Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, the United States works to prevent and stop violence when we help to build stronger, more secure communities around the world; when we try to make the most vulnerable regions more stable and prosperous, we are improving the lives of large numbers of people. We are also advancing our own interests by eliminating the root causes that allow extremism to fester and drive threats to our own security. That is the aim of my bill. That is the aim of this bill we are considering today. It is a smart approach to a serious foreign policy challenge. The House passed it in the last Congress. I hope the other body will take it up soon so we can get it to the President's desk. Madam Speaker, I again thank the ranking member, Mr. McCaul. Policies like this should always be bipartisan. As I always stress, as does Mr. McCaul, we try to work in a bipartisan way on the House Foreign Affairs Committee because, after all, the work we are doing is work for all Americans. It helps all Americans. It helps our great Nation. So I again want to thank the ranking member, Mr. McCaul. I ask all Members to support this effort, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2116.…”