Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank my colleagues for unanimously passing my bipartisan amendment yesterday to increase funding by $3 million to the Northern Border Regional Commission. The NBRC is a critical, rural economic development agency that has created jobs in my district and supported so many meaningful projects around New Hampshire. From 2010-2017, the NBRC invested over $7 million into the Granite State communities and, more importantly, leveraged nearly $31 million in matching funds. This is a smart and strategic use of tax dollars, and I am so pleased that the House passed my bipartisan amendment with Congressman Chris Pappas, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, and Congressman Peter Welch, to increase funding to the historic level of $25 million in the next fiscal year. As a conferee on the 2018 farm bill conference committee, I was pleased to lead the effort to add Cheshire and Belknap Counties, and I am delighted to add $3 million. ____________________”