Political Quotes

“I appreciate the partnership with my good friend, Mr. Smith. We have been able to move this expeditiously. I do appreciate his observation that there are challenges that we meet, and we would hope that our government and the various agencies that are involved are able to respond quickly. That, of course, is something that we need to empower them to do, these partnerships. Sometimes there is a little tension about the role and nature of government agencies, but this is an example, admittedly, where we want to get ahead of the curve, and the powers that agencies have can be used constructively. I am pleased that our committee, for example, sprang into action dealing with the invasion of Ukraine by Russia to suspend tariff advantages for Russia, and we moved that quickly on a bipartisan basis. Particularly in this case we have 26 members of the Ways and Means Committee who are cosponsoring this legislation, and it was able to move quickly. Unlike what often happens with things we pass in the House that linger in the Senate, it looks like the Senate is poised to be able to act quickly in response to our action here today. So I hope we come together. I hope we have a unanimous vote that would suspend this 27 percent additional cost on families struggling to meet the needs of their children.…”