Political Quotes

“The bill before us today is here on the same procedure the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act reauthorization was here; we just debated that bill on the floor. They are both coming up under a suspension of the rules, and TRIA reauthorization last term, like these bills, were debated either in committee or on the floor in the full House. The distinguished minority whip, in speaking about the TRIA bill, said that it is always the right time to do the right thing. In addition, he decried the process that delayed the reauthorization of TRIA--I agree with him on that--and he said there were well over 250 votes for the last year and a half for the reauthorization of TRIA. I would submit and ask the Record to reflect, Mr. Speaker, the provisions of this bill, and we have heard about the 11 provisions, all of which went through the committee or the full House. Title I amends Dodd-Frank and passed the House 411-12. It was introduced as a bipartisan bill, went through the committee, had a committee hearing, both sides had witnesses, and all the questions were asked. There was a markup. At the markup, there were amendments. The bill passed the committee. It came to the floor of the House and passed 411-12. Title II passed the committee 50-10. Title III passed on the full House after passing the committee 417-4. Title IV passed the House 422- 0.…”