Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), who is the outstanding and passionate chair of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak on a portion of the bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. To start, let me commend my dear friend, the chair of the full Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who is a path breaker and a change maker. Nita Lowey has made this Nation and the world a far better place because of the commitments that she has to the issues that come before this subcommittee: quality education, after school programs, and protections for working men and women. Under her leadership, appropriations proceeded despite, and in response to, this virus and the disparities that it has exposed. She is a force. She leaves a legacy of excellence and of innovation, and, as I have said before on a number of occasions, I will miss my friend. I will miss her in the Halls, and I will miss her in committee, but our friendship carries on. Also, I want to say thank you to Ranking Member Cole for his friendship and for his gracious, collaborative spirit in which we work together on the Labor-HHS bill, which we have for the last several years in producing the bill.…”