On the recordOctober 28, 2015
I am one who comes to this floor to support this agreement. It means the great work that we are doing on the Appropriations Committee--working with my colleagues, like Chairman Rogers and Tom Cole from Oklahoma--the work we are doing on brain health-related issues, the creation of a process to map the human brain, to create a national brain observatory, to help lead the world in an area in which we can finally find answers to a whole range of diseases going forward. We will be able to move our appropriations bills on a whole range of issues--from youth mentoring, to housing, to health care--because the Congress and its leadership have come together. So I commend both sides, and I commend the White House. I am pleased that this agreement has happened. Yesterday I announced a $10 million TIGER grant for Philadelphia. This agreement means that there will be other Members who will be making said announcements out in the future because we will be doing the work that helps keep America number one in the world. For all of our challenges, we have the most powerful Nation in the world. This agreement helps to move us forward, and I am here to applaud it and to vote in favor of it.
