Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his support of the amendment as well as my colleague and Mr. Keating. As I said, this is such an important amendment. It includes important funding for protecting our ecosystems. I urge passage of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin). The amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Environmental Programs and Management For environmental programs and management, including necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of the brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $2,472,289,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the funds included under this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: National Priorities as specified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the funds included under this heading, $403,523,000 shall be for Geogr…”