadership in this area. It takes a lot of time to get that kind of command of the technical demands of this subject area; and the gentleman from Ohio, along with his colleague from the other side of the aisle, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), have each, I think, represented the best of what this Chamber can bring forward by way of making national policy as they have applied themselves over the years in understanding retirement savings as a major national priority and then even getting deeper into the technical details of how to get it done. There are some areas where we disagree, and we are going to be able to talk about them in the context of the substitute.”