Political Quotes

“It also establishes funds for future Capitol Grounds security, including upgrades to windows, doors, security screening vestibules, and the installation of new cameras around the Capitol Building and House Office Buildings. It includes $350,000 for hazard pay to the custodial staff that were working on the campus on January 6 and helped in the aftermath to get things cleaned up so we could continue our business. The employees have received the Architect's Exceptional Service Award and are recognized as valuable members of the Capitol community. We have had many tough conversations with our colleagues, in looking at the Capitol security review and recommendations from General Honore. We also include $21 million to address Member security while traveling and in district offices. We are living in a new reality. To address providing a safe and healthy community, we have included funding to reimburse and further support our legislative branch agencies in response to the coronavirus: Telework, sanitizing, cleaning our Capitol complex and district offices. Madam Speaker, I am proud of the hard work of so many. I thank the gentlewoman from Connecticut for being a force to get this bill done. This supplemental needs to pass. We need to act. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired. Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the gentleman from Ohio.”