Bill Pascrell: “This is either a priority or it is not, and when everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.”

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this legislation to reauthorize the Assistance to Firefighters Grants, the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants, and the United…

The cake went to big business, and we know where the crumbs went.

We are not going to solve this problem by threatening academia.

I regrettably missed three roll call votes. Had I been present I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 356 on S. 3249, YEA on Roll Call No. 357 on H.R. 1631, and YEA on Roll Call No. 358 on H.R. 8812. PERSONAL EXPLANATION