Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, first, I thank the bill's sponsor, the gentlewoman from Oregon (Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer), for her leadership on H.R. 6260, the FOCUS Act. The gentlewoman is a remarkable Member of Congress. She is hardworking, diligent, and smart as a whip. H.R. 6260 is just one of the many examples of her leadership that she has blessed the 118th with. Specifically, the FOCUS Act increases transparency and oversight. It does that by implementing a number of measures that increase the information that the General Services Administration provides to Congress that is going to give us a better opportunity to strengthen oversight of Federal space and public building projects. More specifically, this bill would ensure Congress is notified if the costs for authorized GSA projects change by more than 5 percent. We have all seen, I suspect, outside of government how often cost overruns have been happening in the broader economy and what kind of costs and confusion they can impose. This bill would help us get better data on what is going on with government projects, and it would require GSA to include in its new project proposals more details on space utilization rates and ensures GSA's tenant agencies have information on other agencies nearby to support consolidation of space.…”