Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I thank Mr. Fitzpatrick and his team for agreeing to work with us on this issue. Unfortunately, this well- thought-out amendment would significantly alter the quality standards we have built into the base bill, and such a change would require more substantial vetting with key stakeholders than we have time for at this point. Because of that, we are not in position of being able to accept the amendment at this time. However, we do feel that Mr. Fitzpatrick has made a good start, so I will have our team do a comprehensive vetting of the language and work with stakeholders to see if this is something we could add as we move into conference with the Senate. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for his work and I look forward to continuing to work with him on this and other issues and with the Senate as we continue work on this legislation.”