Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I don't disagree with my colleague that we all grow weary. I never do of spending time with him on the floor. I just want to acknowledge that. I would say a couple of things, because there is a lot to unpack here. But fundamentally this resolution should--I think he read it--say that, Pursuant to the National Emergencies Act, the emergency declaration finding is hereby terminated. That is actually in the law. What we are doing in this resolution that was already passed by the Senate and it, hopefully, will pass--not only the rule, but the underlying resolution as well--and do exactly what the law does. There is no need to change the law. We may disagree, and obviously we do, about whether or not the President's use of the provisions violates the Constitution. I say, yes, my learned colleague differs, but what is clear is we are using this within the context of the existing law, and so that is why we are here. I think the one difference, however--and I apologize, I have to put my eyeglasses on to see this fine print--but one of the differences that I note is--and I may have noted this earlier, I apologize if I am repeating myself--but we now have a specific list of projects. So when I look at, for instance, in Virginia the Joint Base Langley-Eustis in January of 2020 is expected to have dollars for the construction of a cyber-ops facility. That is money that is being redirected.…”