Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend from across the lake, Peter Welch. This is truly a bipartisan issue, as Mr. Welch identified. This is important to our local ecosystem. It is important to our recreation. It is important to our tourism. But it is also a job creator, bringing in new people to our region. I love the views as I look across the lake to Vermont, and I know that we are really a joint economy around Lake Champlain. I also want to thank Chairman Calvert and the Appropriations Committee for their support of this important initiative in the Northeast. As I said, this is truly bipartisan, and it fully funds this important program. So I thank Mr. Calvert again and his staff, and I thank Mr. Welch for being a true partner on this issue, which is locally driven and such a success story for our districts.”