Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman from New York, Ranking Member Lowey, for yielding me time. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. As ranking member of the Financial Services Subcommittee, I wanted to discuss many of the improvements we made to that section of the bill. Before I begin, I want to thank Chairmen Rogers and Crenshaw and Ranking Member Lowey for their hard work and diligence throughout this process. I also want to thank the staff on both sides of the aisle who spent time away from their families during the holiday season to work out a compromise that I think both sides can support. My colleagues know that the sequester put the appropriations process under an unworkable financial strain, and this legislation helps fix that problem. The Financial Services section of this bill is funded at $21.8 billion, which is more than $1.5 billion above last year's sequester level and almost $5 billion higher than what was approved by the committee last summer. With this increased funding, this subcommittee was able to resolve many of the most urgent funding problems created by the sequester. We kept Postal Service 6-day delivery, restored funding for the Election Assistance Commission, and included additional funding for numerous priorities of the District of Columbia.…”