Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentlewoman's amendment, and I certainty support the Women's Bureau at the Department of Labor. Many programs in this bill were eliminated or substantially reduced to stay within our allocation. In contrast, the Women's Bureau was reduced by a relatively modest $1 million. The administration budget request proposed reducing the Women's Bureau by $8.5 million, clearly a reduction the committee did not agree with in the bill. I understand the importance of many of these programs, and these are some of the difficult decisions that have to be made to fund bipartisan priorities in this bill like increases in funding to the NIH and to TRIO and yet still stay within our allocation. I expect and hope that as the process moves forward and we negotiate a bipartisan funding agreement, we will have further discussions regarding the funding of the Women's Bureau. Mr. Chairman, I regret having to oppose the gentlewoman's amendment at this time, and I reserve the balance of my time.”