Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Weber so very much for yielding. Tonight, Mr. Speaker, as you well know, we honor a trailblazing woman, Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger. Without question, history will record Chairwoman Granger shattered many glass ceilings during her service in Congress. She became the first Texas woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Think about that alone, just coming out of Texas, the first woman, starting in 1997. Kay went on to serve honorably in this Chamber for 28 years. She became the first Republican woman to receive appointment to the Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations and then later became its chair. She rose also as a leader for her party on the committee, including as chairwoman of the full committee, for the first year of the 118th Congress. Kay always found a way to work together in a bipartisan fashion to pass our Nation's largest budget to bolster our Nation's military, surely for the advancement of the F-35, as well as funding in another agency, NASA's, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Artemis program and other space priorities. She always had a vision beyond the narrow to embrace the globe. I have always appreciated her professionalism and her passion, which she kept under control, especially for her home State of Texas, and her candor and no-nonsense demeanor.…”