Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the bill be read a third time and passed; the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate; and any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 2367) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 2367 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``21st Century Language Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. MODERNIZATION OF LANGUAGE REFERRING TO PERSONS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL. (a) Words Denoting Number, Gender, and So Forth.--Section 1 of title 1, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking ``and `lunatic' ''; and (2) by striking ``lunatic,''. (b) Banking Law Provisions.-- (1) Trust powers.--The first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to place authority over the trust powers of national banks in the Comptroller of the Currency'', approved September 28, 1962 (12 U.S.C. 92a), is amended-- (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``committee of estates of lunatics,''; and (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``committee of estates of lunatics''. (2) Consolidation and mergers of banks.--The National Bank Consolidation and Merger Act (12 U.S.C. 215 et seq.) is amended-- (A) in section 2 (12 U.S.C.…”