Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Murray amendment at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the measure be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 652) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To delay the effective date of the veterans contracting provisions) On page 10, beginning on line 8, strike ``Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the'' and insert ``The''. On page 10, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following: (d) Effective Date.-- (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (b) and the requirements under subsection (c) shall take effect on the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (referred to in this subsection as the ``Secretary'') publishes in the Federal Register a determination that the Department of Veterans Affairs has the necessary resources and capacity to carry out the additional responsibility of determining whether small business concerns registered with the VetBiz database of the Department of Veterans Affairs are owned and controlled by a veteran or a service-disabled veteran, as the case may be, in accordance with subsection (g) of section 4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633), as added by subsection (b).…”