Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 228, S. 1561. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1561) to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve provisions relating to the sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``CHIMP Act Amendments of 2013''. SEC. 2. SANCTUARY SYSTEM FOR SURPLUS CHIMPANZEES. (a) In General.--Section 404K(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 283m(g)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) by striking ``and each subsequent fiscal year'' and inserting ``through fiscal year 2023''; (B) by inserting after ``$30,000,000'' the following: ``, unless the Secretary determines that reserving additional funds would enable the National Institutes of Health to operate more efficiently and economically by decreasing the overall Federal cost of supporting and maintaining chimpanzees from fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2023.…”