Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I thank Ranking Member Lowey for the time, and I also thank Chairman Frelinghuysen on his maiden voyage--not his first voyage, but his first as chair of the full committee--and the members of our fine subcommittee, and especially the staff. I want to thank Chairman Simpson for his fine leadership and value the hard work that he put into this bill and his congeniality throughout the process. I also want to thank our staff on both sides of the aisle for the many hours of hard work and dedication: Taunja Berquam on our side, Donna Shahbaz for the majority, and TJ Lowdermilk on my own staff. I appreciate that the chairman has allowed robust funding to the Corps of Engineers, which translates into real jobs from coast to coast. {time} 1530 I also am pleased that this bill restores the more than $900 million that the administration proposed to cut from the science account and provides reasonable funding for energy-saving weatherization in both cold and hot climates across our Nation. Unfortunately, the artificially low allocation has forced the chairman to make deep cuts to some of the most important programs in the bill, most notably the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy. Too many here in Washington have been fooled by the rhetoric that poses a false choice between the environment and the economy. But, today, 288,000 Americans work in auto industry supply chain jobs manufacturing the parts that make vehicles cleaner and more fuel efficient.…”