Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding time for me to address you this evening. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act that we have authored and submitted for consideration today. But as we speak about the details and before we speak about the details, I want to take a moment to thank a few people. I would like to thank my good friend from Massachusetts. Joe Kennedy and I started on this effort many months ago. We went through the process, and we are here tonight after lengthy negotiations, deliberations, and input from many stakeholders from all across America. With his diligent hard work standing with us, I am proud to call him a friend this evening as we consider this legislation for passage. I would like to thank Chairman Smith of the Science Committee for standing firm and leading on this issue, as well, as well as the subcommittee chairman, my good friend from Indiana (Mr. Bucshon), as well as the ranking members, Johnson and Lipinski, of the Science Committee and the Appropriations Committee, and Chairman Hal Rogers. Mr. Speaker, I am excited about this legislation. When I came here to Washington, D.C., in 2010, I came here to do something. This is the kind of legislation--bringing parties together, Democrats, Republicans standing together in a concerted, directed effort--to get policy adopted that will grow the American economy and put people back to work.…”