Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for the time, and I rise in support of this bill. The Commerce-Justice-Science division of this bill preserves solid funding for an array of important public investments. For example, the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program is level funded at $175 million. That is so important. The bill provides strong and continued level funding for NOAA climate research and NASA Earth science. Before I go on, I have some thank-yous to hand out. We have an incredibly hardworking staff. Bob Bonner, Shannon McCully, Faye Cobb, and Nora Faye spent countless sleepless nights working on this enormous project for this bill. We can't leave out Chris Bigelow, Raquel Spencer, Adam Wilson, and Jason Gray. These people have been indispensable in putting together this monumental piece of legislation. I am thankful for the very hard work of Chair Kay Granger and Chairman Hal Rogers, my counterpart on the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee. I am also thankful for the members of my subcommittee on the Democratic side: Grace Meng of New York, Dutch Ruppersberger and David Trone of Maryland, and Joe Morelle of New York. They have all worked hard on this, Mr. Speaker, and I am thankful for the very hard work put in by Ranking Member DeLauro and especially by our leader, Hakeem Jeffries.…”