Political Quotes

“I would like to thank the gentleman from Iowa for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the underlying bill. Before I make my comments, I would just ask my colleague, a good friend of mine from Maryland, we have an opportunity today to send a signal to America that we have a bicameral, a Senate-passed bill, and here in the House we are considering a bill that will address an issue that needs to be addressed on behalf of American citizens. Let us start here on a bipartisan fashion to solve the problems for hardworking taxpayers and worry about D.C. over those concerns of the people back home. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the underlying bill because I have heard from my constituents, in particular, the city of Ithaca in upstate New York, where a contract tower is going to be closed. And what this bill does is it restores that funding on a commonsense basis where that contract tower--my sincere hope and belief--will be preserved and go forward. That will preserve the safety of my air- traveling public out of that airport and also the local economic opportunity that it represents for the city of Ithaca. I'm proud to stand here today and say, because of bipartisan efforts, we worked together to solve this issue. Let's pass this bill and move forward.”