Political Quotes

“I rise in opposition to the amendment. The bill already includes a $7 million increase for the EEOC, which will allow the agency to continue making progress in addressing its backlog with discrimination complaints. And in a context of a reduced total allocation in which many agencies and accounts in this bill have been level funded or even cut, that $7 million increase is a substantial show of support. Lastly--and I'm not going to go into detail--this again cuts NASA by $26 million. NASA has gradually been cut down and down, in addition to where it takes it from. I would ask for a ``no'' vote on the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Chair, I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Connecticut is recognized for 5 minutes. Ms. DeLAURO. I rise in support of the amendment being offered by my colleague from Georgia (Mr. Johnson). I rise in support of this amendment to restore funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to the President's budget request level. We all know that while we have had 26 straight months of private sector growth, we are still facing a very tough economy right now. The unemployment rate is still unacceptably high at over 8 percent, and more than 5 million Americans have been out of work for more than 6 months. But now the deck is stacked even further against them.…”