Political Quotes

“Precisely because of the importance of those atomic tests and the impact on the people of New Mexico, which we all recognize was the very first test of an atomic bomb, and the importance that it played in our history, and the ending of World War II. What we are asking for, at the very least, is an apology not for the bomb, but for the impact; the impact that it had on those lives of those people in those communities who are people that I know. They are grandparents and children, they are my neighbors. And I believe, that at the very least, we must apologize to those who we left out of RECA for the impact that they suffered with regards to their health. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 667, the previous question is ordered on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Leger Fernandez). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Leger Fernandez). The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appear to have it.”