Political Quotes

“I wanted to commend Chairman Cole for his efforts on this issue. I serve with him on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. I know he has been in constant communication with our friends at the NIH and the CDC to make sure we get the resources necessary to them so they can help us deal with this very real threat. Again, I am very pleased that we have returned to regular order and that we are going to conference this bill on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, and on Zika. It is great for the Congress, great for the country, and we need to move forward. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I have great respect for the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and I agree with him that there are a lot of issues that he has championed here. He used the words ``regular order.'' We have no allocations, no budget resolution. We know that many of the appropriations bills will never see the light of day on the House floor. There will be this mad rush after the election to put together some big omnibus package that most people will never be able to read. If that is regular order, we have a very strong difference of opinion of what regular is all about. Mr.…”