Sean Patrick Maloney: “I first rise to thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Frost) for his many years of service to this body. He worked…”

“I first rise to thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Frost) for his many years of service to this body. He worked selflessly for the people of Texas. He led the Democrats as the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and as the ranking member on the Committee on Rules with great distinction. He was outstanding, a mentor to many of us, and we will miss him deeply. But wherever the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Frost) and Kathy go, I know they will continue to work for the people of Texas and for the United States of America. I also thank the appropriators, especially the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), ranking member, and the chairman. And I would like to really thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), who I understand this is the end of his term, for his steadfast help to New York after 9/11. He has been there through our darkest hours. I even remember on 9/12 calling him and saying that the police and fire needed phones, and he shipped them down to New York that day. He has done a great deal of support for New York in a bipartisan way, and my constituents and city are deeply grateful to him and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey). We thank them and we will miss him. Mr. Speaker, I also rise in very strong opposition to the anti-woman, the refusal law, the Weldon gag rule which will undermine and roll back a woman's constitutional right to choose.”